Ramiro Z, Alme Z, Furioso II and Amor through his sire and to Shirley Heights, Alcide, Hildenley, Ozymandias and Jab through his dam. Cambalda (31st) – His sire is an unregistered Thor-
oughbred who has sired another eventer, which is in keep- ing with the sport lineage he displays. His dam is a grand- daughter of King Of Diamonds (mentioned earlier) and carries the blood of Water Serpent (a Thoroughbred with strong sport influence in Irish breeding). Gleaming Road (32nd) – Under his original Pistol
Pakin Pete moniker, he earned $19,383 from 22 starts over three seasons. His sire was a stakes winner of $370,280 and a blend of the sport influences Fappiano, Mr. Prospector, Le Fabuleux, In Reality and Buckpasser. His dam was a stakes winner of $215,966 and a blend of the sport influences In Reality, Court Martial, Nijinsky II and Mr. Prospector. The Apprentice (33rd) – He has a Holsteiner sire and a
Westphalen dam but is registered as an Irish Sport Horse. His sire is a half-brother (same dam) to the international jumper Cento, but he did not reach the same heights as Cento despite descending from Corrado I and Caletto II. His dam is from predominantly jumper lines. The Apprentice’s pedigree shows his closest Thoroughbred influences are in the fourth and fifth generations. Imperial Melody (34th) – She had one start on the
The highest placing full Thoroughbred was Donner ridden by Lynn Symansky. They ranked 12th, and also the pair repre- sented the U.S. at the World Equestrian Games in 2014.
but the strength of her pedigree does not appear until one looks at her grandparents, where the jumping and event- ing influences Raise A Native and Crimson Satan emerge. Watermill Vision (26th) – His KWPN sire was a jumper
and from a long line of jumpers. His dam produced another eventer and is by a jumper. His dam’s dam carries some dressage influences along with the jumper ones. There are two Thoroughbreds in the fourth generation of Watermill Vision’s KWPN pedigree. Coal Creek (27th) – When he was known as Frank J,
he won one of his seven starts, earning $3,628. Both of his parents were stakes-placed racehorses and from solid race and sport lineage. No Boundaries (28th) – He is listed as a Thorough-
bred/Dutch Warmblood cross. His sire is an unraced Thor- oughbred descending from the sport progenitors His Majesty, Never Bend and Swaps. His dam is of unknown heritage. Anthony Patch (29th) – Under his original name of
Alex’s Castledream, he earned $815 from 10 starts at the track. His sire was a stakes winner of $398,754 and a grand- son of Tudor Melody, a noted sport influence. His dam was a winner of $18,252 from 23 starts and his maternal grand- dam earned $27,559 from 45 starts. Ballylaffin Bracken (30th) – He is registered as an Irish
Sport Horse, but his sire is Belgian Warmblood and his dam is 15/16 Thoroughbred. He traces to the sport influences of
track, and the result was $550. Her sire was a stakes winner of $294,053 and a grandson of Seattle Slew. Her dam did not race, but is by a Mr. Prospector son that shuttled between North America and Australia. Her dam’s dam earned $57,439 and was eventually sent to Argentina. Revitavet Capato (35th) – He is a Hanoverian by
Contendro I, a Holsteiner jumper descending from the Calypso II sire line as well as from Ramiro Z and Landgraf I. His dam’s sire was five-eighths Thoroughbred and is also the broodmare sire of a grand prix dressage horse. Sparrow’s Nio (36th) – He is by the imported Conne-
mara stallion Grange Finn Sparrow and out of a mare reported as Thoroughbred. Grange Finn Sparrow sired crossbred jumpers and eventers and is related to Portersize Just A Jiff (international eventer) through Carna Dun. Novelle (38th) – He did not race under his Jockey Club name, Cupid’s Tart, despite being by a stakes winner of $1,727,707 and out of a daughter of a Kentucky Derby winner who retired with a bankroll of $1,437,506. His sport ancestors include Damascus, Seattle Slew, Lurullah, Buck- passer, What A Pleasure, Tulyar and Round Table.
IN CONCLUSION Although no exact recipe exists for creating a top eventer, it is clear that eventing-specific bloodlines are important no matter their source. In addition, we found that jump- ing bloodlines appear more often than dressage bloodlines in the Rolex competitors. And it is worth noting that most of the Thoroughbred ancestors from our group were direct descendants of athletes at the racetrack and that they also had strong ancestry for sport.
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