Coolmore Ireland Handbook 2023

Lady Aurelia, Sioux Nation and Acapulco. Several of these shone at Royal Ascot, where No Nay Never won the Gr.2 Norfolk Stakes. Six years later No Nay Never’s son Arizona landed the Gr.2 Coventry Stakes, having previously won a Curragh maiden by 8 lengths. He later finished second to Champion 2YO Pinatubo in the Gr.1 Dewhurst Stakes. Arizona’s full-sister is the Gr.2 winner Nay Lady Nay while his grandam Bright Generation won the Gr.2 Oaks d’Italia and was runner-up in the Gr.1 Moyglare Stud Stakes. This is the family of European Champion 2YO Dabirsim and the outstanding Sea of Class. No Nay Never owes much of his sire success to DANZIG line mares. His 4-time Gr.1-winner Alcohol Free is out of a grand-daughter of Danzig by HARD SPUN . He’s working especially well with mares by sons of DANEHILL including EXCEED AND EXCEL (broodmare sire of dual Gr.1 winner Ten Sovereigns), ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (Gr.2 scorer Land Force), ORATORIO (Listed winner Servalan), FASTNET ROCK (Gr.2 NZ winner Need I Say More) and DANEHILL DANCER (Gr.1-placed The Irish Rover). The GREEN DESERT line has also supplied some of No Nay Never’s top winners. His dual Gr.1 winner Blackbeard is out of a mare by BORN TO SEA , a son of INVINCIBLE SPIRIT , who in turn sired the dam of Gr.2 winner Trillium. Another Gr.2 winner is out of a daughter of SHINKO FOREST , a son of GREEN DESERT . No Nay Never also has a Gr.3 winner out of a mare by SEA THE STARS and Listed winners out of daughters of CAPE CROSS and OASIS DREAM (2). The NUREYEV line could suit, such as daughters and grand-daughters of PIVOTAL . Scat Daddy’s son Caravaggio sired his first Gr.1 winner from a PIVOTAL mare and No Nay Never has Listed winners out of daughters of PIVOTAL and PEINTRE CELEBRE . THEATRICAL sired the grandam of Ten Sovereigns while PIVOTAL filled the same position in the pedigree of Blackbeard. The grandam of Gr.2 winner Aesop’s Fables is by NUREYEV’s son DANCING DISSIDENT . No Nay Never is thriving with mares with MR PROSPECTOR blood and owes four of his Gr.2 winners to mares from this line, including daughters of SPEIGHTSTOWN , CHESTER HOUSE and ENGLISH CHANNEL , a son of SMART STRIKE . Scat Daddy and his sons No Nay Never and Sioux Nation have all sired Group/Stakes winners that are inbred to STORM CAT . Arizona should suit mares by FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND , SHAMARDAL and LOPE DE VEGA . No Nay Never’s Gr.2-winning 2YO Shadn and the Listed winner Visualisation have dams by SADLER’S WELLS and he has two 2YO Listed winners out of GALILEO mares. Mares by HIGH CHAPARRAL have produced two Gr.3 winners (11%) to No Nay Never. Sadler’s Wells’ full-brother FAIRY KING sired the grandam of Gr.1 winner Alcohol Free. The SHIRLEY HEIGHTS male line has quickly made its mark. No Nay Never’s smart son Wichita had a dam by DASHING BLADE , while the Gr.1-winning 2YO Meditate has a dam by DALAKHANI . Mares from the quick-maturing ROYAL APPLAUSE line should help Arizona pass on his juvenile ability. Daughters of ACCLAMATION , DARK ANGEL , MEHMAS and EQUIANO would suit. No Nay Never has a Gr.3 winner out of an INDIAN RIDGE mare and his Group winners Wichita, Land Force and Love Locket all have grandams by INDIAN RIDGE . Gr.1 2YO winner Little Big Bear is one of only two foals out of BERING mares.

Arizona was rated 119 by Timeform as a 2YO, behind only Pinatubo & Kameko

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