No doubts. If you need stamina, you can find in the Blandfords. But only the german Monsun is capable now to produce the classic horse. If 30 years ago, someone could be courageous enough to write that the line that will survive will be Bahram, and not Blenheim, people will say the writer was complete crazy.
CC - Coronation Cup -
D - Derby Stakes -
FD - Prix du Jockey Club -
ID - Irish Derby -
IO - Irish Guineas Oaks -
KG - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes -
O - Oaks Stakes -
V - Prix Vermeille
Y - Yorkshire Oaks
Two recent winners of these important races: Shirocco and Stacelita.
ISINGLASS
BLANDFORD
BLENHEIM
BAHRAM
ISINGLASS
.....John O'Gaunt
..........Swynford
...............Blandford
....................Bahram
.........................Big Game
..............................AMBIGUITY (O)
..............................Combat
...................................AGARS PLOUGH (IO)
...................................AGGRESSOR (
........................................DIBIDALE (IO/Y)
.........................Persian Gulf
..............................Gulf Pearl
...................................SEA CHIMES (CC)
..............................PARTHIA (D)
...................................SLEEPING PARTNER (O)
..............................PARTHIAN GLANCE (Y)
..............................Tamerlane
...................................Dschinghis Khan
........................................Konigsstuhl
.............................................Monsun
..................................................SHIROCCO (CC)
..................................................STACELITA (V)
..............................ZARATHUSTRA (ID)
....................Blenheim
.........................Donatello II
.............................Alycidon
..................................ALCIDE (KG)
.......................................ONCIDIUM (CC)
...................................ALMERIA (Y)
...................................HOMEWARD BOUND (O/Y)
...................................Kalydon
.......................................PARK TOP (KG/CC)
...................................MELD (O)
..............................CREPELLO (D)
...................................BUSTED (KG)
........................................BUSACA (Y)
........................................BUSTINO (CC)
.............................................EASTER SUN (CC)
........................................Labus
.............................................Akarad
..................................................NATROUN (FD)
..................................................QUEEN MAUD (V)
.............................................AKIYDA (A)
........................................MTOTO (KG)
.............................................SHAAMIT (D)
........................................WEAVER'S HALL (ID)
...................................CELINA (IO
...................................MYSTERIOUS (O/Y)
....................Brantome
.........................Vieux Manoir
..............................Le Haar
...................................EXBURY (A/CC)
........................................CROW (CC)
...................................HALTILALA (V)
...............................Mourne
....................................Snob
.........................................GOODLY (FD)
..............................VAL DE LOIR (FD)
...................................LA LAGUNE (O)
...................................LAGUNETTE (IO/V)
...................................VAL DE L'ORNE (FD)
....................Umidwar
.........................Norseman
..............................MONTAVAL (KG)
....................Windsor Lad
.........................Solar Slipper
..............................FEEVAGH (Y)
..............................PANASLIPPER (ID)
...............St. Germans
....................The Rhymer
.........................Vertex
..............................Lucky Debonair
...................................MALACATE (ID)
.....Louviers
..........Landgraf
...............Ferro
....................Athanasius
.........................Ticino
..............................BELLA PAOLA (O/V)
MONSUM
SHIROCCO