Most Improved a Green Desert-line Group 1 winner

MOST IMPROVED (IRE) - 2009 bay horse

A first-crop son of the classic winner and classic sire Lawman (by Invincible Spirit), Most Improved began his career in promising fashion, winning by five lengths at Newmarket on his second start, finishing a close third in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes, and then taking the Group 1 St James's Palace Stakes at Ascot the following summer. But he was well-beaten in every other race he contested, even when finishing third of four in a 10 furlong Group 3 contest at the Curragh on his penultimate start.

The Coolmore team member has 67 known members of his first crop and they include a €70,000 filly bought by Jean-Claude Rouget at the recent Arqana Deauville August Yearling Sale.

A half-brother to the Group 1 Criterium International scorer Ectot (by Hurricane Run), Most Improved is out of Tonnara (by Linamix), an unraced half-sister to the pattern winners Albisola (by Montjeu) and Johnny Barnes (by Acclamation). They are out of Listed Prix Imprudence scorer Mahalia (by Danehill) and she is also notable as being the grandam of pattern-placed listed race winner Chartreuse (by Lawman) and of this summer's Group 3 scorer Thikriyaat (by Azamour).

Mahalia is a half-sister to three other stakes winners, but the most notable of her siblings is the multiple stakes-placed Zivania (by Shernazar) because she went on to become a notably successful broodmare. Her stakes winning progeny include the Group 1-placed Group 2 scorer Ivan Luis (by Lycius), the Group 3 UAE 2000 Guineas winner Stagelight (by Montjeu) and the Group 2-placed listed scorer Zero Problemo (by Priolo).

Her Group 3-placed stakes-winning daughter Amathia (by Darshaan) is the dam of Group 3 Winter Hill Stakes winner Distant Memories (by Falbrav) and Grade 1-placed stakes winner Mutatis Mutandis (by Mastercraftsman), and Zivania is also responsible for Hathrah (by Linamix) and Viscaria (by Barathea).

The former, who won the Listed Masaka Stakes, was placed in the Group 1 1000 Guineas and Group 2 May Hill Stakes before becoming the dam of Hadaatha (by Sea The Stars), a listed scorer who finished third in the Group 1 Prix de l'Opera. Viscaria, on the other hand, is the grandam of the Group 3 Gladness Stakes and Group 3 Amethyst Stakes scorer Onenightidreamed (by Footstepsinthesand).

The fourth dam of Most Improved is the Falmouth Stakes winner Caprera (by Abernant), who was the dam of Group 1 Prix Ganay winner Romildo (by Busted) and of dual Group 3 scorer Pevero (by Busted), and her many talented descendants include the Grade 1-placed US Grade 2 winner Golden Reef (by Mr Prospector), Group 2 Prix Hocquart scorer Arbatax (by Mtoto), Group 1-placed pattern scorer Bocca Baciata (by Big Bad Bob), and classic-placed Group 3 winner Topeka (by Whipper).

There are many other talented horses to be found in these distant branches of the family, horses who, like those noted above, are remotely connected to Most Improved. He was a talented racehorse at his best, as he is bred to be, and it looks likely that his best progeny may get their best results from around seven to 10 furlongs, with some staying a bit further.

MOST IMPROVED (IRE) – b.2009 – Lawman – Tonnara, 2 wins inc St James's Palace Stakes (Gr1), 3rd Dewhurst Stakes (Gr1), International Stakes (Gr3). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2015.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED (updated)
bc – Absolute Pleasure (by Polar Falcon)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     withdrawn
bc – Alexander Divine (by Halling)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €2,000
bc – All In Clover (by Bahri)     Goffs UK     Aug     £16,000
bc – Aries Ballerina (by Peintre Celebre)     Tattersalls     Oct     12,000gns
bc – Beautiful Dreamer (by Red Ransom)     Tattersalls     Oct     65,000gns
bc – Bessie Lou (by Montjeu)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €32,000
bc – Beziers (by Fasliyev)     Goffs     Feb     €30,000
bc – Beziers (by Fasliyev)     Goffs UK     Aug     £3,000
bf - Bint Alzain (by Marju)     Goffs     Nov     €1,000
bc – Borris In Ossory (by High Chaparral)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bc – Cattiva Generosa (by Cadeaux Genereux)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bf – Cranky Spanky (by Spectrum)     Goffs     Oct     €21,000
bc – Dame Rochelle (by Danehill Dancer)     Goffs     Feb     not sold
bc - Dame Rochelle (by Danehill Dancer)     Goffs     Nov     €9,000
bc – Daliyana (by Cadeaux Genereux)     Goffs UK     Aug     £90,000
bc – Dhamma (by Broad Brush)     Goffs UK     Aug     £12,000
bf – Easy Going (by Hamas)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bf – Edelfa (by Fasliyev)     Goffs UK     Aug     £25,000
bc – Effige (by Oratorio)     Tattersalls     Oct     35,000gns
bc – Fame And Fortune (by In The Wings)     Goffs UK     Aug     £30,000
bc – Flamelet (by Theatrical)     Goffs     Oct     €11,000
bc – Fruit O'The Forest (by Shinko Forest)     Tattersalls     Oct     45,000gns
bf – Green Green Grass (by Green Desert)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bf – Greta D'Argent (by Great Commotion)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €17,000
bc – Holly Gate (by Westerner)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bf – Holly Hill (by Indian Danehill)     Goffs     Feb     not sold
bf – Holly Hill (by Indian Danehill)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bf – Lady Gray (by High Chaparral)     Goffs     Oct     €60,000
bf - Lady Wanaka (by Fasliyev)     Goffs UK     Oct    withdrawn
bc – Lapistanera (by Cape Cross)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
bc – Lathaat (by Dubai Destination)     Goffs     Oct     €15,000
bc – Lilakiya (by Dr Fong)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
bc – Love In The City (by Dr Devious)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     withdrawn
bc – Mafaaza (by Jazil)     Goffs     Oct     €30,000
bc – Malta (by Gone West)     Tattersalls     Oct     6,000gns
bf – Minshar (by Noverre)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €4,000
bf – Miryale (by Anabaa)     Arqana     Aug     €70,000
bg - Miss Blueyes (by Dushyantor)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
grf – Miss Fancy Pants (by Act One)     Goffs     Oct     €15,000
bf – Molly Marie (by Fasliyev)     Tattersalls     Oct     3,500gns
bc – No Greater Love (by Stravinsky)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bf – Omanah (by Kayrawan)     Goffs     Feb     €12,500
bf – Omanah (by Kayrawan)     Goffs     Oct     €10,000
bf – Original (by Caerleon)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     withdrawn
bc – Orpens Peach (by Orpen)     Goffs     Feb     not sold
b/brf – Pinkisthecolour (by Red Clubs)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bc – Poppy's Rose (by Diktat)     Goffs     Feb     €8,000
bc – Poppy's Rose (by Diktat)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bf – Promise of Love (by Royal Applause)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     withdrawn
​f - Quela (by Acatenango)     SGA     Sept     not sold
bf – Quiet Dream (by Seattle Slew)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €15,000
bc – Rapparee (by Red Ransom)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €30,000
brf – Rocking Horse (by Rock of Gibraltar)     Goffs     Oct     not sold
bf - Sacre Fleur (by Acclamation)     Baden-Baden     Oct    not sold
bf – Saga Celebre (by Peintre Celebre)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     withdrawn
bc – Sarella Loren (by Theatrical)     Goffs     Feb     €30,000
bc – Sarella Loren (by Theatrical)     Goffs     Oct     €20,000
bc – Shalamzara (by Tiger Hill)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €20,000
bc – Shebelia (by Black Sam Bellamy)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bc – Sheema (by Teofilo)     Arqana     Aug     €16,000
bc – Supreme Quest (by Exceed And Excel)     Goffs UK     Aug     £36,000
bf – Suzy Bliss (by Spinning World)     Goffs     Oct     €13,000
bc – Sycamores (by Gold Away)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €18,000
bf – Topadee (by Golan)     Goffs     Oct     withdrawn
bc – Ulieska (by Lando)     Baden-Baden     Sept     ​not sold
bc - Ulieska (by Lando)     Baden-Baden     Oct    €32,000