This is just a small sample that is representative of plenty more opportunity among this deep catalogue.
American mares have proven to be a strong influence on Australian pedigrees in recent times and subsequently, Southern Hemisphere buyers have been significant players at the big US sales - such as the 2022 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale which kicks off on Monday, November 7.
A massive catalogue spanning 10 sessions sees not only broodmares on offer but also weanlings, racehorses, stallions/stallion prospects and shares in horses. An incredible 3704 hips (lots) are due to go under the hammer which is why Keeneland can justify its claim as being "the world's most important auction of its type."
Mares with form at stakes level are, of course, always in great demand. Danehill (USA)-line mares have proven their worth and there are a number of well-related members of his line on offer - but Danehill-free mares are also popular with Australian buyers seeking well-bred mates for the many highly credentialled Danehill-line horses standing at stud locally.
Keeneland asked TDN AusNZ to take a close look at a group of mares that will be of particular interest to Australian breeders - a lovely variety of well-related prospects from the Danzig (USA), Storm Cat (USA), Gone West (USA) and A.P. Indy (USA) sirelines and a few by stallions not so well known to Australians but who boast standout pedigrees.
Each of these mares are stakes performed, several of them competitive at Group 1 level (noting that whilst Group 1 fourths are displayed on Australian catalogue pages, they are not in America). And, they have shown speed, that vital ingredient local, commercial breeders are always on the look-out for.
Hip 10 - America’s Tale (USA) (Gio Ponti {USA} x America's Friend {USA})
Tough, talented and consistent; America's Tale raced six times at two, winning twice and finishing runner-up on three occasions. At three, she was twice successful at Listed level; at four, adding to her impressive resume the G2 Inside Information S. at Gulfstream Park before, at her final start, finishing fourth in the G1 Madison S. at Keeneland.
Believed to be in foal having been served by Medaglia D'Oro (USA) who has done such a great job in both hemispheres (168 stakes winners including 34 in the southern hemisphere), America's Tale is one of the six winners (from as many to race) for the Listed winner America's Friend (USA) (Unusual Heat {USA}).
Watch: America's Tale (USA) wins the 2019 G2 Inside Information S.
Also, dam of the stakes-placed Mr Unusual (USA) (Mr Speaker {USA}), America's Friend is a full sister to the Group-1 placed, dual Listed winner Bel Air Sizzle (USA) and the five-time stakes-placed Starspangled Heat (USA).
The Danehill (USA) free America's Tale is by Tale Of The Cat's (USA) multiple Group 1-winning son Gio Ponti (USA) and her imminent foal boasts a 5 X 5 cross of the great mare Special (USA) (Forli {Arg}) and is bred on a Medaglia D'Oro/Storm Cat (USA) cross - noting that those two stallions have combined very successfully in the pedigrees of 67 stakes winners.
Hip 41 - Diamond Sparkles (USA) (War Front {USA} x Diamondsandrubies {Ire})
An easy winner of her second start at 2-years old, Diamond Sparkles (USA) ventured to Canada for just her third start, finishing fourth in the G1 Natalma S. - again competitive in stakes company when third in the G3 Colleen S.
Believed to be in foal having been served by Lane's End's multiple Group 1 winner Quality Road (USA) - sire of 60 stakes winners (14 Group 1 winners) - Diamond Sparkles is by War Front (USA) - sire of 107 stakes winners and already broodmare sire of 17 stakes winners.
Watch: Diamond Sparkles (USA) runs fourth in the 2019 G1 Natalma S.
Diamond Sparkles is a daughter of the G1 Pretty Polly S. winner Diamondsandrubies (Ire) (Fastnet Rock) whose dam Quarter Moon (Ire) (Sadler's Wells {USA}) was Ireland's Champion 2Y0 Filly... winning the G1 Moyglare Stud S. and finishing second in the G1 Epsom & Irish Oaks before producing 11 winners including the Group 1-placed You'll Be Mine (USA) (Kingmambo {USA}) whose dual Group-winning son Eminent (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) was second in the G1 Ranvet S. at Rosehill - now standing in New Zealand.
You'll Be Mine is also dam of Eminent's promising full brother King Frankel (Ire), a 5l winner at his Australian debut in September.
Diamond Sparkles hails from the same branch of the Mumtaz Mahal (GB) (The Tetrarch {GB}) family as the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Alpinista (GB) (Frankel {GB}).
Hip 726 - Dreaming Of Drew (Can) (Speightster {USA} x Dreaming of Liz {USA})
Finishing fourth in Group 3 company in September, Dreaming Of Drew (Can) goes through the ring as a racing or broodmare prospect. Boasting an excellent record, she has won four of her 11 starts - also finishing in the placings on four occasions; out of the first four only once.
A Listed winner as well as finishing second in Listed company and fourth at Group 1 level at 2-years old (twice a winner and twice runner-up from five starts at that age), she has won two Listed races this year, as well as finishing second in Group 3 company.
Watch: Dreaming Of Drew (Can) wins the 2021 Princess Elizabeth S.
The Danehill (USA) free Dreaming Of Drew is a daughter of the Group 3 winner Speighster who sadly died earlier this year, doing a good job with six stakes winners in his first two crops.
Her dam, the G3 Lassie S. and dual Listed winner Dreaming Of Liz (USA) (El Prado {Ire}) has also produced the stakes-placed Rever De Vous (USA) (Distorted Humor {USA}) and she is a daughter of the G1 Frizette S. winner Silver Maiden (USA) (Silver Buck {USA}).
All five of Silver Maiden's foals are winners including the Listed winner Liz On Polk Street (USA) (A.P. Indy {USA}) whose daughter Dreaming Of Sophia (USA) (Lewis Michael {USA}) is a triple stakes winner.
Hip 1936 - Feathers (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire} x Broadway Duchess {USA})
Performing consistently at two, three and four, Feathers (Ire) was a debut winner over 1400 metres at Goodwood and fifth in stakes company before heading to the United States where she won two races as well as finishing fourth in the G1 Del Mar Oaks won by the high-class filly Going Global (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}).
Being sold as a racing or broodmare prospect, Feathers is a half-sister to the stakes-placed Dukebox (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) out of the stakes-placed Broadway Duchess (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) whose full sister New York Girl (Ire) won the G3 Park S. at the Curragh.
Watch: Feathers (Ire) runs fourth in the 2021 G1 Del Mar Oaks
Feathers' grandam, Annee Lumiere (Ire) (Giant's Causeway {USA}), was also stakes-placed all seven of her foals to race were winners.
Also able to claim amongst her relations the Group winners Little Treasure (Fr) (Night Shift {USA}), More Chocolate (USA) (Malibu Moon {USA}), Keep Quiet (Fr) (Elusive City {USA}), Rhythm Of Light (GB) (Beat Hollow {GB}), Atomic Jones (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) and Go Athletico (Fr) (Goken {Fr}), Feathers is by the successful Dansili (GB) stallion Zoffany (Ire), sire of 54 stakes winners and already - amongst the first 33 winners - broodmare sire of two stakes winners and another six stakes placegetters.
Hip 3655 - Siberian Iris (Ire) (Excelebration {Ire} x Dawn To Dance {Ire})
Quickly into form, Siberian Iris (Ire), off a debut fourth at 2-years old, was a Santa Anita winner at just her second outing. A consistent mare who at one stage filled the placings in six consecutive races, she went onto another win at Santa Anita en route to Listed success at Del Mar.
Also, twice Group 3-placed and fourth in the G1 Rodeo Drive S., Siberian Iris is believed to be in foal having been served by Camulet Farm's dual Group 1 winner Real Solution (USA) whose first crop yielded three stakes winners. This is an interesting mating - the foal to boast crosses of Fairy Bridge (USA) (Bold Reason {USA}) and My Charmer (USA) (Poker {USA}).
Watch: Siberian Iris (Ire) wins the 2020 G3 The Long Island
By Exceed And Excel's four times Group 1 winner Excelebration (Ire), Siberian Iris is a half-sister to the dual Group 3 winner Policy Of Truth (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) - a horse who has twice finished fourth in Group 1 company and who is still racing well.
Siberian Iris' winning dam Dawn To Dance (Ire) (Selkirk {USA}) is a daughter of the Listed winner Dawnsio (Ire) (Tate Gallery {USA}) whose nine foals have all been winners including the Irish Champion Older Male Sprinter Namid (GB) (Indian Ridge {Ire}) - winner of the G1 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp - and the dual Group 3 winner Noelani (GB) (Indian Ridge {Ire}).
