Pomodoro (SAF)

Jet Master - Golden Apple (Northern Guest) bay, 2008 - height 16.2½hh

Thoroughbred horse Pomodoro side profile

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Race Record

In South Africa, 8 wins, 1160-2450m at 3 to 5 years, and earnings of R3.9 million

Merit Rated 113

at 3    WON  Gr1 Durban July (2200m)

          WON  Gr1 SA Derby (2450m)

          WON  Gr3 Tony Ruffel S. (1450m)

          WON  KZN Guineas Trial-(L) (1600m)

           2nd    Gr1 SA Classic (1800m)

at 4     3rd     Gr1 Queen’s Plate (1600m)

           3rd     Gr1 Gold Challenge (1600m)

at 5     3rd     Gr1 Champions Challenge (2000m)

Sire Line

JET MASTER – 17 wins, 1000-1600m, 8x Gr1; MR 124. Horse of the Year, Champion Sprinter, Champion Miler; sire of Gr1 winners of both sexes; sire of Champions. Champion Freshman-Sire, Champion Sire (6 times in a row, season 2006/07 to 2011/12). Sire of sires.

Notable progeny incl. Pocket Power (02c - Prince Florimund, Prince Sao) 3x Horse of the Year, Champion; J J The Jet Plane (04c - Northern Guest, House Guard) Champion;  Mythical Flight (03c - Harry Hotspur, Jungle Cove); Past Master (06c - Western Winter, Argosy); Pomodoro (08c - Northern Guest, Averof); Yorker (09c - Al Mufti, Savonarola) Champion; Ebony Flyer (07f - Badger Land, Argosy) Champion; Floatyourboat (02c - Foveros, Coastal) Champion; Master Plan (08c - Royal Chalice, Del Sarto); Love Is In The Air (05f - Jungle Cove, Free Ride); Ravishing (03c - Royal Prerogative, Jamaico); River Jetez (03f - Prince Florimund, Prince Sao); Master Sabina (09c - Sportsworld, Model Man); Fly By Night (09f - Model Man, Great Brother); Soft Landing (02f - Golden Thatch, Auction Ring); Thunder Dance (08f - Fort Wood, Complete Warrior); In The Fast Lane (10f - Northern Guest, Elliodor); Stratos (02f - Golden Thatch, Elliodor); Viva Maria (08f - Badger Land, Dowdstown Charley); Gluwein (06f - Our Casey’s Boy, Where To Dance); Little Miss Magic (03f - Al Mufti, Free State); All Afire (06f - Coastal, Roland Gardens); Master Of My Fate (09c - Elliodor, Bush Telegraph); Jet Supreme (09f - Zabeel, Secretariat); E-Jet (08c - Equalize, Farnesio); Jet Explorer (08c - Icelander, Realm); Jet Belle (09f - Ahmad, Saint Sever); Chave De Oura (09c - Complete Warrior, The Eliminator); Lizarre (06c - Jallad, Flaming Rock); Jet Aglow (09f - Argosy, Jungle Cove); She’s On Fire (02f - Concertino, Sparkler); Vertical Takeoff (05c - Al Mufti, Raise A Man); Starlit (02f - The Prime Minister, Secreto); Jet Supreme (09f - Zabeel, Secretariat); E-Jet (08c - Equalize, Farnesio); etc.

KIN-BREEDING: Jet Master’s dam Jet Lightning is kinbred 3x2 Kerala x Let’s Laugh. Kerala is equivalent to Hail To Reason, the pair 2x2 in Jet Lightning’s sire Rollins (Damascus x Glorious Spring). Glorious Spring is kin to Halo, damsire of Jet Master’s sire Rakeen.

RAKEEN-line sires in South Africa: Lance, Master Of My Fate, Pomodoro, Skitt Skizzle (Jet Master);

Pedigree

Jet Master
1994
Rakeen
1987
Northern DancerNearctic - Nearco
Natalma - Native Dancer
Glorious SongHalo - Hail To Reason
Ballade - Herbager
Jet Lightning
1987
RollinsDamascus - Sword Dancer
Glorious Spring - Hail To Reason
Jolly LaughterJolly Drummer - Drum Beat
Let's Laugh - Joy II
Golden Apple
1995
Northern Guest
1977
Northern DancerNearctic - Nearco
Natalma - Native Dancer
Sex AppealBuckpasser - Tom Fool
Best in Show - Traffic Judge
Averogold
1988
AverofSing Sing - Tudor Minstrel
Argentina - Nearco
Apples of GoldGodswalk - Dancer's Image
Apple Peel - Pall Mall

Pedigree

Pomodoro’s pedigree shows three sets of kin-breeding: Hail To Reason with Kerala, Let’s Laugh; Hail To Reason with Kerala, Buckpasser (Busanda); Kerala with Let’s Laugh and Floral Park. Descendants of the mare Lavendula (Perfume, Source Sucree) are prominent.

Suitable Lines

Suitable mares for Pomodoro could include

  1. Buckpasser & his siblings – widespread; Northern Guest, Al Mufti (Captain Al), Wolfhound, National Assembly, Seeking The Gold (Lecture, Windrush), Danehill, AP Indy, Tiger Ridge, Fort Beluga, Cordoba, Announce, Secret Prospector, Damascus Gate, Imperial Dilemma; Caesour (kin-linked), Lalun (Bold Reason, Never Bend)
  2. Damascus – Complete Warrior (Counter Action, Captain Al), Damascus Gate, Imperial Dilemma, Right Approach
  3. Lavendula through daughters Perfume and Source Sucree, and son Ambiorix – My Babu (widespread), Joy (Dynasty), Irish River (Rainbow Quest), West Man
  4. Hail to Reason – very widespread; Bold Reason (Sadler’s Wells, Fort Wood, Dynasty), Roberto & full sister (Al Mufti, Captain Al, Victory Moon, The Sheik, Announce, Modern Day, Rollins, etc)

(posted 2014)

Sales Analysis

BORN colt avg sold SI filly avg sold SI
2015 183,333 18 0.54 52,692 13 0.49
2016 170,333 15 0.77 135,455 11 1.19
2017 170,833 12 0.89 162,941 17 0.7
2018 182,308 13 0.9 68,000 5 0.49
2019 170,441 34 0.8 88,929 14 0.78
2020 164,706 17 0.67 164,615 13 0.57
2021 177,857 7 0.57 80,000 6 0.43
2022 0 0 0 150,000 1 0.81

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
36% 45% 7% 8% 4% 157

Best Rated Offspring

(SA only)

horse wins (SW) places (SP) stakes AR
Cirillo 15c 5 (1) 17 (12) R 5,439,600 116
Putontheredlight 16c 5 (0) 5 (1) R 438,750 109
Golden Belle 16f 4 (1) 1 (0) R 276,875 108
Russian Rock 17c 3 (1) 8 (2) R 794,450 108
Indlamu 17c 5 (0) 17 (3) R 568,125 105
Return Flight 15f 6 (4) 5 (0) R 2,263,175 104
Rule By Force 19c 2 (0) 3 (1) R 303,000 103
River Romeo 19c 3 (0) 0 (0) R 166,750 102
Leopold 16c 3 (1) 6 (0) R 401,987 99
Barzalona 18c 5 (0) 7 (2) R 463,350 99

The Power Of Ratings

Colts

AR Band < 59 59 - 69 70 - 79 80 - 89 90 - 99 > 99 > 79 > 89 count
All Colts 26% 18% 27% 18% 7% 3% 29% 11% 25,447
Pomodoro 15% 25% 28% 20% 9% 3% 32% 12% 173

Fillies

AR Band < 54 54 - 64 65 - 74 75 - 84 85 - 94 > 94 > 74 > 84 count
All Fillies 27% 18% 26% 20% 7% 2% 29% 9% 24,910
Pomodoro 30% 22% 23% 17% 4% 3% 24% 7% 143

Black Type Offspring

with best career rating by distance category:
1000-1399m/14-1600m/1601-1999m/20-2399m/2400m+

  • Bound By Duty 2016 colt 85/96/-/-/-
  • Saddle Me Up (Asaal x Northern Guest)
  • 3rd Gatecrasher S. (L) 1400m
  • Cedar Man 2015 colt 76/81/85/97/96
  • Dharmsala (Fantastic Light x Mighty Appealing)
  • 2nd Kenilworth Cup (L) 3200m
  • Consigliere 2020 colt 56/-/-/-/-
  • Secretariat's Girl (Captain Al x Lambent Light)
  • 3rd 1000m
  • Darling Harbour 2020 filly 63/59/57/70/-
  • Safe Harbour (Elusive Fort x Rakeen)
  • 3rd S A Oaks Trial (L) 2000m
  • Golden Belle 2016 filly 108/91/-/-/-
  • Juvenescent (Elusive Quality x Sadler's Wells)
  • Won Gr2 Camellia S. 1160m
  • Golden Prospect 2019 colt 69/98/-/-/-
  • Terra Marianna (Doowaley x Elliodor)
  • 3rd Gr3 Tony Ruffel S. 1400m
  • Leopold 2016 colt 78/99/99/97/83
  • Soulja Gal (Street Cry x Bigstone)
  • Won Secretariat S. (L) 1400m
  • Putontheredlight 2016 colt 93/109/-/-/-
  • Roxanne (Western Winter x Royal Chalice)
  • 2nd Gr2 Golden Horseshoe 1400m
  • Rule By Force 2019 colt 81/88/96/103/96
  • Alliance (Danehill Dancer x Pips Pride)
  • 3rd Gr1 SA Derby 2450m
  • Social Image 2018 filly 97/-/-/-/-
  • Carolita (London News x Al Mufti)
  • 2nd Storm Bird S. (L) 1000m
  • Ushuaia 2017 colt 69/78/78/77/81
  • Indescribable (Al Mufti x Red Ryder)
  • 3rd SA Derby Trial (L) 2000m
  • Westlife 2016 colt 44/92/-/-/-
  • Westwardly (Silvano x Gone West)
  • 2nd Gr3 Tony Ruffel S. 1400m

Stud Analysis

Colts

  • SSI 0.88
  • Stamina 1487m
  • Stakes Wins 5%
  • Black Type 11%
  • winners/runners% 55%
born foals rnrs wnrs w/r% SW SW/r% BT BT/r% wins SSI AR Stamina
2015 37 34 22 65% 1 3% 3 9% 44 1.68 75 1545m
2016 28 25 17 68% 1 4% 5 20% 43 0.93 73 1618m
2017 29 25 15 60% 2 8% 4 16% 29 0.9 75 1447m
2018 26 21 13 62% 0 0% 1 5% 30 0.9 72 1508m
2019 52 43 24 56% 0 0% 2 5% 46 0.7 70 1475m
2020 29 26 5 19% 0 0% 0 0% 7 0.41 64 1330m
2021 13 2 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0.66 71 0m

Fillies

  • SSI 0.79
  • Stamina 1475m
  • Stakes Wins 4%
  • Black Type 5%
  • winners/runners% 42%
born foals rnrs wnrs w/r% SW SW/r% BT BT/r% wins SSI AR Stamina
2015 28 23 8 35% 1 4% 1 4% 20 1.64 61 1806m
2016 28 26 9 35% 1 4% 1 4% 20 0.99 57 1617m
2017 26 23 8 35% 1 4% 1 4% 18 0.63 63 1258m
2018 25 16 11 69% 0 0% 1 6% 33 0.82 69 1395m
2019 43 38 20 53% 1 3% 2 5% 28 0.76 60 1381m
2020 24 18 6 33% 0 0% 1 6% 6 0.47 57 1392m
2021 21 2 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0.19 66 0m

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Captain Of All (SAF)

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Kommetdieding (SAF)

Elusive Fort - Adorable (Captain Al)

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Uncle Mo - Royal Irish Lass (Saint Ballado)

Twice Over (GB)

Observatory - Double Crossed (Caerleon)

William Longsword (SAF)

Captain Al - Pagan Princess (Fort Wood)

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