Soft Falling Rain (SAF)

National Assembly - Gardener's Delight (Giant's Causeway) bay, 2009

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Pedigree

National Assembly
1983
Danzig
1977
Northern DancerNearctic - Nearco
Natalma - Native Dancer
Pas de NomAdmirals Voyage - Crafty Admiral
Petitioner - Petition
RenounceBuckpasserTom Fool - Menow
Busanda - War Admiral
Bold PrincessBold Ruler - Nasrullah
Grey Flight - Mahmoud
Gardener's Delight
2003
Giant's Causeway
1997
Storm CatStorm Bird - Northern Dancer
Terlingua - Secretariat
Mariah's StormRahy - Blushing Groom
Immense - Roberto
HighburySeattle SlewBold Reasoning - Boldnesian
My Charmer - Poker
QuillummoGummo - Fleet Nasrullah
Quillopoly - Princequillo

Pedigree

Sales Analysis

BORN colt avg sold SI filly avg sold SI
2016 318,667 30 1.29 325,000 22 1.34
2017 302,222 36 1.2 178,571 14 1.54
2018 169,211 19 1.04 108,182 11 0.97
2019 180,000 4 0.79 85,000 3 0.77

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
46% 34% 12% 4% 5% 107

Best Rated Offspring

(SA only)

horse wins (SW) places (SP) stakes AR
Waterberry Lane 18c 6 (2) 2 (1) R 607,150 110
Shangani 17c 8 (3) 3 (1) R 1,103,937 109
Zeus 18c 10 (1) 2 (1) R 1,452,625 107
Never Ending Rain 18c 2 (0) 7 (3) R 251,425 105
Pray For Rain 17c 5 (2) 9 (3) R 557,925 104
African Rain 18c 4 (0) 4 (1) R 350,350 103
Alramz 16c 1 (0) 5 (3) R 185,500 103
World Radar 16f 7 (2) 0 (0) R 302,700 103
Marmara Sea 16c 11 (2) 9 (1) R 572,175 102
Seven Patriots 16c 5 (0) 6 (0) R 351,400 102

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% 25,524
Soft Falling Rain 16% 13% 35% 16% 11% 11% 37% 21% 103

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% 24,981
Soft Falling Rain 23% 14% 21% 25% 13% 4% 42% 17% 71

Black Type Offspring

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

  • Hope Is Power 2018 colt 95/74/-/-/-
  • Sarasota (Kahal x Aristis)
  • 3rd Storm Bird S. (L) 1000m
  • Inherit The Rain 2017 colt 95/93/-/-/-
  • The Heiress (Rich Man's Gold x Al Mufti)
  • 3rd E-Cape Sprint Cup (L) 1200m
  • La Luvia 2017 filly 62/89/86/73/78
  • Mile High (Captain Al x Centenary)
  • 3rd Gr3 Yellowwood Hcp 1800m
  • Montreal Mist 2016 filly 85/62/-/-/-
  • Esterel (Var x Zoffany)
  • Won Gr2 Debutante S. 1200m
  • Silver Salmon 2018 colt 98/-/-/-/-
  • Silver Captain (Captain Al x Jet Master)
  • 3rd E-Cape Nursery (L) 1200m
  • Stone Cold 2017 colt 53/87/-/-/-
  • She's So Cold (Orpen x Diesis)
  • 2nd Wolf Power Hcp (L) 1600m
  • Thunderstone 2019 colt 102/90/-/-/-
  • Navasha (Tiger Ridge x Parade Leader)
  • 3rd Gr2 SA Nursery 1160m

Stud Analysis

Colts

  • SSI 1
  • Stamina 1507m
  • Stakes Wins 5%
  • Black Type 17%
  • winners/runners% 68%
born foals rnrs wnrs w/r% SW SW/r% BT BT/r% wins SSI AR Stamina
2016 35 32 23 72% 1 3% 2 6% 58 1.04 75 1454m
2017 45 39 26 67% 2 5% 6 15% 70 1.12 76 1602m
2018 30 29 19 66% 2 7% 6 21% 49 1.2 74 1374m
2019 5 4 3 75% 0 0% 1 25% 7 0.66 76 1600m

Fillies

  • SSI 0.95
  • Stamina 1359m
  • Stakes Wins 6%
  • Black Type 8%
  • winners/runners% 51%
born foals rnrs wnrs w/r% SW SW/r% BT BT/r% wins SSI AR Stamina
2016 36 27 14 52% 2 7% 3 11% 28 1.22 73 1236m
2017 24 21 9 43% 0 0% 2 10% 23 0.81 62 1533m
2018 27 21 12 57% 1 5% 1 5% 27 0.95 65 1442m
2019 4 3 2 67% 0 0% 0 0% 4 0.83 49 1225m

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Buffalo Bill Cody (IRE)

Redoute's Choice - Buffalo Berry (Sri Pekan)

Fire Away (USA)

War Front - Salute (Unbridled)

Flower Alley (USA)

Distorted Humor - Princess Olivia (Lycius)

Hawwaam (SAF)

Silvano - Halfway To Heaven (Jet Master)

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