Expert Eye (GB)
Acclamation - Exemplify (Dansili) bay, 2014 - height 15.3½hh
- Paardebergstud - W. Cape
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Race Record
At 2 WON Gr2 Vintage S. (1400m)
At 3 WON G1 Breeder’s Cup Mile (1600m)
WON Gr3 Jersey S. (1400m)
WON Gr3 City of York S. (1400m)
2nd Gr1 Sussex S. (1600m)
2nd Gr3 Greenham S. (1400m)
3rd Gr1 Prix du Moulin (1600m)
Sire Line
ACCLAMATION - 6 wins, 1000-1200m, Gr2 Diadem S; 2nd Gr1 King’s Stand S.; 3rd Gr1 Nunthorpe S.; 4th Gr1 Prix de l’Abbeye de Longchamp; rated TFR 118.
Sire of Gr1 winners of both sexes; sire-of-sires of Gr1 winners.
Notable progeny incl. Romantic Warrior (18c – Street Cry, Singspiel); Marsha (13f – Marju, Barathea); Equiano (05c – Ela-mana-mou, Kris)- sire; Expert Eye (15c – Dansili, Distant View) - sire; Aclaim (13c – Danroad, Khayasi) - sire; Dark Angel (05c – Machiavellian, Night Shift) - sire; Mehmas (14c – Machiavellian, Soviet Star) – sire; Accakaba (19f – Medicean, Anabaa); Ventura Tormenta (18c – Oasis Dream, Night Shift); Lidari (09c – Linamix, Silver Deputy); Saayerr (11c – Kyllachy, Mr Prospector); Harbour Watch (09c – Woodman, Shareef Dancer x Fall Aspen) – sire; Lilbourne Lad (09c – Green Desert, Nashwan); Garrus (16c – Medicean, Danetime); My Sister Nat (15f – Galileo, Green Tune); Attendu (13c – Green Tune, St Jovite); Hitchens (05c – Royal Academy, Mill Reef); Pretreville (15c – Fusaichi Pegasus, Red Ransom); Bouttemont (18c – Fastnet Rock, Stravinsky); Abby Hatcher (17f – Dubawi, Rainbow Quest); Oh This Is Us (13c – Hawk Wing, Revoque); Projection (13x – Dr Fong, Suave Dancer); Absolutely So (10c – Selkirk, Mtoto); Daban (14f – Whipper, Danehill); Queen Catrine (11f – King’s Best, Vaguely Noble); Johnny Barnes (12c – Danehill, Mill Reef) - sire; Ponty Acclaim (09f 0 Weldnaas, Primo Dominie); Alsindi (09f – Fasliyev, Fairy King); Talwar (09c – Marju, Night Shift); Angels Will Fall (09f – Bahamian Bounty, Persian Bold); etc.
KIN-BREEDING Acclamation carries an abundance of what is in local South African terms described as ‘Court Martial’ kin-links; he carries a double of Whistler, his sire has a double Precipitation, his dam has a double Blue Peter. The bottom female line of Acclamation’s major sire-son Dark Angel fits in with this. Similar links appear in bottom-lines of other of his best progeny.
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Pedigree
| Acclamation 1999 | Royal Applause 1993 | Waajib | Try My Best - Northern Dancer |
| Coryana - Sassafras | |||
| Flying Melody | Auction Ring - Bold Bidder | ||
| Whispering Star - Sound Track | |||
| Princess Athena | Ahonoora | Lorenzaccio - Klairon | |
| Helen Nichols - Martial | |||
| Shopping Wise | Floribunda - Princely Gift | ||
| Sea Melody - Tudor Melody | |||
| Exemplify 2008 | Dansili 1996 | Danehill | Danzig - Northern Dancer |
| Razyana - His Majesty | |||
| Hasili | Kahyasi - Ile De Bourbon | ||
| Kerali - High Line | |||
| Quest To Peak 2002 | Distant View | Mr Prospector - Raise A Native | |
| Seven Springs - Irish River | |||
| Viviana | Nureyev - Northern Dancer | ||
| Nijinsky Star - Nijinsky |
Pedigree
The bottom female line’s Significant Ancestor is the mare Twosy (by Bull Lea) who is close kin to sire Bull Page.
Her daughter Twice Over is close kin to the mare Dalmary, Significant Ancestor of (among others) Nureyev and Sadler’s Wells.
Twice Over is grandam of champion Chris Evert. In this pedigree Chris Evert is dam of Nijinsky’s Star (by Nijinsky, whose damsire is Bull Page). The latter produced Viviana by Nureyev, and so cementing the kin links of Dalmary & Twice Over.
The mare Twosy is close kin to others, notably the mare Nandina (Bull Page), female line ancestor of Western Winter, showing an affinity with Court Martial clan members.
Notable Progeny
International-bred first & second crop progeny (*SW)
COVERDALE (20c - Desert Style, Grindstone) -4w RPR 99 (67/73/99/89/-)
* JUNIPER BERRIES (21f - Lethal Force, Bigstone) -2w, Gr3w, Gr2 4th RPR 98 (98/-/-/-/-)
WITNESS STAND (21c - Oasis Dream, Warning) -1w, Gr3 2nd RPR 98 (77/98/-/-/-)
SILMANIYA (20f - More Than Ready, Kalanisi) -1w RPR 97 (97/-/-/-/-)
APRICOT TWIST (20f - Arcano, Alhaarth) -1w, Gr3 4th RPR 96 (96/75/-/-/-)
* SNELLEN (21f - Sea The Moon, Night Shift) -2w, SW RPR 95 (-/95/-/-/-)
CRYSTALLIUM (20f – Dalakhani, Nureyev) -2w RPR 95 (-/95/89/-/-)
HALLA DUBAI (20c - Kingmambo, Kris) -1w RPR 94 (-/82/94/-/-)
EXPERT AGENT (20c - Marju, Night Shift) -3w RPR 94 (94/-/-/-/-)
TIVERTON (20c - Mizzen Mast, Dubai Millennium) -1w RPR 91 (-/91/-/-/-)
BERKSHIRE PHANTOM (20c - Silver Frost, Danehill Dancer) -2w RPR 91 (68/91/56/-/-)
PEARL EYE (20c - Cape Cross, In The Wings) -5w RPR 89 (63/84/89/89/-)
CATHY COME HOME (20f - Dutch Art, Montjeu) -1w RPR 89 (89/86/-/-/-)
I STILL HAVE FAITH (20c - Bahamian Bounty, Wolfhound) -4w RPR 89 (66/81/89/74/-)
SNIPER'S EYE (20c - Oasis Dream, Kingmambo) -1w RPR 88 (-/88/81/-/-)
HELLO DEIRA (20c - Kyllachy, Danetime) -2w RPR 88 (84/88/-/-/-)
MISTY BLUES (20f - Pastoral Pursuits, Tobougg) -1w RPR 88 (85/88/-/-/-)
ENTRANCEMENT (20f - Halling, Gone West) -2w RPR 87 (58/62/87/70/-)
PALM LILY (20f - Titus Livius, Statoblest) -1w RPR 86 (86/71/-/-/-)
SUNNY ORANGE (20c - Lawman, Sadler's Wells) -1w RPR 86 (86/76/58/-/-)
EXPERT CHOICE (21c - Invincible Spirit, Giant’s Causeway) -1w RPR 85 (77/85/-/-/-)
MILE END (20f - Poet's Voice, Shamardal) -2w RPR 85 (85/73/-/-/-)
SKIP JAMES (20c - Sadler's Wells, Danehill) -1w RPR 85 (76/85/-/-/-)
ELLEXIS (20f - Aqlaam, Pivotal) -1w RPR 84 (74/84/-/-/-)
TIME'S EYE (20f - Sadler's Wells, Saritamer) -1w RPR 83 (69/83/83/-/-)
NORTH VIEW (21c - Singspiel, Brief Truce) -1w RPR 82 (82/76/-/-/-)
NUTHATCH (20f - Mr Greeley, Trempolino) -2w RPR 80 (80/78/50/-/-)
PARANA DELTA (20f - Oasis Dream, Red Ransom) -1w RPR 80 (48/80/-/-/-)
Suitable Lines
Suitable lines for Expert Eye could include significant lines from his sire Acclamation and/or from his female line, options supported by the pedigrees of the best runners from his first UK crops.
Some ways to achieve this (in no specific order):
- sources of Dalmary (Nureyev, Sadler’s Wells (Elusive Fort, Horse Chestnut, Casey Tibbs (!), Barathea), Golden Thatch (Goldmark (!)), Ahonoora (!), Cape Cross;
- sources of Mixed Marriage, in Gone West (Western Winter (What A Winter (!)), Zafonic, Count duBois, Sharpen Up;
- sources of Lyphard/Crepello Tudor Minstrel/Tudor Melody, as in Elliodor, Flower Alley, Count duBois, Canford Cliffs, Second Empire, Golden Thatch;
- sources of Alycidon/Borealis as in Kahal, Horse Chestnut, Ahonoora;
- sources of Court Martial/Abernant (High Top (!), Golden Thatch; Try My Best (Canford Cliffs); etc.
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