Balham Houdini (16th) – He is not
the Thoroughbred/Irish Draught mix we tend to expect in an Irish Sport Horse. His sire was a jumper of Selle Français, Anglo-European and Trakehner heritage and his dam had a KWPN jumper sire and an Irish dam who was three-quarters Thoroughbred. Simply Priceless (17th) – Originally
The winning horse was the mare FischerRocana FST ridden by Germany’s Michael Jung. She is a German Sporthorse, with a Thoroughbred sire and Oldenburg dam.
Fernhill Fugitive (9th) – Although listed as an Irish Sport
Horse, he has a Warmblood sire and a Warmblood damsire. His sire was a jumper, came from strong jumping lines and sired jumpers. His dam’s sire was a jumper, sired a few jump- ers, but is best known for his eventers. Improvise (10th) – Here we have another offspring of
Master Imp (see Master Frisky above). In this case, the dam combines the eventing and jumping influences of Marwood (Thoroughbred) and King of Diamonds (see Bay My Hero above). Covert Rights (11th) – He is three-quarters Thorough-
bred and one-quarter Clydesdale. His broodmare sire was a stakes winner, as was the broodmare sire of his sire. Perfor- mance records for the Clydesdale were not available. Donner (12th) – As Gory Park (Jockey Club name), he did not post a win from his six starts, but his sire was a stakes- winning steeplechaser and hurdler and his dam earned more than $60,000 in her 45 starts. Petite Flower (13th) – She was unregistered and
unraced, her sire was unraced and the ancestors on her sire’s side of the pedigree did not turn heads at the track. Her dam had three starts in Ireland, was sired by a stakes winner and comes from strong National Hunt bloodlines. Shiraz (14th) – Under his registered name of Bold and
Burley, he earned just shy of $11,000 in three seasons. His sire was a stakes winner and a potent sport cross of Buckpasser, Sir Gaylord and My Babu. His dam, while not a successful racehorse, added the sport and racing influences of Mr. Pros- pector, Bold Ruler and Royal Charger. Parker (15th) – In his three racing seasons as Eastside
Park, he did not manage a single win, though his sire earned $2,856,811 from 36 starts and his dam was a stakes winner of $168,617. One has to look back a bit in the pedigree for the sport influences, but they are there.
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known as Kalinga Damo, he did not fare well at the track. His sire was a multiple stakes winner in Australia and descended from Danehill (a famous sire who shut- tled between the northern and south- ern hemispheres) and Grosvenor (New Zealand-based influence for racing, jump- ing and eventing). His dam’s sire was a stakes winner in France and her dam was stakes-placed in Australia. Luckaun Quality (18th) – He has the
same sire as OBOS O’Reilly (see above), and his dam is by Cavalier Royale (a
Holsteiner with incredible influence in the breeding of Irish Sport Horse jumpers and eventers) and out of the eventer Lady Windermere (three-quarters Thoroughbred). Fly Me Courageous (19th) – As Truly Improper, he did not manage a win from his 10 starts, but his sire was a multiple stakes winner. His dam won twice, was by a stakes winner of $1,701,650 and out of a multiple stakes winning dam. Most of the horses in his pedigree are linked to sport. Never Outfoxed (20th) – He was untested at the track,
as was his sire; however, his sire did have a pedigree that recommended him for both sport and racing. His dam was a winner from 28 starts, by a winner of the Breeders’ Cup Mile and $1,651,137 plus out of a stakes winner. Like his sire, his dam had an appealing sport pedigree. Pirate (21st) – As Pirate’s Gold Star, he managed a single win from 10 starts. His sire did not earn any money on the track and his dam only earned $52, but all four grandparents were stakes horses and from sport progeni- tors. The grandsires earned over $2 million each. Doesn’t Play Fair (22nd) – His Holsteiner sire scored higher in dressage than in jumping in his stallion perfor- mance test despite being primarily from jumping blood- lines. His dam is by a dressage horse that sired mid-range horses in dressage and jumping and out of a Thoroughbred mare with strong sport lineage. Rise Against (24th) – As Trabuco Kid he earned exactly
$0 from four starts. His sire was a stakes-winning son of Raja Baba, who has long been associated with eventing pedigrees. His dam was stakes-placed and likewise boasted an eventing pedigree. Crackerjack (25th) – Although not registered as such, he is essentially all Thoroughbred. His sire, the New Zealand Sport Horse Aberjack, was an international eventer and has sired eventers and jumpers. His dam was a Thoroughbred,
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