Louis The King (SAF)
Black Minnaloushe - Pamushana (Rich Man's Gold) bay, 2010 - height 16.1hh
- Sorrento Stud - W. Cape
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sires who are no longer active
Race Record
7 wins, 1400-2450m at 3 and 4, for stakes of R5 million
Won SA Triple Crown
Rated MR 109 at 3, MR 116 at 4
At 3
WON Gr1 SA Classic (1800m)
WON Gr1 SA Derby (2450m)
WON Gr2 Gauteng Guineas (1600m)
WON Sea Cottage S.-(L) (1800m)
2nd Secretariat S.-(L) (1400m)
3rd Gr1 Daily News (2000m)
At 4
WON Gr1 Summer Cup (2000m)
2nd Gr1 Queen’s Plate (1600m)
3rd Gr2 Charity Mile (1600m)
Sire Line
BLACK MINNALOUSHE – 4 wins, 1200-1600m, Gr1 Irish 2000 Guineas, Gr1 St James Palace S.; 3rd Gr1 Sussex S.; rated Timeform 123; sire of Gr1 winners in NZ, USA, CAN, SAf; sire of Champions; sire-of-sires.
Notable progeny includes Joker’s Wild (03c – Rory’s Jester, Rancher) (Champion 2yo NZ); Dancing In Silks (05c – Royal And Regal, Candy Spots) (Breeder’s Cup Sprint USA); Louis The King (10c - Rich Man’s Gold, National Emblem) (Triple Crown SAf); Black Mamba (03c – Grosvenor, Sound Reason); Hollinger (07c – Dynaformer, Corwyn Bay) (Champion 2yo CAN); Kochka (10c - Elliodor, Bally Game) (Champion 2yo SAf); Arabian Beat (12c - Al Mufti, Lord Henham); Gold Onyx (07c - Kaapstad, Sound Reason); Ash Cloud (10f - Foveros, Mariache); Malt Or Mash (04c – Family Doctor, Run Dusty Run); Felix The Cat (08f - Spectrum, Night Shift); Black Toga (09c - Royal Academy, Rory’s Jester); Cat And The Moon (11f - Indigo Magic, Ernani); Skippyjon Jones (09c - Caesour, Mexico II); Mathematician (12c - Elliodor, Do Battle); Splendid Garden (11c - Giant’s Causeway, Seattle Slew); Indian Hawk (08c - Al Mufti, Savonarola); Stream Cat (03c – Irish River, Reneged); She’s Cheeky (05f – Saint Ballado, Forty Niner); Black Astor (04c – Sunshine Forever, Diesis); Black Charmer (03c – Robellino, The Minstrel); etc.
KIN-BREEDING: Black Minnaloushe is kinbred 3x4 South Ocean x Flaming Page (2x3 Storm Bird x Nijinsky (Green Dancer)), and 5x5 First Rose x Flaring Top, and 3x4 Crimson Saint x Sly Pola.
His dam is kinbred 4x2 Vieux Manoir x Coraline (the latter 3x3x3 Tarentella x Badruddin x Brantome, and kin-related to Donatello/Alycidon).
Storm Bird line sires in South Africa: Brave Tin Soldier (Storm Cat): Talk Of The Town (VAR); Louis The King (Black Minnaloushe);
Pedigree
| Black Minnaloushe 1998 | Storm Cat 1983 | Storm Bird | Northern Dancer - Nearctic |
| South Ocean - New Providence | |||
| Terlingua | Secretariat - Bold Ruler | ||
| Crimson Saint - Crimson Satan | |||
| Coral Dance | Green Dancer | Nijinsky - Northern Dancer | |
| Green Valley - Val de Loir | |||
| Carvinia | Diatome - Sicambre | ||
| Coraline - Fine Top | |||
| Pamushana 2005 | Rich Man's Gold 1991 | Forty Niner | Mr Prospector - Raise A Native |
| File - Tom Rolfe | |||
| Honest Joy | Honest Pleasure - What A Pleasure | ||
| Dimashq - Damascus | |||
| Milden Magic 1997 | National Emblem | National Assembly - Danzig | |
| Title Page - Welsh Harmony | |||
| Easy Dancer | Piaffer - Nijinsky | ||
| East Anglia - Magic Mirror |
Pedigree
Louis the King is a female line descendant of the mare Pretty Polly, who with her full sister Miranda and their dam Admiration established an extraordinary stallion-producing dynasty. Pretty Polly was an English Triple Crown winner (1000 Guineas, Oaks, St Leger).
Several of her female line descendants in the pedigree of Louis The King are inbred to Pretty Polly through the female lines of their sires – 7th dam Dutch Anne through her sire Donatello, 5th dam Anglice through her sire Sybil’s Nephew, and grandam Milden Magic through her sire National Emblem who like Sybil’s Nephew descends from Sister Sarah.
Suitable Lines
Suitable lines for LOUIS THE KING could include
• female line descendants of Pretty Polly and her full sister Miranda, all Family 14 (their dam Admiration’s sire and dam are both Family 14) (see accompanying list of names);
• female line descendants of the mare Flame (through her daughter Port Wine and son Royal Chalice);
• close kin-relatives Nijinsky, The Minstrel and Storm Cat (notably through Lecture); etc.
Sales Analysis
| BORN | colt avg | sold | SI | filly avg | sold | SI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 143,750 | 4 | 0.89 | 92,500 | 4 | 0.5 |
| 2018 | 65,000 | 3 | 0.2 | 64,000 | 5 | 0.57 |
| 2019 | 25,000 | 2 | 0.2 | 71,250 | 4 | 0.59 |
| 2020 | 70,000 | 1 | 0.5 | 127,500 | 2 | 0.75 |
| 2021 | 130,000 | 1 | 0.69 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44% | 22% | 11% | 22% | 0% | 27 |
Best Rated Offspring
(SA only)
| horse | wins (SW) | places (SP) | stakes | AR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montien 19c | 4 (1) | 6 (1) | R 689,888 | 104 |
| Pamushana's Pride 17c | 4 (1) | 4 (2) | R 402,500 | 101 |
| La Valliere 18f | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | R 96,250 | 91 |
| Waymaker 18f | 1 (0) | 1 (1) | R 55,500 | 86 |
| Dawn Of A New Era 17c | 3 (0) | 15 (0) | R 345,575 | 86 |
| Louis Gem 17f | 2 (0) | 1 (0) | R 111,475 | 85 |
| Matthew The King 17c | 2 (0) | 4 (1) | R 130,975 | 84 |
| Coronation Time 19c | 4 (0) | 5 (0) | R 378,313 | 83 |
| Louis' Diamond 18f | 2 (0) | 5 (0) | R 172,738 | 83 |
| Princess Of Fire 17f | 6 (0) | 5 (0) | R 266,913 | 81 |
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 |
| Louis The King | 37% | 19% | 26% | 11% | 0% | 7% | 19% | 7% | 27 |
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% | 24,976 |
| Louis The King | 26% | 15% | 30% | 19% | 11% | 0% | 30% | 11% | 27 |
Black Type Offspring
with best career rating by distance category:
1000-1399m/14-1600m/1601-1999m/20-2399m/2400m+
Stud Analysis
Colts
- SSI 0.63
- Stamina 1523m
- Stakes Wins 13%
- Black Type 20% winners/runners% 46%
| born | foals | rnrs | wnrs | w/r% | SW | SW/r% | BT | BT/r% | wins | SSI | AR | Stamina |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 57% | 1 | 14% | 2 | 29% | 10 | 0.97 | 76 | 1563m |
| 2018 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 38% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0.41 | 61 | 1600m |
| 2019 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 56% | 1 | 11% | 1 | 11% | 13 | 1.11 | 60 | 1730m |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 33% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0.46 | 69 | 1200m |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0.21 | 68 | 0m |
Fillies
- SSI 0.66
- Stamina 1493m
- Stakes Wins 0%
- Black Type 9% winners/runners% 52%
| born | foals | rnrs | wnrs | w/r% | SW | SW/r% | BT | BT/r% | wins | SSI | AR | Stamina |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 33% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 8 | 0.67 | 62 | 1725m |
| 2018 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 64% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 9% | 9 | 0.64 | 65 | 1114m |
| 2019 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 43% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 0.55 | 62 | 1533m |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 67% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0.8 | 66 | 1600m |
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