Alternation is related to a sire of Grade 1 winners

ALTERNATION (USA) - 2008 bay/brown horse

Seven-length winner of an extended mile maiden on one of two starts as a juvenile, Alternation won the Grade 2 Peter Pan Stakes over nine furlongs at three and then went on to win five of his seven starts at four, all of those wins coming in blacktype company. He was best from eight to nine furlongs, he is a son of classic sire Distorted Humor (by Forty Niner) and so represents a branch of the broad Mr Prospector (by Raise a Native) sire line.

He is the best of several winners out of Alternate (by Seattle Slew), a six-times scorer who won a trio of listed races and was placed in a string of graded events, including the runners-up spot in the Grade 2 Monmouth Breeders' Cup Oaks. He stands at Pin Oak Stud in Kentucky, alongside one of his relations, and he has been popular with breeders, covering 103 mares in his first season and 94 in his second.​

His siblings include the Grade 3 Florida Oaks third and dual listed scorer Interrupted (by Broken Vow), while his dam's immediate relations feature Grade 1 star and Canadian Horse of the Year Peaks And Valleys (by Mt Livermore). That horse enjoyed some success at stud and the ill-fated Grade 2-winning millionaire Dollar Bill was among his notable runners.

Strike A Balance (by Green Dancer), the grandam of Alternation, won twice, produced 10 winners from 17 foals, she is the grandam of the Grade 2 scorer Eleusis (by Diesis) and also of Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby winner Equality (by Mt Livermore), who has enjoyed success at stud in Michigan. She was a half-sister to two stakes winners, one of whom became the ancestor of a string of notable performers.

That mare was Wedding Picture (by Blushing Groom), whose stakes-winning progeny included the somewhat successful US sire Service Stripe (by Deputy Minister) and Grade 1-placed Grade 3 scorer Winged Victory (by Nijinsky), who won the Listed July Stakes and was runner-up in the Group 2 King Edward VII Stakes before crossing the Atlantic. He got winners in Chile.

Also of note is Wedding Picture's one-time winning daughter Wedding Vow (by Nijinsky) as the better of her two prolific stakes winners is the Grade 2 Philip H Iselin Handicap scorer and successful Pin Oak Stud stallion Broken Vow (by Unbridled). His top progeny include the Grade 1 stars Cotton Blossom, Rosalind, Sassy Image and Unbridled Belle.
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ALTERNATION (USA) – b/br.2008 – Distorted Humor – Alternate, 9 wins inc Oaklawn Handicap (Gr2), Peter Pan Stakes (Gr2), Pimlico Special Stakes (Gr3), Razorback Handicap (Gr3), Governor's Cup Stakes (L), Essex Handicap (L), 2nd Oklahoma Derby (L). Sire in USA. First foals in 2015.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED (updated)
​c – Absolute Bearing (by Mizzen Mast)     Keeneland     Sept    $30,000
f – Adalgisa (by Spinning World)     Keeneland     Sept    $3,500
c – Apical (by Belong To Me)     Fasig-Tipton KY     July     not sold
f - Bella Talia (by Richter Scale)     Fasig-Tipton KY    Oct    withdrawn
f – Best Practices (by Tough Knight)     Ocala Breeders' Sales Co     Aug     $15,000
c – Bromelia (by Unbridled's Song)     Keeneland     Sept    not sold
f - Career Oriented (by Cat's Career)     Fasig-Tipton KY    Oct    $14,500
f – Chambray (by Alphabet Soup)     Keeneland     Sept    withdrawn
c – Chamrousse (by Peaks And Valleys)     Keeneland     Sept    withdrawn
f – Conquesta (by Empire Maker)     Keeneland     Sept    $20,000
c – Cruise (by Posse)     Keeneland     Sept    $25,000
f - Cut The Mustard (by Double Honor)     Fasig-Tipton KY    Oct    $10,000
c – Darling Bird (by Birdstone)     Keeneland     Sept    not sold
c – Diamond Queen (by Aptitude)     Keeneland     Sept    $40,000
f – E Looe (by Lure)     Fasig-Tipton     July     not sold
c – Enticing (by Service Stripe)     Keeneland     Sept    $1,500
f – Epitome of a Lady (by Poteen)     Keeneland     Sept    $15,000
f - Ever Appealing (by Appealing Skier)     Fasig-Tipton KY    Oct    $35,000
f – Grecourt Gates (by Dixie Union)     Keeneland     Sept     $20,000
c – Holiday Road Girl (by Street Hero)     Fasig-Tipton KY     July     $40,000
c – Hollow Sky (by Yes It's True)     Fasig-Tipton KY     July     $22,000
f – Indian Love Call (by Cherokee Run)     Fasig-Tipton KY     July     not sold
c – Kelley's Dancer (by Forest Grove)     Keeneland     Sept    withdrawn
c – Lime Lady (by Limehouse)     Fasig-Tipton KY     July     $40,000
c - Lovely Dream (by Freud)     Fasig-Tipton KY    Oct     withdrawn
f - Magical Point (by Point Given)     Fasig-Tipton Midlantic     Oct     $15,000
c – Maria's Dance (by Maria's Mon)     Keeneland     Sept    $14,000
c – Mocha d'Oro (by Medaglia d'Oro)     Keeneland     Sept    $2,000
c – My Untamed Heart (by Value Plus)     Keeneland     Sept    not sold
f – Ocean Magic (by Posse)     Fasig-Tipton KY     July     withdrawn
f - Ocean Magic (by Posse)     Fasig-Tipton KY    Oct    $3,000
c – Otra Vez (by Rahy)     Keeneland     Sept    $7,500
c – Out Of Prado (by Mr. Livingston)     Fasig-Tipton KY     July     not sold
c - Out Of Prado (by Mr Livingston)     Fasig-Tipton KY    Oct    $10,000
c - Philadelphia Gold (by Touch Gold)     Fasig-Tipton KY    Oct    $13,000
c – Pic Three Bertie (by Forest Danger)     Keeneland     Sept    withdrawn
c – Princes Melissa (by Marquetry)     Keeneland     Sept    $10,000
f – Puzzle Dream (by Grindstone)     Keeneland     Sept    withdrawn
f – Queen Majesty (by Regal Classic)     Keeneland     Sept    $35,000
f - Rhythm In Shoes (by Rhythm)     Fasig-Tipton Midlantic     Oct     withdrawn
c - Safe Journey (by Flatter)     Fasig-Tipton Midlantic     Oct     ​$12,000
f – Sahara Moon (by Malibu Moon)     Fasig-Tipton KY     July     withdrawn
f - Sahara Moon (by Malibu Moon)     Fasig-Tipton KY    Oct    $55,000
f - September Charmer (by Septieme Ciel)     Barretts Sales Del Mar     Oct     $12,500
c – She'll B.long Gone (by All Gone)     Keeneland     Sept    not sold
f – Show Me the Bling (by Too Much Bling)     Keeneland     Sept    $20,000
c – Stormy B (by Cherokee Run)     Keeneland     Sept    $160,000
f – Sweetness Galore (by Rock Hard Ten)     Keeneland     Sept    $7,000
c – That's All (by Maria's Mon)     Ocala Breeders' Sales Co     Aug     not sold
c - That's All (by Maria's Mon)     Fasig-Tipton Midlantic     Oct     $9,000
f – Thatswhatimean (by Belong To Me)     Keeneland     Sept    withdrawn
f – Thoughtful (by Mining)     Keeneland     Sept    $8,500
f – Tigon (by Tiger Ridge)     Fasig-Tipton KY     July     not sold
f – Toogie Pine (by Pine Bluff)     Keeneland     Sept    $9,000
c – Total Knockout (by Unbridled's Song)     Keeneland     Sept    $40,000
f – Travel Plans (by Notebook)     Fasig-Tipton KY     July     not sold
f – Try To Catch Her (by Broken Vow)     Keeneland     Sept    $50,000
c – Untarnished (by Unbridled)     Keeneland     Sept    $14,000
f – Wahoo Gold (by Medaglia d'Oro)     Keeneland     Sept    $1,700
c – Whimsy (by Maria's Mon)     Keeneland     Sept    withdrawn
f – Wicket Cricket (by Chapel Royal)     Keeneland     Sept    $27,000