That’s a lovely pedigree. Gallant Man on top, and down on the bottom, many generations back, which doesn’t matter for MtDNA, the VERY, VERY great mare, Fairy Gold, the dam of Fair Play, sire of Man O’ War and many, many other good TB lines for sport.
Minnant had Ksar for her damsire, and the line to your mare was bred to Bahram, who is superlative for jumping, as is Ksar, who is Dollar line. He was a bust as a sire in North America, but the mare in your horse is all European bred. Your horse also has a grandson of Prince Palatine in Mate. Prince Palatine was the sire of the French sire, Rose Prince who was the sire of Prince Rose, sire of Princequillo, Prince Bio, and Prince Chevalier, all of whom are wonderful in sport horse pedigrees. Mate’s dam is a granddaughter of Dark Ronald, who is a foundation sire in Germany for TBs and WBs.
La Dauphine is Princequillo x Baby League, which gets you to the Teddy daughter, La Troienne, a superlative line for athletic thoroughbreds. Warfare is a grandson of Hyperion (Alibhai) through Determine, whose dam is a Mahmoud daughter. Warfare’s dam, War Whisk, is by War Glory, a Man O’ War son out of Annette K, who was also the 2nd dam of War Admiral. Annette K’s dam is Bathing Girl, who produced Lido who appears in sport TBs, as well as Seaplane, who was the second dam of Eight Thirty, a very reliable line in sport horses. Annette K’s sire was Harry of Hereford, a full brother of Swynford who was one of the most important sires of the early twentieth century.
Then you have a line to Bull Lea, one of the very best North American lines for jumping. He has several inches of descendants in very small type in Dr. Birdsall’s 1981 books on Bloodlines in North American Sport Horses.
Then you have Delta Judge who is from the same female family as Roberto (and others) and also gives you another line to Bull Lea by way of the second dam. His dam’s sire was Noor, a Nasrullah son who is very, very highly thought of as a sport horse line in Ireland. Noor is out of Queen of Bagdad, a daughter of Bahram.
Delta Judge is by Traffic Judge, who is also excellent for sport horses. He’s got a son, Traffic, who was sent to France and can be found in WB pedigrees. Traffic Judge is by Alibhai, and his dam is another one of those wonderful daughters of Discovery (grandson of Fair Play).
Then you have Monarchy, the full sister of Round Table, and Bold Ruler.
from the bottom of the top–Brulette is Dollar line, and Desert Sun’s sire was Hyperion. Double Jay is wonderful in sport horse TBs, especially as dam sire. Calista is by the same sire as Damascus. Then you have Believe Me, which is another line to Alibhai; and Fleet Nasrullah, which doubles the Nasrullah in Bold Ruler. On top, Juliet’s Nurse is one of the best, and Gallant Man is Gallant Man.
These are all the staple lines for well bred Thoroughbreds in North America back in the days before Mr. P and Northern Dancer and Native Dancer.
