Territories a Group 1-winning relation to two major sires

TERRITORIES (IRE) - 2012 bay horse

One of the things that we look at when assessing the future potential of any stallion is the presence or absence of successful sires within the first few generations of his pedigree. If his relations do include one or more horses who have done well as stallions then that does not confer any sort of guarantee on him, of course, but it does boost his prospects.​

In Territories we have a classic-placed Group 1 winner who was Timeform 111p-rated at two, 123 at three, and who has two major international sires in the fourth generation of his pedigree. He stands at Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket and there are 92 registered foals in his first crop.

His fourth dam is the Group 1 Irish Oaks heroine Helen Street (by Troy) and she is both the dam of Australian champion sire Street Cry (by Machiavellian) and grandam of prolific international Group 1 sire Shamardal (by Giant's Causeway), who stands at Kildangan Stud in Ireland.

The latter is out of Street Cry's stakes-placed full-sister Helsinki and both she and Street Cry are somewhat closely related to Taranto (by Machiavellian), the stakes-placed dam of Territories.

Their triple-winning half-sister Grecian Slipper (by Sadler's Wells) – the third dam of Territories – is the dam of Group 3 Prix de Conde scorer Graikos (by Rainbow Quest) and of Group 3 Prix de Barbeville winner Magna Graecia (by Warning), and she is the grandam of the Group 1-placed Australian Group 2 scorer Paximadia (by Commands). Magna Graecia is, in turn, Taranto's dam.

In addition to being a high-class racehorse from the family of two major sires, Territories has the attraction of being a son of leading international sire Invincible Spirit (by Green Desert), the Irish National Stud flag bearer whose stallion sons include Lawman, I Am Invincible, and a string of blacktype-siring young stallions, including 2018 freshmen Kingman and Charm Spirit.

These are all credentials that give Territories every chance of making the grade as a sire of high-class sprinters, milers and, with the right mares, some middle-distance horses. If he lives up to his potential, then he could become a classic sire.

TERRITORIES (IRE) – b.2012 – Invincible Spirit – Taranto, 3 wins inc Prix Jean Prat (Gr1), Prix de Fontainebleau (Gr3), 2nd 2000 Guineas (Gr1), Prix Jacques le Marois (Gr1), Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere Grand Criterium (Gr1), 3rd Prix Messidor (Gr3), Prix du Palais Royal (Gr3), Prix La Rochette (Gr3). Sire in England. First foals in 2018.

FOALS CATALOGUED:
Chc - Aditi (by Dansili)     Tattersalls     December     15,000gns
Bc - Alkadi (by Oasis Dream)     Tattersalls     November     10,000gns
Bf - Alzanti (by Arch)     Tattersalls     November     16,000gns
Bc - Amarinda (by Tiger Hill)     Arqana     December     €11,000
Bc - Antillia (by Red Ransom)     Goffs     November     €9,000
Bc - Arbella (by Primo Dominie)     Tattersalls     December     25,000gns
Bc - Balance (by Pivotal)     Tattersalls     November     70,000gns
Bc - Baynunah (by Medaglia d'Oro)     Arqana     December     €14,000
Bc - Bounty Star (by Fasliyev)     Tattersalls     November     1,000gns
Chc - Broughtons Revival (by Pivotal)     Tattersalls     December     55,000gns
Chf - Ceoldrama (by Mr Greeley)     Goffs     November     not sold
Bc - Cephalonie (by Kris S)     Tattersalls     November     50,000gns
Bf - Crystal High (by High Chaparral)     Tattersalls     December     not sold
Chc - Dancing Years (by Iffraaj)     Goffs     November     €30,000
Bf - Duo De Choc (by Manduro)     Arqana     December     not sold
Bc - Favulusa (by Dansili)     Tattersalls     December     35,000gns
Bc - Filona (by Motivator)     Tattersalls     December     45,000gns
Bc - Folly Bridge (by Avonbridge)     Tattersalls     December     
Bf - Funday (by Daylami)     Tattersalls     December     not sold
Bc - Gladys Cooper (by Arcano)     Arqana     December     €20,000
Chc - Gone Sailing (by Mizzen Mast)     Tattersalls     November     31,000gns
Bc - Imperialistic (by Imperial Ballet)     Tattersalls     December     withdrawn
Chf - India Spirit (by Dr Fong)     Tattersalls     November     withdrawn
Bc - Kotsi (by Nayef)     Tattersalls     December     52,000gns
Bc - Lorient (by Champs Elysees)     Arqana     December     €68,000
Chc - Luminda (by Danehill)     Tattersalls     November     50,000gns
Bc - More Is To Come (by War Front)     Tattersalls     December     not sold
Bc - Never Lose (by Diktat)     Tattersalls     November     15,000gns
Bc - Polka Dot (by Galileo)     Goffs     November     not sold
Bf - Postage Stampe (by Singspiel)     Tattersalls     December     800gns
Bc - Quiritis (by Galileo)     Tattersalls     November     57,000gns
Bc - Rotunda (by Pivotal)     Tattersalls     December     not sold
Bf - Satulagi (by Officer)     Tattersalls     November     withdrawn
Chc - Sell Out (by Act One)     Tattersalls     November     40,000gns
Bf - Sibling Honour (by Bernardini)     Goffs     November     withdrawn
Bf - Summer Moon (by Elusive City)     Arqana     December     €14,000 (p/s)
Bf - Sweet Wind Music (by Zamindar)     Tattersalls     December     withdrawn
Bf - Texalova (by Dream Ahead)     Arqana     December     ​withdrawn
Chc - Timely Words (by Galileo)     Tattersalls     November     not sold
Bc - Veenwouden (by Desert Prince)     Goffs UK     December     not sold
Bf - Vereri Senes (by Nayef)     Tattersalls     December     withdrawn
Bf - Vintage Gardenia (by Selkirk)     Tattersalls     November     not sold
Bc - Western Pearl (by High Chaparral)     Tattersalls     December     14,000gns
Bc - Zeyran (by Galileo)     Tattersalls     December     ​38,000gns