Potala Palace (SAF)
Singspiel - Alignment (Alzao) bay, 2008 - height 16hh
- Ridgemont - W. Cape
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Race Record
R3.6 million yearling.
In South Africa, 4 wins 1400-1600m, at 2 to 5.
Rated MR 108
at 2 WON Gr1 Premier’s Champion S. (1600m)
at 3 4th Gr1 Cape Derby (2000m)
at 5 WON Gr3 Spring Challenge (1450m)
Sire Line
SINGSPIEL – 9 wins and £3,6m (US$6m) incl 5 Gr1 races, 1996 Champion Turf Horse and Champion Older Male, Timeform 133; at 3 won O & K Troy S., 2nd Gr1 Coral Eclipse S., Gr2 Great Voltigeur S., Gr1 GP De Paris, Gr3 Classic Trial; at 4 won Gr1 Japan Cup, Gr1 Canadian International S., Gr3 Gordon Richards S., Gr3 Select S., 2nd 2nd G1Breeders’ Cup Turf, Gr1 Coronation Cup, Gr2 Princess Of Wales’s S.; at 5 won Gr1Dubai World Cup, Gr1 Coronation Cup, Gr1Juddmonte International S.; Sire of Champions. Sire of sires. Broodmare Sire of Champions, a world leading sire.
Notable progeny incl Dar Re Mi (05f – Top Ville, Abdos); Solow (10c - Highest Honor, Fabulous Dancer) Gr1 winner Dubai turf; Eastern Anthem (04c – Zinaad, Lagunas); Papineau (00c – Grey Dawn, Tom Rolfe); In Time’s Eye (99c – Alleged, Grenfall); Asakusa Denen (99c - Machiavellian, Bustino); Moon Ballad (99c - Shaadi, Relkino); Lateral (03c – Aragon, Surumu); Hibaayeb (07f – Lion Cavern, Zonda); Andean (01c – Mill Reef, Prince Ippi); Mulaqat (03c – Lahib, Shareef Dancer); Silkwood (04f – Woodman, Nureyev); Gower Song (03f – Kalaglow, Mill Reef); Dark Islander (03c – Woodman, Nureyev); Folk Opera (04f – Halling, The Minstrel); Balladeuse (05f – Rainbow Quest, Lyphard); Tastahil (04c – Shaadi, High Line); Areyoutalkintome (03c – Last Tycoon, Dancer’s Image); Wild Savannah (02c – Arazi, Dancing Brave); Lahudood (03f – Arazi, Mr Prospector); Yaddree (05c – Nashwan, Nureyev); Sopranist (06c – Kris, High Top); Covert Ambition (05c – Lahib, Magical Wonder); Confidential Lady (03f – Dayjur, Banner Sport); Glorious Sight (08f - Warning, Caerleon); Abjer (08c - Lando, Red Steps); Andina (07f - Rahy, Vice Regent); Dordogne (08c - Efisio, Norwick); Live Concert (04c - Kingmambo, Mt Livermore); Princess Taylor (04f – Mille Babes, Fabulous Dancer); Candy Singer (05f - Candy Stripes, Farnesio); Miss Singhsix (05f - Miswaki, What A Pleasure)
KIN-BREEDING: Singspiel is a half brother to Rahy (Blushing Groom) and Rakeen (Northern Dancer); Singspiel is kinbred 4x2x3 Bold Reason x Halo x Miss Swapsco. His dam Glorious Song is kinbred 2x2 Cosmah x Miss Swapsco.
SADLER'S WELLS line sires in South Africa: Flying The Flag, Global View, New Predator, The United States (Galileo); Elusive Fort (Fort Wood); Act Of War, Futura, Horizon, Legislate (Dynasty); Potala Palace (Singspiel); Admiral Kitten (Kitten’s Joy)
Pedigree
| Singspiel 1992 | In The Wings 1986 | Sadler's Wells | Northern Dancer - Nearctic |
| Fairy Bridge - Bold Reason | |||
| High Hawk | Shirley Heights - Mill Reef | ||
| Sunbittern - Sea Hawk | |||
| Glorious Song 1976 | Halo | Hail To Reason - Turn To | |
| Cosmah - Cosmic Bomb | |||
| Ballade | Herbager - Vandale | ||
| Miss Swapsco - Cohoes | |||
| Alignment 1995 | Alzao 1980 | Lyphard | Northern Dancer - Nearctic |
| Goofed - Court Martial | |||
| Lady Rebecca | Sir Ivor - Sir Gaylord | ||
| Pocahontas - Roman | |||
| Scots Lass 1982 | Shirley Heights | Mill Reef - Never Bend | |
| Hardiemma - Hardicanute | |||
| Edinburgh | Charlottown - Charlottesville | ||
| Queen's Castle - Sovereign Path |
Pedigree
The female line of Potala Palace traces to the mare Simon’s Shoes, dam of half sisters Dalmary and Carpet Slipper. Dalmary ‘s female line leads among others to Sadler’s Wells. The build-up of Potala Palace’ female line (through Carpet Stlipper) consists of a sequence of closely kinbred ancestors who in turn give kin-links with the sires of the best performers in the family.
Suitable Lines
Suitable mares for Potala Palace could include
- Lines which have been successful with his female line, including Spectrum and his sire Rainbow Quest (Saumarez, Baroon), Sadler’s Wells (widespread, but notably Fort Wood & sons (Dynasty, Horse Chestnut) and others from Fort Wood’s female line (Kabool, Hobb Alwahtan, Hinton Wells, Martinelli, Medaaly, etc), Braashee, Casey Tibbs)
- Carpet Slipper female line descendants, including Reform and full sister Knighton House (Tara’s Halls, Antonius Pius, Tamburlaine);
- Dalmary female line descendants, including Sadler’s Wells (widespread), Fairy King (Tara’s Halls, Almushtarak), Nureyev (widespread), Thatch (Golden Thatch, Thatching (Restructure, Badger’s Drift, the latter’s dam by Thatching out of 3-part sister to Blushing Groom));
- Singspiel’s female line descendants, including Rakeen (Jet Master), Rahy (Giant’s Causeway), Parade Leader;
- Mill Reef and son Shirley Heights (including Casey Tibbs, Antonius Pius, Almushtarak); etc
(posted 2014)
Sales Analysis
| BORN | colt avg | sold | SI | filly avg | sold | SI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 66,842 | 19 | 0.41 | 94,000 | 5 | 0.52 |
| 2016 | 67,143 | 7 | 0.45 | 30,625 | 8 | 0.41 |
| 2017 | 180,833 | 6 | 1.02 | 53,000 | 5 | 0.79 |
| 2018 | 100,000 | 1 | 0.27 | 128,333 | 3 | 1.11 |
| 2020 | 145,909 | 22 | 0.52 | 100,417 | 12 | 0.6 |
| 2021 | 197,500 | 16 | 0.74 | 106,250 | 12 | 0.48 |
| 2022 | 70,000 | 1 | 0.3 | 130,000 | 3 | 0.7 |
Stamina
by highest winning distance of 3yo and up (the higher the count, the more reliable the %)
| 800/1399m | 14/1600m | 16/1999m | 20/2399m | 2400m+ | count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38% | 43% | 15% | 2% | 2% | 65 |
Best Rated Offspring
(SA only)
| horse | wins (SW) | places (SP) | stakes | AR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palace Chapel 15c | 4 (0) | 3 (1) | R 933,786 | 114 |
| Singforafa 16f | 6 (3) | 5 (4) | R 920,375 | 108 |
| Basilius 15c | 4 (0) | 6 (0) | R 432,087 | 104 |
| Russian Prince 15c | 3 (0) | 3 (1) | R 283,999 | 102 |
| Approach Control 15c | 3 (0) | 12 (0) | R 457,800 | 101 |
| Reach For The Line 15c | 2 (0) | 6 (0) | R 154,775 | 99 |
| Snow Palace 16f | 6 (0) | 7 (1) | R 554,650 | 99 |
| Dalai's Promise 15f | 5 (0) | 4 (0) | R 429,687 | 99 |
| Emerald Palace 17f | 2 (0) | 6 (0) | R 169,500 | 95 |
| Senatla 15c | 2 (0) | 2 (1) | R 157,000 | 95 |
The Power Of Ratings
Colts
| AR Band | < 59 | 59 - 69 | 70 - 79 | 80 - 89 | 90 - 99 | > 99 | > 79 | > 89 | count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Colts | 27% | 18% | 26% | 18% | 7% | 3% | 29% | 11% | 25,502 |
| Potala Palace | 22% | 23% | 30% | 15% | 5% | 5% | 24% | 10% | 82 |
Fillies
| AR Band | < 54 | 54 - 64 | 65 - 74 | 75 - 84 | 85 - 94 | > 94 | > 74 | > 84 | count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Fillies | 28% | 18% | 26% | 20% | 7% | 2% | 29% | 9% | 24,964 |
| Potala Palace | 26% | 5% | 34% | 23% | 6% | 6% | 35% | 13% | 62 |
Black Type Offspring
with best career rating by distance category:
1000-1399m/14-1600m/1601-1999m/20-2399m/2400m+
Stud Analysis
Colts
- SSI 0.62
- Stamina 1421m
- Stakes Wins 8%
- Black Type 23% winners/runners% 39%
| born | foals | rnrs | wnrs | w/r% | SW | SW/r% | BT | BT/r% | wins | SSI | AR | Stamina |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 46% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 13% | 30 | 1.18 | 72 | 1423m |
| 2016 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 23% | 1 | 8% | 1 | 8% | 11 | 0.57 | 68 | 1733m |
| 2017 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 22% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 5 | 0.43 | 68 | 1250m |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 50% | 1 | 0.52 | 55 | 1400m |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0.01 | 63 | 0m |
| 2020 | 37 | 30 | 14 | 47% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 21 | 0.63 | 68 | 1621m |
| 2021 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 33% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 1.01 | 60 | 1100m |
Fillies
- SSI 1
- Stamina 1408m
- Stakes Wins 18%
- Black Type 14% winners/runners% 52%
| born | foals | rnrs | wnrs | w/r% | SW | SW/r% | BT | BT/r% | wins | SSI | AR | Stamina |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 86% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 14% | 13 | 1.1 | 69 | 1450m |
| 2016 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 82% | 2 | 18% | 3 | 27% | 22 | 1.51 | 82 | 1289m |
| 2017 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 50% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 13% | 10 | 0.91 | 66 | 1388m |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 69 | 0m |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1.38 | 80 | 1800m |
| 2020 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 42% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 3% | 17 | 0.72 | 62 | 1324m |
| 2021 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 14% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0.41 | 49 | 1200m |
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