Frankel's half-brother Morpheus

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 was rated 98 by Timeform, 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.

His first foals made up to €46,000.

Frankel, of course, was a leading freshman sire in 2016 and his first three-year-olds include a double-digit tally of pattern winners, headed by Japanese champion and classic heroine Soul Stirring. The Banstead Manor Stud celebrity has made an exciting start as a stallion.

Their multiple Group 1-winning sibling Noble Mission (by Galileo), who stands at Lane's End Farm in Kentucky, has his first yearlings now, and half-brother Bullet Train (by Sadler's Wells), who stands at Crestwood Farm in Kentucky, got a stakes winner among his first juveniles in 2016.

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.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
​bf - Aghinish (by Choisir)     Goffs     Feb     not sold
bc - Alexander Confranc (by Magical Wonder)     Goffs     Oct     €3,000 (p/s)
bc - Alexander Duchess (by Desert Prince)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €9,000
bc - Beau Petite (by Kyllachy)     Tattersalls     Oct     11,500gns
bc - Becuille (by Redback)     Tattersalls     Oct     withdrawn
bc - Bokhara Silk (by Barathea)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €8,000
bf - Bon Expresso (by Spectrum)     Goffs     Oct     withdrawn
bc - Cakestown Lady (by Petorius)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bc - Cheworee (by Milk It Mick)     Goffs UK     Aug     £28,000
bf - Church Mice (by Petardia)     Goffs UK     Aug     £17,000
bf - Compton Girl (by Compton Place)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €10,500
bc - Dafariyna (by Nashwan)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €35,000
​bf - Daliyana (by Cadeaux Genereux)     Tattersalls IRE Ascot     Sept     not sold
bc - Daloisi (by Marchand De Sable)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €2,500
bf - Desert Aisling (by Verglas)     Goffs     Oct     €7,000
bf - Diamond Finesse (by Red Clubs)     Goffs     Oct     €4,000
bc - Dubai Princess (by Dubai Destination)     Goffs     Sept     €22,000
brf - Emirates Hills (by Dubawi)     Goffs     Sept     ​€10,000
bf - Enchanting Way (by Linamix)     Goffs UK     Aug     £20,000 (p/s)
bf - Face The Storm (by Barathea)     Goffs UK     Aug     £9,000
bc - Fingal Nights (by Night Shift)     Goffs UK     Aug     £8,000
bc - Flamanda (by Niniski)     Goffs     Oct     €23,000
bc - Flame Of Hibernia (by One Cool Cat)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €5,000
bc - Flash And Dazzle (by Bertolini)     Goffs UK     Aug     not sold
bc - Gatamalata (by Spartacus)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €28,000
bc - Gin Twist (by Invincible Spirit)     Goffs UK     Aug     £15,000
bf - Glasnas Giant (by Giant's Causeway)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €7,000
bc - Glen Ginnie (by Red Clubs)     Goffs     Sept     ​€80,000
bf - Grasshoppergreen (by Barathea)     Goffs     Oct     ​not sold
bf - Greta d'Argent (by Great Commotion)     Goffs     Sept     ​€34,000
bc - Hapipi (by Bertolini)     Tattersalls     Oct     30,000gns
bc - Heartstrings (by Invincible Spirit)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €17,000
bf - Holly's Kid (by Pulpit)     Goffs     Sept     ​€15,000
bf - Inishmac (by Danehill Dancer)     Goffs     Oct     not sold
bc - Isolde's Return (by Avonbridge)     Goffs     Sept     ​€6,000
bc - Kenyan Cat (by One Cool Cat)     Goffs UK     Aug     £6,000
bc - La Chinampina (by Darshaan)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €6,000
bc - Lady Pursuit (by Jeremy)     Goffs     Feb     €4,000
bc - Lady Pursuit (by Jeremy)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
bf - Lilium (by Nashwan)     Tattersalls     Oct     62,000gns
bf - Lipsia (by Dubai Destination)     Goffs     Oct     €17,000
bc - Lovegood (by Desert Style)     Goffs UK     Aug     withdrawn
bc - Magilini (by Bertolini)     Goffs     Sept     ​€12,000
bc - Malthouse Mistress (by Peintre Celebre)     Goffs UK     Aug     not sold
bf - Mercury Blue (by Montjeu)     Goffs     Oct     not sold
bc - Misellie (by Excellent Art)     Goffs     Sept     ​€16,000
bc - Miss Glitters (by Chevalier)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €15,000
bf - Miss Inferno (by Tagula)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bf - Naias (by Namid)     Goffs     Sept     ​withdrawn
bf - Phi Phi (by Fasliyev)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €15,000
bc - Pure Folly (by Machiavellian)     Goffs     Feb     €18,000
bc - Red Roar (by Chineur)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bc - Red Rosanna (by Bertolini)     Goffs UK     Aug     £36,000
bc - Red Trance (by Soviet Star)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €16,000
bc - River Beau (by Galileo)     Tattersalls     Oct     10,000gns
bf - Rose of Battle (by Averti)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €5,500
bf - Royal Esteem (by Mark of Esteem)     Goffs UK     Aug     £10,000
bc - Run To Jane (by Doyoun)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bc - Sand N Sea (by Desert Story)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €16,000
grc - Sharp And Smart (by Dark Angel)     Goffs     Feb     ​not sold
grc - Sharp And Smart (by Dark Angel)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €13,000
bc - Sheppard's Watch (by Night Shift)     Goffs UK     Aug     £55,000
bf - Silver Cache (by Silver Hawk)     Tattersalls     Oct     7,000gns
bf - Sinful Pleasure (by Sinndar)     Goffs     Oct     not sold
b/grc - Sliabh Aniaran (by Oratorio)     Goffs     Oct     €4,500
bf - Spinning Wold (by Spinning World)     Goffs     Oct     not sold
bf - Subtle Shimmer (by Danehill Dancer)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €7,500
bc - Sweet Power (by Pivotal)     Goffs UK     Aug     £9,000
bf - Timeless Whisper (by Footstepsinthesand)     Goffs     Oct     not sold
bc - Tizzy Lizzy (by Bushranger)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €7,500
bc - Tomintoul Singer (by Johannesburg)     Goffs UK     Aug     £17,000
bc - Treacle Noir (by Raise A Grand)     Goffs UK     Aug     £13,000
​bf - Viva Espagna (by Elusive City)     Arqana     Aug     €30,000
bc - Winter Song (by Pivotal)     Goffs UK     Aug     £29,000
bf - Yaqoot (by Pivotal)     Goffs     Oct     withdrawn
bf - Your Opinion (by Xaar)     Goffs     Oct     withdrawn
bf - Zamra (by Azamour)     Tattersalls     Oct     1,500gns
bc - Zinstar (by Sinndar)     Goffs     Sept     ​€15,000