Coolmore Ireland Handbook 2022

MATING SUGGESTIONS: Sioux Nation won his maiden in May very decisively before going to Royal Ascot, where he followed No Nay Never as the second son of Scat Daddy to win the Gr.2 Norfolk Stakes. He then did even better in the Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes to become the second son of Scat Daddy, following Caravaggio, to win this contest. Sioux Nation was to add another Group victory, in the Gr.3 Lacken S. over six furlongs, as a 3YO, and was also a close third in the Gr.1 Flying Five S. Sioux Nation followed in the footsteps of No Nay Never and Caravaggio on the racecourse and both these other sons of Scat Daddy became Gr.1 sires with their first crop. DANZIG is back in the fifth generation of Sioux Nation’s foals. This allows ample scope for him to be mated to the grand-daughters of DANEHILL which have been the basis of much of No Nay Never’s early success. The DANEHILL stallions included EXCEED AND EXCEL (broodmare sire of Champion Ten Sovereigns), ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (Gr.2 scorer Land Force) and FASTNET ROCK (Gr.2 NZ winner Need I Say More). No Nay Never’s top daughter Alcohol Free is out of a grand-daughter of Danzig, by HARD SPUN . As GREEN DESERT will be back in the fourth generation of Sioux Nation’s foals, a second line is possible. Mares by INVINCIBLE SPIRIT and CAPE CROSS would produce only 4x3 to Green Desert with him. Caravaggio sired his first Gr.1 winner from a PIVOTAL mare and No Nay Never has SWs out of daughters of PIVOTAL and PEINTRE CELEBRE . NUREYEV’s son THEATRICAL sired the second dam of his Gr.1 winner Ten Sovereigns. Scat Daddy’s Gr.1 winners Lady Aurelia and Harmonize were inbred 4x3 to STORM CAT . Mares by FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND , SHAMARDAL and LOPE DE VEGA are therefore desirable. No Nay Never is thriving with mares with MR PROSPECTOR blood, siring Gr.2 winners from mares by ENGLISH CHANNEL , a son of SMART STRIKE , CHESTER HOUSE and SPEIGHTSTOWN . Sioux Nation is worth trying with mares by such as MONTJEU , HIGH CHAPARRAL and GALILEO . Mares by HIGH CHAPARRAL have produced two Gr.3 winners in 2021 to No Nay Never, who also sired a Gr.2-winning 2YO from a daughter of SADLER’S WELLS and two 2YO SWs from GALILEO mares. No Nay Never has a Gr.3 winner with a dam by INDIAN RIDGE and he also has three Group winners, including Gr.2 winners Land Force and Wichita, with second dams by INDIAN RIDGE . BLUSHING GROOM’s sons RAINBOW QUEST , NASHWAN and RAHY collectively sired the second dam of five of No Nay Never’s SWs, and RAINBOW QUEST also sired the dam of one of his SWs.

Sioux Nation winner of both the Phoenix Stakes-Gr.1 (6f.) and Norfolk Stakes-Gr.2 (5f., pictured) as a 2YO

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