Sandringham Summit (SAF)
Gimmethegreenlight - Townsend (Captain Al) bay, 2020 - height 16.0hh
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Race Record
Rated MR 123 (at 1/3/2024)
Highest Rated 3yo in SA
Voted Equus Champion 2yo Colt
At 2
WON Gr1 Premier’s Champion S. (1600m)
WON Gr2 Golden Horseshoe (1400m)
At 3
WON Gr2 Gauteng Guineas (1600m)
2nd Gr3 Graham Beck S. (1400m)
3rd Gr2 Dingaans (1600m)
2nd Gr1 SA Classic (1800m)
Sire Line
GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT – 6 wins, 1000-1600m, incl Gr1 Queen’s Plate (WFA, at 3), multiple Gr1 placed at 2 & 3 (1600-2000m); sire of Gr1 winners; sire of sires; Multiple Champion Sire in SA.
Notable progeny incl Got The Greenlight (16c – Commands, Fusaichi Pegasus) – Gr1 at 2/3/4; sire; Surcharge (renamed Yulong Prince) (14c – Diktat, Shirley Heights) – Gr1 in SA/AUS; sire in Australia; Sandringham Summit (20c – Captain Al, Dominion Royale) – Gr1 at 2; sire; Gunner (13c – Captain Al, Elliodor) – Gr1 at 2; Lucky Lad (20c – Caesour, Free State) – Gr1 at 2; Green With Envy (20c – Galileo, Shirley Heights) – Gr1; Barahin (15c – Silvano, Fort Wood); National Park (15c – Camden Park, Royal Prerogative); Second Base (17c – Fort Wood, Elliodor); Green Laser (16c – Parade Leader, Fort Wood); She’s A Keeper (16f – Trippi, Fort Wood); Gimme A Prince (18c – Trippi, Fort Wood); Hack Green (13c – Fort Wood, Bush Telegraph); Universal (18c – Jet Master, Badger Land); La Bella Mia (14f – Jet Master, National Assembly); Green Pepper (13f – Fort Wood, Model Man); Cosmic Highway (18c – Silvano, Elliodor); Bless My Stars (10f – Silvano, Doowaley); Rose In Bloom (14f – Goldkeeper, Jallad); Green Plains (14f – Jet Master, Sportsworld); Third Runway (16f – Black Minnaloushe, Nashwan); Youcanthurrylove (16c – Jallad, Elliodor); Gimme Six (13f – Mujadil, Persian Bold); Ecstatic Green (17f – Ashtontown, Mistral Dancer); Simona (13f – Western Winter, Elliodor); Cash Time (14c – Casey Tibbs, Tara’s Halls); Beataboutthebush (13f – Badger Land, Royal Prerogative); Outofthedarkness (18c – Fort Wood, Al Mufti); Eye Of The Prophet (19c – Fort Wood, Danehill); Shoemaker (19c – Mogok, Damascus Gate); Cala Muretta (20f – Fort Wood, Western Winter); Gimmeanotherchance (20c – Judpot, Proclaim); Kwinta’s Light (18f – Kahal, Northern Guest); Ciao Bella (19f – Dynasty, Royal Academy); Blue Holly (20f – Captain Al, Dynasty); Gimme A Shot (19f – Rakeen, All Fired Up); etc.
KIN-BREEDING: Gimmethegreenlight’s significant female line ancestors are Oriens (by Hyperion, and further back Part Worn, who has tight kin-links with Lalun & Dalmary, found in Fairy Bridge, dam of Sadler’s Wells) and closer up Victory Piper. The latter is kinbred 2x1 Red Briar x Sweet Victory, with Hyperion a significant line in both. Hyperion and Sadler’s Wells lead to Fort Wood, who is well represented in Gimmethegreenlight’s best runners.
Red Briar is from the Red Ray branch of the Black Ray female line. Also from this female line is Blushing Groom, who provides links to Gimmethegreenlight, notably through his son Jallad who carries a host of other elements also present in Red Briar and Victory Piper. Rainbow Quest is another Blushing Groom son who kin-links to Gimmethegreenlight’s bottom female line.
TURN-TO line sires in South Africa: Captain Of All, Erik The Red, Malmoos, One World, William Longsword (Captain Al); Danon Platina (Deep Impact); Gimmethegreenlight, Hit The Road (More Than Ready); Sandringham Summit (Gimmethegreenlight); Canford Cliffs (Tagula)
Pedigree
| Gimmethegreenlight 2008 | More Than Ready 1997 | Southern Halo | Halo - Hail To Reason |
| Northern Sea - Northern Dancer | |||
| Woodmans Girl | Woodman - Mr Prospector | ||
| Becky Be Good - Naskra | |||
| Yes She Can Cancan 1999 | Canny Lad | Bletchingly - Biscay | |
| Jesmond Lass - Lunchtime | |||
| Dove Vai | Marauding - Sir Tristram | ||
| Benbara Queen - Red Anchor | |||
| Townsend 2006 | Captain Al 1996 | Al Mufti | Roberto - Hail To Reason |
| Lassie Dear - Buckpasser | |||
| Off To War | Complete Warrior - Dewan | ||
| Infanta - Jamaico | |||
| Palace Gossip 1996 | Dominion Royale | Dominion - Derring Do | |
| Bahamas Princess - Sharpen Up | |||
| Island Aloah | Tilden - Tyrant | ||
| Island Farewell - Jamaico |
Pedigree
The best progeny of Sandringham Summit’s damsire Captain Al appear to fall into one of two kin-breeding ways.
* One is through sire Al Mufti, notably the clan of Buckpasser (and La Troienne descendants).
* The other is through elements from Captain Al’s female line, notably grandam Infanta and her dam Beylic.
Townsend, Sandringham Summit’s Gr2 winning dam, seems to fall in the latter category. The closest link is through Infanta with 4th dam Island Farewell. Both are by Jamaico, and both carry a double of Baby Polly, daughter of influential mare Pretty Polly.
Baby Polly comes through as dam of Colorado Kid, sire of the 3rd dams of Jamaico and of Island Farewell, and as dam of Duddingston, sire of the third dam of Infanta.
This suggests that mares with pedigrees carrying descendants of Baby Polly (or of her dam Pretty Polly) might work well with Sandringham Summit.
Apart from her two sire-sons, Baby Polly’s legacy comes through daughter Rusk, and her daughter Turkish Blood, dam of sire Vienna. Known as sire of champion Vaguely Noble, Vienna carries a double of Pretty Polly – from Rusk, and from Donatello, damsire of Vienna’s sire Aureole.
Of interest is the kin-breeding in Vienna’s dam Turkish Blood. The grandam of her sire Turkhan is Teresina, who is close kin to Baby Polly. Teresina is known as dam of stallion Alibhai, importantly through Flower Bowl (dam of sires His Majesty and Graustark). Teresina is doubly represented in the pedigree of sire-producing mare Toussaud, kin-linking Best In Show with the mare Ortalan (aside, the latter is by Swaps, who has kin-links to Flower Bowl).
The remote female line of Sandringham Summit goes to influential mare Santa Brigida. She’s notable in Gold Bridge, Heliopolis, Herculaneum. Santa Brigida is close kin to the mare Padua (doubled in Blue Larkspur). Kin-links come together in the mare Bloodroot, grandam of Lalun, who in turn is closely kin-bred. Lalun is dam of Never Bend and Bold Reason, the latter leading to Sadler’s Wells and female line ancestor Dalmary.
Suitable Lines
SUITABLE LINES for Sandringham Summit (based on either/or affinities from his sire and dam) could include
Sadler’s Wells (widespread, notably Fort Wood), Nureyev (widespread)
Never Bend (Mill Reef (Casey Tibbs, etc.), Riverman (Irish River, etc.)
Alibhai (His Majesty/Graustark – widespread, notably Oratorio)
Best In Show and dam Stolen Hour (Canford Cliffs, Pathfork, Northern Guest, Redoute’s Choice, etc)
Vienna, Vaguely Noble (Oratorio, Flower Alley, Canford Cliffs (remote))
Baby Polly and her dam Pretty Polly (Oratorio; widespread, but remote)
Blushing Groom (Rainbow Quest, Jallad, Twice Over, etc)
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