Champion Two-Year-Old GILDED TIME now reigns supreme as the leading proven representative of the Damascus sire line.
GILDED TIME'S sire owns a Native Dancer/Count Fleet combination, and since that pair are found together in close proximity in the pedigree of Mr. Prospector, it is no surprise that GILDED TIME is working particularly well with Mr. Prospector line mares. This cross has already produced six of GILDED TIME'S 34 stakes winners, including the graded scorers Crystal Castle, Elaborate, Added Gold, Lasersport and Lightthefirewithin.
GILDED TIME is also working with the Northern Dancer strain and he has four stakes winners out of Northern Dancer line mares. The strain of Northern Dancer's sire, Nearctic, via Icecapade is another which is working well - GILDED TIME has sired multiple graded stakes winner Old Topper out of a mare by Phone Trick, and near $400,000 earner Speaking of Time out of a Wild Again mare.
The dam of GILDED TIME is a granddaughter of Bold Ruler, and is bred on the famous Nasrullah/Princequillo cross. Any Nasrullah/Princequillo (or Princequillo/Nasrullah) combination should do well, and inbreeding to Bold Ruler has been a success. Nasrullah through Never Bend has also done well with GILDED TIME. GILDED TIME'Sbroodmare sire, What a Pleasure, is out of the great mare, Grey Flight, and reintroducing her strain could pay dividends.
--ALAN PORTER
RECOMMENDED BROODMARE SIRE LINES
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| Bold Ruler |
Mr. Prospector |
Once Wild |
| Formal Dinner |
Nasrullah |
Phone Trick |
| Icecapade |
Nearctic |
Princequillo |
| Leo Castelli |
Northern Dancer |
Slew City Slew |
| Marfa |
Never Bend |
Wild Again |
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