Blue Point

Pedigree notes

A Champion Sprinter and four-time G1 winner, including the G1 Diamond Jubilee and G1 King's Stand Stakes (twice) at Royal Ascot.

Previous Diamond Jubilee winners include the successful sires Choisir, Starspangledbanner, Royal Applause and the incomparable Danehill. Previous King's Stand winners include Choisir, Pivotal and Australian Champion Sire, Last Tycoon. It’s hard to find a better CV for a stallion prospect. Combined with his high cruising speed, excellent temperament and impressive physique, Blue Point has all the credentials for sire success.

G1 Statistics
Shamarda has sired 27 G1 winners worldwide, including five in Australia. All five in Australia and 14 out of 27 have a return of Sir Gaylord or his half-brother in the mare. The Sir Gaylord sire line is prolific in Australia via Sir Tristram, Zabeel, Octagonal, Lonhro, Pierro, Savabeel, etc. Shamardal’s G1 winners have strong connection with the Green Desert/Danzig line while his son Lope De Vega has sired two of his four Australian G1 winners from just 14 runners out of mares by Danehill’s son Fastnet Rock. 

This trend is clearly being reflected in the first eight Stakes performers sired by Blue Point himself. His G2 winner Big Evs is out of a Green Desert (Danzig) mare. Altogether four of his eight Stakes performers are out of Danzig line mares, three Green Desert line and one Danehill line (out of an Exceed And Excel mare). G2 placed Les Bleus is out of an Invincible Spirit (Green Desert) mare. Blue Point’s G1-winning first-crop winning filly Rosallion is out of a mare by Galileo’s son New Approach.

Best Nicks
Shamardal’s most successful nicking stats are with mares from the major broodmare sire lines of Mr Prospector, Sadler’s Wells and Danehill. Lope De Vega has similarly good results with mares from those broodmare sire lines. Shamardal is a grandson of Storm Cat and the Storm Cat/Mr Prospector crosses and reverse crosses have been some of the most successful in contemporary pedigrees. Blue Point’s G1 and G2 winners Rosallion and Big Evs are early pointers toward his emerging nick with the Galileo/Sadler’s Wells lines and Oasis Dream/Danzig lines.

Inbreeding / Linebreeding options
The most obvious candidates for inbreeding to Blue Point are the Blue Hen mares Helen Street and Best In Show. Blue Point’s sire Shamardal is out of a full sister to Street Cry whose dam is Helen Street. Blue Point’s dam is from the Try My Best Line and that stallion has Best In Show as his second dam. Of equal interest in Blue Point’s pedigree are the names that are missing, including Galileo, Sadler’s Wells, Danehill, Fastnet Rock, Street Cry and Dalakhani, all of which have had excellent results when introduced to Shamardal. Early results for Blue Point look promising with two of his four Stakes winners are by New Approach and Tobougg, both from the Sadler’s Wells line via Galileo and Barathea respectively.

Strategy One
Inbreeding to Helen Street has already produced Darley’s undefeated two-year-old Victor Ludorum and can be achieved using mares by sires such as Street Cry, Street Boss, Pride Of Dubai, Hallowed Crown or Territories, or with mares whose dam or second dam is by any of those sires. The Street Cry lines also provide the successful Shamardal/Mr Prospector nick.

Strategy Two
Inbreeding to Best In Show has been the best cross for Redoute’s Choice with big numbers tried. As Best In Show is the fourth dam of Redoute’s Choice and second dam of Try My Best in the direct broodmare sire line of Blue Point, mares by Redoute’s Choice or descendants and mares by Try My Best’s descendants such as Last Tycoon and Written Tycoon would create suitable inbreeding patterns.

Strategy Three
Introduce missing broodmare sires to replicate Shamardal’s best results. Mares by Dalakhani’s son Reliable Man would replicate the Pinatubo cross, mares by Galileo or sons would replicate the Earthlight cross, mares by Street Cry would replicate the Victor Ludorum cross and mares by Fastnet Rock and sons would replicate the Santa Ana Lane/Gytrash cross.

Strategy Four
Mares by Green Desert line sires such as I Am Invincible, Cape Cross or Sea The Stars would replicate this successful early pattern for Blue Point which has now already yielded his first crop G2 winner Big Evs.

Strategy Five
Blue Point’s early Stakes success with Sadler’s Wells line sires presents opportunities to send mares from that line. High quality sources include Galileo, High Chaparral, So You Think, Dundeel, Medaglia D’Oro, Toronado, Teofilo, Frankel, Kermadec, New Approach, Tavistock, Tivaci, Redwood, Contributer, Montjeu and many others. This cross has already produced his first crop G1 winner Rosallion.