Red Ray (SAF)

Western Winter - Nacarat (Pas De Quoi) bay, 2010 - height 16.0½hh

  • Birch Bros - E. Cape

  • BIRCH BROS – Vogelvlei Stud
    PO Box 28, Dordrecht 5435

    COLIN BIRCH
    C: 082 828 7055 | T: 087 550 1399

    SYD BIRCH
    C: 082 415 3910 | T: 087 5501398
    [email protected]

  • 2023 FEE: R7.000 +VAT live foal
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Race Record

5 wins, 1200-1400m, at 2 to 6

rated MR 117

at 2 WON Somerset 1200-(L) (1200m)

         2nd  Gr1 SA Nursery (1160m)

at 3 WON Gr3 Cape Classic (1400m)

          2nd Gr1 Cape Flyng Championship (1000m)

          2nd Gr1 Golden Horse Sprint (1200m)

          3rd  Gr1 Cape Guineas (1600m)

at 5 WON Gr1 Mercury Sprint (1200m)

at 6    3rd  Gr1 Cape Flying Championship

Sire Line

WESTERN WINTER – 5 wins in USA, 1200-1400m, Gr1/Gr2 placed. Sire of Gr1 winners of both sexes. Sire of Champions (incl 2 Horse of the Year). Champion sire (3x). Sire of sires. Sires of 18 Gr1 races

Notable progeny incl. Yard-Arm (99c – Dancing Champ, Beau Charles) – Horse of the Year; Winter Solstice (00c – Melun, Drum Beat) – Horse of the Year; Fearless (03c – Foveros, Persian Wonder) – Champion 2yo; Argonaut (04c – Del Sarto, Abadan) – Champion 2yo - sire; What A Winter (07c – Ahonoora, Troy) - sire; Red Ray (10c – Pas de Quoi, Northfields) - sire; Capetown Noir (09c – Fort Wood, Northern Guest) - sire; Set Afire (98c – Northfields, Plum Bold); Lady Windermere (05f – Averof, Sovereign Dice); Surveyor (99c – Northfields, Con Brio); Reveille Boy (99c – Dancing Champ, Peaceable Kingdom); Fair Maiden (01f – Priceless Asset, Flower Power); Bad Girl Runs (02f – Sadler’s Wells, Sharpen Up); Nania (04f – Pas de Quoi, Northfields); Warm White Night (05c – Foveros, Capriole) - sire; On Her Toes (05f – Badger Land, Accipiter); Attenborough (13c - Caesour, Jallad); Winterinthewoods (05f – Fort Wood, Foveros); Ice Cube (00c – Trigger Finger, Peaceable Kingdom); Roxanne (02f – Royal Chalice, Jungle Cove); Silver Mist (02c – Palace Music, London Bells); Lion Tamer (02c – Comic Blush, Spanish Air) - sire; Cold As Ice (11f – National Assembly, Harry Hotspur); Kingvoldt (11c – Parade Leader, Northfields); Redberry Lane (13f - Jallad, Centaine); etc.

KIN-BREEDING: Western Winter’s dam Chilly Hostess is by Vice Regent out of Impressive Lady. Vice Regent is kinbred 3x4x5x5x6 Lady Angela x Composure x Golden Feast x Most Beautiful x Bellamia. Impressive Lady is kinbred 4x4x3x4x5 Picture x Lavendula x Lady Angela x Sceptical x Golden Feast. The key is Golden Feast, dam of Nandi who is doubled in the pedigree of Chilly Hostess.

Western Winter’s sire Gone West is kinbred 4x3 Miss Dogwood x Mixed Marriage (dam of Tamerett). Mixed Marriage, who may be the key to Western Winter’s pedigree, is close kin to all of Lady Angela, Composure, Sceptical, Most Beautiful, Picture, Lavendula – and above all Golden Feast, who ties it all together.

GONE WEST line sires in South Africa: Capetown Noir, Last Winter, Red Ray, What A Winter (Western Winter)

Pedigree

Western Winter
1992		Gone WestMr ProspectorRaise A Native - Native Dancer
Gold Digger - Nashua
SecrettameSecretariat - Bold Ruler
Tamerett - Tim Tam
Chilly Hostess
1982		Vice RegentNorthern Dancer - Nearctic
Victoria Regina - Menetrier
Impressive LadyImpressive - Court Martial
Chilly - Nearctic
Nacarat
1995		Pas De Quoi
1986		Roland GardensDerring Do - Darius
Katricia - Skymaster
Merci BeaucoupAnono - Noholme II
Good Grace - Prized
Tawny Red
1987		NorthfieldsNorthern Dancer - Nearctic
Little Hut - Occupy
Port WinePlum Bold - Bold Ruler
Flame - Masham

Pedigree

Suitable Lines

Suitable mares for Red Ray could include

  • kin-relatives with backgrounds as found in Tudor Minstrel, Mixed Marriage (Gone West, Sharpen Up, Kris, Diesis, Pole Position, Known Fact, My Earl); Aimee (Blushing Groom, Jallad, Rainbow Quest, etc. – widespread); Averof/Foveros; Ab­ernant (widespread, but notably Golden Thatch (Goldmark), Thatching (Restruc­ture), Derring-Do (Jan Ekels, Roland Gardens, Popcorn, etc.); Court Martial (widespread, but notably Elliodor (Model Man), Capture Him, Lords, Welsh Har­mony (National Emblem); Drum Beat; Mexico (Harry Hotspur); etc.
  • kin-relatives with backgrounds as found in Gr1 performers sired by Royal Chalice, notably descendants of Kit Kat (Mexico x Seal Kitten, the latter close kin to Beylic in Captain Al’s bottom-line, both by Field Master with Hyperion and from Fam. 6 – thus leading to Captain Al), descen­dants of Sara’s Warning (closely kinbred dam of Noble Destiny, Gypsy’s Warning, Royal Prophecy, etc), descendants of Party Time (widespread), descendants of British Pride (leading to Malta/Cockney descendants), etc.
  • kin-relatives with backgrounds as found in Port Wine’s sire Plum Bold, by Bold Ruler, leading to Complete Warrior (Captain Al), Jungle Cove (widespread, but notably sisters Jungle Class/Classy Play (their dam by Jan Ekels), who lead to Legislate and his sire Dynasty, and also to Roxy Café (by Royal Chalice, dam of Gr1 Roxanne by Western Winter, in turn dam of SW Sting Operation by Captain Al) – Roxy Café is sibling to Going Astray (by Foveros), dam of Lady Curator (by Pas de Quoi), dam of Gr2 Lion In Winter (by Western Winter)); also in this context Futura, by Dynasty, whose grandam is by Western Winter, and 3rd dam by Golden Thatch out of a Plum Bold mare; and Oratorio, who is from the same female line as Plum Bold and whose grandam is by Alydar and thus doubled up on the female line.

(posted 2017)

Sales Analysis

BORN colt avg sold SI filly avg sold SI
2018 60,000 5 0.38 46,875 8 0.49
2019 67,500 4 0.32 15,000 2 0.12
2020 100,000 1 0.24 40,000 1 0.22
2021 90,000 5 0.36 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
58% 37% 5% 0% 0% 19

Best Rated Offspring

(SA only)

horse wins (SW) places (SP) stakes AR
Red Saxon 18c 3 (1) 4 (2) R 1,317,500 103
Alula's Star 18f 6 (2) 8 (2) R 752,562 96
Red Impact 19c 1 (0) 3 (0) R 91,650 85
Razor Red 18c 2 (0) 5 (0) R 120,163 84
Maquette 18f 6 (0) 7 (0) R 456,000 84
Global Glory 18c 1 (0) 1 (0) R 50,750 82
Epic View 20f 1 (0) 0 (0) R 87,750 80
Makhachev 20c 2 (0) 0 (0) R 104,476 78
Brave Sioux 18c 1 (0) 1 (0) R 57,750 77
Spring Fever 19f 0 (0) 2 (0) R 33,150 76

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
Red Ray 30% 25% 25% 15% 0% 5% 20% 5% 20

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
Red Ray 15% 30% 30% 20% 0% 5% 25% 5% 20

Black Type Offspring

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

Stud Analysis

Colts

  • SSI 0.56
  • Stamina 1282m
  • Stakes Wins 7%
  • Black Type 7%
    • winners/runners% 50%
born foals rnrs wnrs w/r% SW SW/r% BT BT/r% wins SSI AR Stamina
2018 19 14 8 57% 1 7% 1 7% 12 1.18 67 1245m
2019 4 3 1 33% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0.38 53 1000m
2020 1 1 1 100% 0 0% 0 0% 2 0.63 78 1600m
2021 9 2 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0.05 39 0m

Fillies

  • SSI 0.64
  • Stamina 1362m
  • Stakes Wins 9%
  • Black Type 9%
    • winners/runners% 45%
born foals rnrs wnrs w/r% SW SW/r% BT BT/r% wins SSI AR Stamina
2018 16 11 7 64% 1 9% 1 9% 23 1.29 68 1286m
2019 6 4 1 25% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0.25 62 1600m
2020 4 4 1 25% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0.25 53 1200m
2021 6 1 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0.76 74 0m

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Gold Standard (SAF)

Trippi - Olympic Dam (Model Man)

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