Morpheus is Frankel's half-brother

MORPHEUS (GB) - 2010 bay horse

Well-beaten on soft ground on his only outing as a two-year-old, Morpheus won three of his seven starts at three and this capable miler, who Timeform rated 98, was fourth in the Haafhd Handicap (Silver Cambridgeshire) over nine furlongs at Newmarket on his final run. 

That might not sound like the sort of racing record that would secure a colt a place at a leading flat stud farm and that would bring him 142 mares in his first season, but this son of Oasis Dream (by Green Desert) is a half-brother to the undefeated Timeform 147-rated superstar Frankel (by Galileo) and that relationship is what has been his major selling point.

Frankel, of course, had his first runners in 2016 and with an impressive strike-rate of winners to runners, and the pattern scorers Fair Eva, Queen Kindly, Toulifaut, and Frankuus among them, as well as the triple stakes-placed Cunco, that Banstead Manor Stud celebrity has made an exciting start as a stallion.

None of this guarantees that Morpheus will hit the jackpot, of course, even though a growing number of sons of Oasis Dream are siring stakes winners, but he has received plenty of support, he is at a stud that has a well-established track record of turning non-stakes winning stallions into notably successful sires, and there is every reason to hope that he can be their next success story.

Being inbred 3x3 to Danzig (by Northern Dancer) may increase his chance of getting sprinters and talented two-year-olds, although many of his better first-crop juvenile winners may come from the more precociously bred and raced mares, and those with a track record of producing two-year-old winners.

It is possible, however, given his racing and pedigree profile, that his best long-term results will come with milers and even 10-furlong horses aged three and upwards, although, again with the right mares, he has prospects of getting some high-class sprinters too. He looks a likely candidate to get some stakes and pattern winners.
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MORPHEUS (GB) – b.2010 – Oasis Dream – Kind, 3 wins. Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bc – Alexander Confranc (by Magical Wonder)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Alexander Duchess (by Desert Prince)     Goffs     Nov     €6,500
bc – Becuille (by Redback)     Goffs     Nov     €46,000
bc – Bokhara Silk (by Barathea)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Cakestown Lady (by Petorius)     Goffs     Nov     €5,500
bc – Dafariyna (by Nashwan)     Goffs     Nov     €23,000
bf – Daliyana (by Cadeaux Genereux)     Goffs     Nov     €4,000
bf – Desert Aisling (by Verglas)     Goffs     Nov     €7,500
bf – Docklands Grace (by Honour And Glory)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Docklands Grace (by Honour And Glory)     Tattersalls IRE     Nov     withdrawn
brf – Emirates Hills (by Dubawi)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Enchanting Way (by Linamix)     Goffs     Nov     €15,000
bc – Flame of Hibernia (by One Cool Cat)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Flash And Dazzle (by Bertolini)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Gin Twist (by Invincible Spirit)     Goffs     Nov     (p/s) €8,000
bf – Glasnas Giant (by Giant's Causeway)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Grasshoppergreen (by Barathea)     Goffs     Nov     €1,400
bf – Greta d'Argent (by Great Commotion)     Goffs     Nov    not sold 
bf – Holly's Kid (by Pulpit)     Tattersalls IRE     Nov     not sold
bf – Indian Navy (by Elusive City)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Isolde's Return (by Avonbridge)     Goffs     Nov     €11,000
bc – Kenyan Cat (by One Cool Cat)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc – La Chinampina (by Darshaan)     Goffs     Nov     €13,000
bf – Lilium (by Nashwan)     Tattersalls     Nov     15,000gns
bc – Lovegood (by Desert Style)     Goffs     Nov     €20,000
bc – Magilini (by Bertolini)     Goffs     Nov     €5,000
bc – Malthouse Mistress (by Peintre Celebre)     Goffs     Nov     €6,000
bf – Miss Inferno (by Tagula)     Goffs     Nov     €7,000
bf – Nasharaat (by Green Desert)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Pereira (by Tiger Hill)     Goffs     Nov     €1,200
brc – Quecha (by Indian Ridge)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Regresa A Mi (by Spartacus)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – River Beau (by Galileo)     Tattersalls IRE     Nov     €20,000
bc – Royal Aly (by Royal Academy)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Royal Interlude (by King's Theatre)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Run To Jane (by Doyoun)     Goffs     Nov     €10,000
grc – Sharp And Smart (by Dark Angel)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Sheppard's Watch (by Night Shift)     Goffs     Nov     €33,000
b/grc – Sliabh Aniaran (by Oratorio)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Sweet Power (by Pivotal)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Tatora (by Selkirk)     Tattersalls     Nov     14,000gns
bf – Timeless Whisper (by Footstepsinthesand)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Your Opinion (by Xaar)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Zamra (by Azamour)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc – Zinstar (by Sinndar)     Goffs     Nov     not sold