Opera King (USA)

Storm Bird - Jewel in my Crown (Secretariat) chestnut, 1994

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Pedigree

Storm Bird
1978		Northern Dancer
1961		NearcticNearco - Pharos
Lady Angela - Hyperion
NatalmaNative Dancer - Polynesian
Almahmoud - Mahmoud
South Ocean
1967		New ProvidenceBull Page - Bull Lea
Fair Colleen - Preciptic
Shining SunChop Chop - Flares
Solar Display - Sun Again
Jewel in my CrownSecretariat
1970		Bold RulerNasrullah - Nearco
Miss Disco - Discovery
SomethingroyalPrincequillo - Prince Rose
Imperatrice - Caruso
Tiffany Tam
1979		TentamIntentionally - Intent US
Tamerett - Tim Tam
LoudrangleQuadrangle - Cohoes
Lady Known As Lou - Nearctic

Pedigree

Sales Analysis

BORN colt avg sold SI filly avg sold SI
2004 158,333 9 1.75 215,000 2 2.67
2005 78,000 10 0.58 55,000 5 0.68
2006 61,250 8 0.86 50,000 1 0.82
2007 109,000 5 1.83 0 0 0
2009 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
31% 31% 12% 11% 15% 65

Best Rated Offspring

(SA only)

horse wins (SW) places (SP) stakes AR
Bartolini 06c 4 (1) 4 (1) R 250,175 99
Poppins 07f 3 (0) 14 (1) R 386,725 94
Scoop The Pool 08c 3 (0) 5 (0) R 198,675 94
West End 06f 4 (0) 9 (0) R 318,250 93
Zire Special 07f 4 (0) 2 (0) R 142,600 92
Sunningdale 05f 5 (0) 14 (0) R 425,075 91
What Next 05c 4 (0) 13 (0) R 378,750 88
Crackerjack King 04c 4 (0) 10 (0) R 236,225 88
Capital Gain 07c 3 (0) 3 (0) R 126,800 87
American Gangsta 05c 7 (0) 7 (0) R 360,100 87

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
Opera King 39% 20% 28% 11% 2% 0% 13% 2% 97

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% 24,960
Opera King 29% 17% 34% 14% 6% 0% 20% 6% 65

Black Type Offspring

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

Stud Analysis

Colts

  • SSI 0.43
  • Stamina 1736m
  • Stakes Wins 4%
  • Black Type 4%
    • winners/runners% 38%
born foals rnrs wnrs w/r% SW SW/r% BT BT/r% wins SSI AR Stamina
2004 21 19 9 47% 0 0% 0 0% 23 0.59 67 1811m
2005 26 25 10 40% 0 0% 0 0% 36 0.59 63 1675m
2006 25 24 8 33% 1 4% 1 4% 20 0.45 58 1463m
2007 23 16 5 31% 0 0% 0 0% 8 0.38 59 1720m
2008 11 8 4 50% 0 0% 0 0% 6 0.62 61 2075m
2009 7 5 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0.01 49 0m
2010 4 3 2 67% 0 0% 0 0% 3 0.36 60 1675m

Fillies

  • SSI 0.62
  • Stamina 1638m
  • Stakes Wins 0%
  • Black Type 6%
    • winners/runners% 46%
born foals rnrs wnrs w/r% SW SW/r% BT BT/r% wins SSI AR Stamina
2004 18 18 6 33% 0 0% 0 0% 7 0.54 54 1425m
2005 16 12 7 58% 0 0% 0 0% 17 0.66 62 1786m
2006 12 12 6 50% 0 0% 0 0% 12 0.63 61 1400m
2007 23 16 8 50% 0 0% 1 6% 15 0.57 69 1456m
2008 5 4 1 25% 0 0% 0 0% 2 0.64 39 2000m
2009 8 4 2 50% 0 0% 0 0% 2 0.34 50 2200m
2010 1 1 1 100% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0.94 69 1200m

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