Brave Tin Soldier (USA)
Storm Cat - Bless (Mr Prospector) bay, 2004 - height 16.1½hh
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Race Record
In Ireland, UK, France, USA and UAE
- 4 wins, 1200-1700m, from 2 to 5
Timeform 115 at 2
At 2
WON Blenheim S. (L) (1200m)
5th Gr1 Middle Park S. (1200m)
At 5
WON Gr3 Cliff Hanger S. (1700m)
3rd Gr3 Knickerbocker S. (1800m)
4th Gr3 Zabeel Mile (1600m)
Sire Line
STORM CAT – champion sire (twice), champion 2yo sire (3x); sire of 100+ Graded SW’s, progeny earnings of over $110 million. AEI 3.38. Sire-of-sires.
Notable progeny includes Giant’s Causeway (97c – Rahy, Roberto) – Horse of the Year, Europe; Storm Flag Flying (00f – Easy Goer, Private Account) – Champion US 2yo; Sweet Catomine (02f – Kris S., Flying Paster) – Champion US 2yo; Hold That Tiger (00c – Caveat, Tom Cat) – Champion European 2yo; Aljabr (96c – Baillamont, Kalamoun) – Champion European 2yo; One Cool Cat (01c – Mr Prospector, Northern Dancer) – Champion European 2yo; Black Minnaloushe (98c – Green Dancer, Diatome) – Champion Irish 3yo; Denebola (01f – Mr Prospector, Halo) – Champion French 2yo; Ambitious Cat (01f – Roberto, Nijinsky) – Champion Canadian turf mare; Catrail (90c – Majestic Light, Buckpasser) – Champion English 3yo; Sardula (91f – Hoist The Flag, Mr Brick); Desert Stormer (90f – Damascus, New Providence); Tale Of The Cat (94c – Mr Prospector, Honest Pleasure); High Yield (97c – Forty Niner, Nijinsky); Hennesy (93c – Hawaii, Tom Cat); Munaaji (91c – Blushing Groom, Grenfall); Mistle Cat (90c – Maribeau, Decidedly); etc.
Storm Cat is kinbred 4x4 Solar Display x First Rose, and 6x5 Mother Goose x Rare Bloom.
Storm Bird line sires in South Africa: Brave Tin Soldier, Rabada (Storm Cat); Talk Of The Town (Var); Louis The King (Black Minnaloushe)
Pedigree
| Storm Cat 1983 | Storm Bird 1978 | Northern Dancer | Nearctic - Nearco |
| Natalma - Native Dancer | |||
| South Ocean | New Providence - Bull Page | ||
| Shining Sun - Chop Chop | |||
| Terlingua 1976 | Secretariat | Bold Ruler - Nasrullah | |
| Somethingroyal - Princequillo | |||
| Crimson Saint | Crimson Satan - Spy Song | ||
| Bolero Rose - Bolero | |||
| Bless 1999 | Mr Prospector 1970 | Raise A Native | Native Dancer - Polynesian |
| Raise You - Case Ace | |||
| Gold Digger | Nashua - Nasrullah | ||
| Sequence - Count Fleet | |||
| Angel Fever 1990 | Danzig | Northern Dancer - Nearctic | |
| Pas de Nom - Admirals Voyage | |||
| Rowdy Angel | Halo - Hail To Reason | ||
| Ramhyde - Rambunctious |
Pedigree
This is a solid sire producing female line, with bottom female line ancestor Bold Irish the key. The remarkable make-up of this mare makes her kin to a selection of key-ancestors in major sires. Bold Irish is from the same female line as Storm Cat (Fam 8) and is close kin to First Bloom and Rare Bloom in Storm Cat’s female line. Bold Irish is close kin to Miss Dogwood, Mr Prospector’s key female line ancestors. Bold Irish is close kin to Pas de Nom, dam of Danzig. Bold Irish is close kin to Mother Goose, grandam of Almahmoud (female line ancestor of Northern Dancer, Halo, Danehill), and to Flaring Top, grandam of Nijinsky. The list goes on.
The lines converge in Brave Tin Soldier. His 3rd dam Rowdy Angel is by Halo. She’s dam of Gr1 winner & sire Pine Bluff (by Danzig), full brother to Angel Fever, the 2nd dam of Brave Tin Soldier. Angel Fever is dam of Gr1 winner & sire Fusaichi Pegasus (by Mr Prospector), full brother to the dam of Brave Tin Soldier – who is by Storm Cat.
Fusaichi Pegasus is sire of Gr1 winner and 2009 top US freshman sire Roman Ruler (kinbred Bold Irish x Dusty Vixen) and Australian & English Gr1 winner Haradasun (kinbred Rowdy Angel x Toyama, the latter a daughter of Tulyar and the dam of Haradasun’s 2nd damsire Zamazaan – in SA Tulyar can be found in Lecture, through his damsire Honest Pleasure who is close kin to Toyama). Other stallions produced from the female line include Icecapade, Buckfinder, Private Terms, Green Forest.Brave Tin Soldier’s pedigree build-up gives a wealth of opportunity for him to succeed as a sire.
Suitable Lines
SUITABLE LINES for Brave Tin Soldier will probably result in
- inbreeding to Mr Prospector, Danzig, Halo, Northern Dancer, Buckpasser, Seattle Slew. In this context Lecture looks interesting, especially if he can be had in the already successful combo with Al Mufti.
- Any mare whose bottom female line provides close links to Bold Irish must be taken seriously.
- Given the geographical location, Brave Tin Soldier will probably get mares with Northern Guest and/or Coastal, who both fit the bill.
- It may pay to keep an eye on successful offspring of Fusaichi Pegasus and the way they are bred, for further ideas.
Sales Analysis
| BORN | colt avg | sold | SI | filly avg | sold | SI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 120,500 | 10 | 0.44 | 100,455 | 11 | 0.63 |
| 2012 | 107,500 | 16 | 0.54 | 116,364 | 11 | 0.48 |
| 2013 | 144,375 | 8 | 0.42 | 80,909 | 11 | 0.36 |
| 2014 | 92,000 | 5 | 0.51 | 80,625 | 8 | 0.99 |
| 2015 | 37,500 | 8 | 0.33 | 33,125 | 8 | 0.63 |
| 2016 | 52,500 | 4 | 0.3 | 40,000 | 2 | 0.27 |
| 2018 | 15,000 | 1 | 0.11 | 30,000 | 1 | 0.29 |
| 2020 | 20,000 | 1 | 0.14 | 20,000 | 1 | 0.19 |
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% | 27% | 15% | 12% | 9% | 93 |
Best Rated Offspring
(SA only)
| horse | wins (SW) | places (SP) | stakes | AR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rabada 12c | 5 (3) | 3 (1) | R 2,673,750 | 109 |
| Running Brave 15f | 8 (3) | 10 (5) | R 1,912,774 | 107 |
| Brave Mary 14f | 2 (1) | 3 (0) | R 1,106,250 | 105 |
| Easy Street 11f | 8 (1) | 8 (2) | R 608,600 | 104 |
| Soldier On 14c | 7 (0) | 4 (0) | R 791,300 | 104 |
| Split The Breeze 11c | 4 (0) | 1 (0) | R 375,750 | 103 |
| Iwo Jima 11c | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | R 222,250 | 98 |
| Yankeedoodledandy 13c | 1 (0) | 4 (0) | R 133,475 | 94 |
| Hidden Agenda 11c | 8 (0) | 22 (1) | R 806,325 | 92 |
| Rosalie 11f | 2 (0) | 2 (1) | R 136,250 | 91 |
The Power Of Ratings
Colts
| AR Band | < 59 | 59 - 69 | 70 - 79 | 80 - 89 | 90 - 99 | > 99 | > 79 | > 89 | count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Colts | 27% | 18% | 27% | 18% | 7% | 3% | 28% | 11% | 25,526 |
| Brave Tin Soldier | 33% | 16% | 18% | 26% | 4% | 3% | 33% | 7% | 98 |
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% | 24,983 |
| Brave Tin Soldier | 25% | 25% | 22% | 23% | 2% | 3% | 28% | 5% | 92 |
Black Type Offspring
with best career rating by distance category:
1000-1399m/14-1600m/1601-1999m/20-2399m/2400m+
Stud Analysis
Colts
- SSI 0.71
- Stamina 1552m
- Stakes Wins 5%
- Black Type 5% winners/runners% 50%
| born | foals | rnrs | wnrs | w/r% | SW | SW/r% | BT | BT/r% | wins | SSI | AR | Stamina |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 52% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 4% | 42 | 0.83 | 64 | 1613m |
| 2012 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 67% | 1 | 5% | 1 | 5% | 29 | 1.43 | 74 | 1519m |
| 2013 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 41% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 9 | 0.51 | 61 | 1721m |
| 2014 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 80% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 7% | 38 | 0.77 | 74 | 1408m |
| 2015 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 30% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0.37 | 63 | 1600m |
| 2016 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 33% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0.34 | 56 | 1450m |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0m |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0m |
Fillies
- SSI 0.8
- Stamina 1622m
- Stakes Wins 6%
- Black Type 17% winners/runners% 44%
| born | foals | rnrs | wnrs | w/r% | SW | SW/r% | BT | BT/r% | wins | SSI | AR | Stamina |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 56% | 1 | 6% | 2 | 13% | 24 | 0.85 | 69 | 1611m |
| 2012 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 33% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 8 | 0.59 | 59 | 1480m |
| 2013 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 48% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 18 | 0.57 | 63 | 1555m |
| 2014 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 38% | 1 | 6% | 2 | 13% | 15 | 1.08 | 63 | 1717m |
| 2015 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 53% | 1 | 5% | 2 | 11% | 25 | 1.36 | 67 | 1590m |
| 2016 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 33% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0.28 | 63 | 1400m |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 33% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 33% | 4 | 0.87 | 65 | 2000m |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0m |
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