Not only is the classic-winning miler Awtaad a representative of the Green Desert branch of the Danzig (by Northern Dancer) line, but he comes from the family of a stallion whose most famous son forged a dynasty. He was one of two new stallions joining the team at Derrinstown Stud in 2017 – the other is Markaz – and he has 83 foals in his first crop.
He is by the sire of the Derby and Arc heroes Sea The Stars and Golden Horn, and the former is already well-established as being a leading European stallion and classic sire whose roll of honour includes dual Derby winner Harzand (first foals in 2018). Golden Horn's first yearlings were very popular at the sales and he will be a freshman sire of 2019.
Awtaad is the first foal out of Asheerah (by Shamardal) and both of his younger half-sisters have been stakes placed. His dam is stakes-placed half-sister to three blacktype-placed fillies – one of whom is the dam of Timeform 114p-rated Group 2 winner and potential classic colt Madhmoon (by Dawn Approach) – and she is out of Adaala (by Sahm), who won the Listed Kilboy Estate Stakes and was third in the Group 3 Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial Stakes.
His third dam, Alshoowg (by Riverman), is an unraced half-sister to the dam of classic-placed Group 2 May Hill Stakes winner Nasheej (by Swain) and his fourth dam is Ghashtah (by Nijinsky), an unraced full-sister to Seattle Dancer and half-sister to Lomond (by Northern Dancer) and to Seattle Slew (by Bold Reasoning). Seattle Dancer, famously a $13.1 million yearling purchase in Keeneland, was a lightly-raced Group 1-placed dual Group 2 scorer on the track and his progeny included the Group/Grade 1 winners Caffe Latte, Pike Place Dancer and Seattle Rhyme. Lomond won the Group 1 2000 Guineas and his offspring featured Group 1 stars such as Marling, Valanour and River North. Seattle Slew, of course, was the US Triple Crown hero of 1977 before going on to become a hugely influential sire whose male line has become one of the most dominant in North America, largely thanks to the exploits of his son A.P. Indy and the powerful line that champion has established (Bernardini, Malibu Moon, Pulpit, Tapit, etc). Being related to a successful stallion boosts the prospects of a younger relation doing well in that role too, and as Awtaad is by the sire of Sea The Stars and from the family of three Group 1 sires, that places him highly among the most promising members of this cohort of young stallions. He looks likely to get his best in the seven to 14-furlong range, and if he lives up to his full potential then he could become a classic sire. AWTAAD (IRE) – br.2013 – Cape Cross – Asheerah, 5 wins inc Irish 2000 Guineas (Gr1), Solonaway Stakes (Gr2), Tetrarch Stakes (L), 3rd St James's Palace Stakes (Gr1). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2018.
FOALS CATALOGUED:
Bc - African Moonlight (by Halling) Tattersalls November 140,000gns Bc - Allegrezza (by Sir Percy) Goffs November withdrawn Bc - Aoife Alainn (by Dr Fong) Goffs November withdrawn Bc - Breezeway (by Grand Lodge) Tattersalls December 30,000gns Bf - Brown Butterly (by Medicean) Goffs November €20,000 Bc - Dame Hester (by Diktat) Tattersalls November 170,000gns Bf - Dayrose (by Daylami) Tattersalls November 40,000gns Bf - Flirty Thirty (by Big Bad Bob) Goffs November withdrawn Brf - Flowers Of Spring (by Celtic Swing) Goffs November withdrawn Bc - Gabardine (by Pivotal) Goffs November not sold Bc - Great Hope (by Halling) Tattersalls November not sold Bf - Harmonic Note (by Nayef) Goffs November withdrawn Bf - Hi Katriona (by Second Empire) Goffs November €64,000 Brc - Holda (by Docksider) Goffs November €88,000 Bc - Holy Salt (by Holy Roman Emperor) Goffs November €95,000 Bf - Intapeace (by Intikhab) Goffs November not sold Bf - Intimacy (by Teofilo) Goffs November €40,000 Bc - Kanes Pass (by Clovodil) Goffs November €85,000 Bc - Katla (by Majestic Missile) Goffs November €58,000 Bc - La Negra (by Dark Angel) Goffs November €26,000 Bc - Love Street (by Kitten’s Joy) Goffs November €95,000 Bc - Lucky Clio (by Key Of Luck) Goffs November €58,000 Bf - Magie Noire (by Marju) Goffs November not sold Bc - Melodique (by Falco) Tattersalls November withdrawn Bc - Music And Dance (by Galileo) Tattersalls November 72,000gns Bf - Na Zdorovie (by Cockney Rebel) Goffs November €24,000 Bc - Nisriyna (by Intikhab) Goffs November €170,000 Bc - Passaggio (by Pivotal) Goffs November €65,000 Brf - Princess Mood (by Muhtarram) Tattersalls November not sold Bf - Royal Blush (by Royal Applause) Tattersalls November not sold Bc - Scatina (by Samum) Tattersalls November 48,000gns Bc - Shamtari (by Alhaarth) Goffs November withdrawn Bf - Shanooan (by English Channel) Goffs November €20,000 Bc - Sidney Girl (by Azamour) Goffs November €48,000 Bf - Star Approval (by Hawk Wing) Goffs November €100,000 Bc - Street Chic (by Street Cry) Tattersalls November 26,000gns Bc - Surrey Storm (by Montjeu) Goffs November €47,000 Bc - Switcher (by Whipper) Goffs November €15,000 Bc - Venetian Beauty (by Lear Fan) Goffs November €72,000 Bc - Wadaat (by Diktat) Tattersalls November 4,000gns Bc - Witnessed (by Authorized) Goffs November €70,000 Bc - Ziria (by Danehill Dancer) Goffs November €27,000 Comments are closed.
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