What A Winter (SAF)
Western Winter - Waseela (Ahonoora) bay, 2007 - height 15.3hh
- Drakenstein Stud - W. Cape
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Race Record
In South Africa, 15 wins, 1000-1600m, at 2 to 5
Rated MR 127
Equus Champion Sprinter in 2012 & 2013
Equus Champion Older Male in 2012
at 2 WON in his only start
at 3 WON Gr1 Cape Flying Ch’ship (1000m)
WON Gr2 Selangor Cup (1600m)
WON Sophomore Sprint-(L) (1200m)
2nd Gr1 Computaform Sprint (1000m)
2nd Gr3 Cape Classic (1400m)
at 4 WON Gr1 Mercury Sprint (1200m)
WON Gr2 Diadem S. (1200m)
2nd Gr1 Cape Flying Ch’ship (1000m)
3rd Gr1 Computaform Sprint (1000m)
at 5 WON Gr2 Diadem S. (1200m)
WON Gr1 Cape Flying Ch’ship (1000m)
WON Gr1 Computaform Sprint (1000m)
3rd Gr1 Mercury Sprint (1200m)
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: Red Ray, What A Winter (Western Winter);
Pedigree
| Western Winter 1992 | Gone West | Mr Prospector | Raise A Native - Native Dancer |
| Gold Digger - Nashua | |||
| Secrettame | Secretariat - Bold Ruler | ||
| Tamerett - Tim Tam | |||
| Chilly Hostess 1982 | Vice Regent | Northern Dancer - Nearctic | |
| Victoria Regina - Menetrier | |||
| Impressive Lady | Impressive - Court Martial | ||
| Chilly - Nearctic | |||
| Waseela 1989 | Ahonoora 1975 | Lorenzaccio | Klairon - Clarion |
| Phoenissa - The Phoenix | |||
| Helen Nichols | Martial - Hill Gail | ||
| Quaker Girl - Whistler | |||
| Wassl's Sister 1982 | Troy | Petingo - Petition | |
| La Milo - Hornbeam | |||
| Hayloft | Tudor Melody - Tudor Minstrel | ||
| Haymaking - Galivanter |
Pedigree
What A Winter traces in the bottom female line to the mare Selene, dam of influential sires Hyperion, Pharamond, Sickle, Hunter’s Moon. The pedigree build-up of What A Winter shows kin-breeding through Selene and descendants through consecutive generations.
Suitable Lines
Suitable mares for What A Winter could include
- Fort Wood & sons Horse Chestnut, Dynasty, Elusive Fort, Fort Defiance – and their female lines, notably the Argentine E-family and Miss Lily/Lily
- Sources of Aurora – as in Acropolis, Alycidon, Borealis (Counter Action, Right Approach, Kahal, Tara’s Halls, Count duBois)
- Sources of Owen Tudor (Mixed Marriage, Tudor Minstrel, Tudor Melody, Sweet Song, Abernant, Golden Thatch, Royal Chalice, Harry Hotspur, Foveros, London News, National Emblem, etc)
- Sources of Forli (Home Guard, Golden Thatch, Special/Sadler’s Wells/Nureyev)
- Sources of Pharamond (Menow as in Tom Fool/Buckpasser – widespread, but notably Al Mufti, Northern Guest, National Assembly, AP Indy/Seattle Slew, Seeking The Gold)
- Sources of Sickle (Damascus – with Buckpasser in Captain Al, with Borealis in Counter Action; Rollins/Jet Master; Mecca Road)
- Sources of All Moonshine (Mossborough – notably Saumarez, Kabool, Spectrum, Casey Tibbs)
- Sources of Swaps/Khaled, Pretense (Fort Wood), Flower Bowl (Jallad, Badger Land/Badger’s Drift, Parade Leader, Danehill, Caesour)
(posted 2013)
Sales Analysis
| BORN | colt avg | sold | SI | filly avg | sold | SI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 297,656 | 32 | 1.3 | 250,000 | 24 | 1.26 |
| 2015 | 425,303 | 33 | 1.8 | 119,808 | 26 | 0.98 |
| 2016 | 242,586 | 29 | 1.05 | 218,382 | 34 | 1.42 |
| 2017 | 234,571 | 35 | 1.41 | 180,893 | 28 | 1.41 |
| 2018 | 243,824 | 34 | 1.13 | 169,167 | 30 | 1.12 |
| 2019 | 252,903 | 31 | 1.2 | 203,333 | 33 | 1.67 |
| 2020 | 331,190 | 21 | 1.66 | 275,714 | 21 | 1.57 |
| 2021 | 415,217 | 23 | 0.96 | 308,611 | 18 | 1.26 |
| 2022 | 464,333 | 30 | 1.04 | 440,227 | 22 | 1.31 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67% | 26% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 352 |
Best Rated Offspring
(SA only)
| horse | wins (SW) | places (SP) | stakes | AR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Philip 14c | 5 (2) | 10 (3) | R 4,285,400 | 119 |
| Isivunguvungu 18c | 6 (4) | 6 (1) | R 1,841,550 | 114 |
| Celestial Love 17f | 5 (2) | 3 (1) | R 445,250 | 114 |
| ExpressFromTheUS 16c | 7 (0) | 10 (2) | R 626,200 | 113 |
| Clouds Unfold 15f | 9 (5) | 5 (5) | R 2,561,975 | 112 |
| Russet Air 15c | 5 (2) | 11 (3) | R 1,300,200 | 112 |
| Warrior's Rest 14c | 6 (1) | 10 (4) | R 1,067,375 | 107 |
| Humdinger 18f | 8 (4) | 13 (5) | R 2,384,375 | 106 |
| Hello Winter Hello 16f | 6 (3) | 3 (2) | R 447,175 | 106 |
| Magical Wonderland 14f | 5 (3) | 3 (2) | R 1,421,250 | 105 |
The Power Of Ratings
Colts
| AR Band | < 59 | 59 - 69 | 70 - 79 | 80 - 89 | 90 - 99 | > 99 | > 79 | > 89 | count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Colts | 27% | 18% | 27% | 18% | 7% | 3% | 28% | 11% | 26,056 |
| What A Winter | 13% | 15% | 23% | 28% | 13% | 7% | 48% | 20% | 277 |
Fillies
| AR Band | < 54 | 54 - 64 | 65 - 74 | 75 - 84 | 85 - 94 | > 94 | > 74 | > 84 | count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Fillies | 28% | 18% | 26% | 20% | 7% | 2% | 29% | 9% | 25,512 |
| What A Winter | 15% | 16% | 24% | 24% | 13% | 7% | 45% | 20% | 286 |
Black Type Offspring
with best career rating by
distance
category:
1000-1399m/14-1600m/1601-1999m/20-2399m/2400m+
Stud Analysis
Colts
- SSI 1.11
- Stamina 1269m
- Stakes Wins 7%
- Black Type 12% winners/runners% 65%
| born | foals | rnrs | wnrs | w/r% | SW | SW/r% | BT | BT/r% | wins | SSI | AR | Stamina |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 38 | 34 | 23 | 68% | 3 | 9% | 3 | 9% | 61 | 1.36 | 79 | 1296m |
| 2015 | 42 | 38 | 26 | 68% | 3 | 8% | 5 | 13% | 78 | 1.12 | 78 | 1298m |
| 2016 | 40 | 36 | 25 | 69% | 3 | 8% | 6 | 17% | 66 | 1.13 | 76 | 1340m |
| 2017 | 42 | 37 | 22 | 59% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 19% | 84 | 1.09 | 75 | 1366m |
| 2018 | 47 | 40 | 29 | 73% | 3 | 8% | 6 | 15% | 93 | 1.08 | 77 | 1309m |
| 2019 | 41 | 35 | 24 | 69% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 6% | 55 | 0.71 | 73 | 1256m |
| 2020 | 29 | 26 | 18 | 69% | 1 | 4% | 3 | 12% | 41 | 1.03 | 79 | 1269m |
| 2021 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 39% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 4% | 14 | 1.02 | 73 | 1287m |
| 2022 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 40% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 1.4 | 65 | 1000m |
Fillies
- SSI 1.17
- Stamina 1204m
- Stakes Wins 5%
- Black Type 12% winners/runners% 61%
| born | foals | rnrs | wnrs | w/r% | SW | SW/r% | BT | BT/r% | wins | SSI | AR | Stamina |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 36 | 32 | 21 | 66% | 1 | 3% | 3 | 9% | 46 | 1.23 | 71 | 1352m |
| 2015 | 39 | 34 | 22 | 65% | 1 | 3% | 2 | 6% | 65 | 1.3 | 76 | 1235m |
| 2016 | 41 | 36 | 19 | 53% | 2 | 6% | 4 | 11% | 41 | 1.15 | 68 | 1163m |
| 2017 | 38 | 35 | 21 | 60% | 3 | 9% | 5 | 14% | 56 | 1.14 | 73 | 1210m |
| 2018 | 54 | 46 | 34 | 74% | 2 | 4% | 6 | 13% | 92 | 1.38 | 73 | 1247m |
| 2019 | 52 | 49 | 34 | 69% | 2 | 4% | 7 | 14% | 77 | 1.23 | 72 | 1230m |
| 2020 | 32 | 27 | 17 | 63% | 2 | 7% | 5 | 19% | 35 | 1.41 | 67 | 1224m |
| 2021 | 36 | 28 | 9 | 32% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 7% | 12 | 0.94 | 63 | 1173m |
| 2022 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 20% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0.79 | 59 | 1000m |
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