Oratorio is kinbred (female lines) 3x4 *Spring Adieu x *Minnetonka. His dam Mahrah is kinbred 5x6x6x6 Baby Polly x *Seaweed x Blue Delight x *Blue Delight. His grandam Montage is kinbred 2x2 *Sweet Tooth x *Minnetonka (and 4x4 *Real Delight). This provides solid links between the bottom female lines of sire, dam and grandparents.

Oratorio’s stakes winning half brother Fahim (by Green Desert) is kinbred 4x5 *Tulle x *Heliolight. Oratorio sired a highclass son in Eton Forever (rated 115), whose dam is half sister to Green Desert, giving the same kin-breeding upside-down. A half sister to Oratorio sired highclass 2yo Blu Constellation (rated 118), by Orpen, whose grandam Raise The Standard is half (and close kin) to Danehill’s grandam Spring Adieu.

All of which suggests that further kin-breeding to Oratorio’s bottom female line elements should be a suitable way to go.

Notable Progeny

INTERNATIONAL BRED & RACED

9 international Gr1 winners, 77 Stakes Performers, 20 Group winners incl - Military Attack (08c – Dancing Brave, Blushing Groom) Horse of the Year 2013 HK; Beethoven (07c – Sadler’s Wells, Irish River); Rave (08c – Dancing Brave, Blushing Groom); Manawanui (08c – Filante, Groucho); Biz The Nurse (10c – Tobougg, Trempolino); Mourinho (07c – Generous, Sir Ivor); Torio’s Quest; (07c – Quest For Fame, Dash O’Pleasure); Lolly For Dolly (07f – Chester House, Pursuit Of Love); Eton Forever (07c – Zilzal, Sir Ivor); Fencing Master (07c – Alysheba, Caro) sire; Moonwalk In Paris (08c – Singspiel, Mr Prospector); King Torus (08c – Mujadil, Blushing Groom); Temida (08f – Red Ransom, Sadler’s Wells); Banchee (07f – Spectacularphantom, Bletchencore); Esentepe (09f – Octagonal, Bering);  Camelia Rose (08f – Galileo, Shirley Heights); Vola e Va (09f – Lomitas, Kris); Silent Killer (09c – Machiavellian, Blushing Groom); Gold Rocks (06f – Luskin Star, Zeditave); Takar (09c – Green Dancer, High Top); Cherry Collect (09f – Hernando, Caerleon); Esentepe (09f – Octagonal, Bering); Waratah’s Secret (06c – Zabeel, Kaoru Star); Motion Pictures (07f – Marooned, Zabeel); Clueless Angel (06f – Marooned, Haulpak); FACIASCURA (09f - Montjeu, Kris); Viztoria (10f – Darshaan, Northern Baby); Faciascura (09f – Montjeu, Kris); Scream Blue Murder (10f – Bluebird, Kris); Takar (09c – Green Dancer, High Top); Sons Of John (10g - Scenic, Whiskey Road; Hawke (12c - Sadler’s Wells, Spend A Buck); etc

Suitable Lines

Suitable mares for Oratorio could include

1. Descendants from his own female line, incl Plum Bold (incl as damsire of Royal Chalice), Slewpendous, Who Duzzit, Alydar (Centenary, Steady Beat), Codex (Badger Land, Badger’s Drift; Important Business, Lost Code)
2. Buckpasser, widespread, but notably National Assembly (especially when combined with Jungle Cove), Northern Guest, Al Mufti, Tiger Ridge, etc
3. Caesour
4. Green Desert (incl as damsire of Kahal)
5. Seattle Slew, Mr Prospector, Elusive Quality, Tourbillon (Djebel/Never Bend)
6. Lines with which Gr1 sire Plum Bold has been successful in SA (notably Herculaneum, Alycidon (Preamble))
7. Vaguely Noble (Manshood, Indigo Magic, Carpocrates), and descendants from his female line (Lombard; broodmare Lorehana, notably with Al Mufti; Miletus)

(posted 2013)