Coolmore Ireland Handbook 2023

St Mark’s Basilica wins his fifth consecutive Gr.1 race, the Irish Champion Stakes-Gr.1 AHONOORA appears in the 4-generation pedigrees of several of Siyouni’s Group winners, including those of the Gr.1-winning fillies Laurens and Tahiyra. The Gr.2 winners Lights On and Txope also have AHONOORA in their pedigree, the former via INCHINOR , the latter through ACCLAMATION . Mares by DARK ANGEL , a son of Acclamation, should suit. Sottsass and his fellow classic winner Laurens both have second dams from the NIJINSKY line. Mares with some NIJINSKY blood should suit St Mark’s Basilica. THE TIMEFORM‘TOP HUNDRED’ 2 YEAR OLDS 121p ST MARK’S BASILICA (FR) Aidan O’Brien, Ireland Siyouni (FR) - Cabaret (IRE) (Galileo (IRE)) THE TIMEFORM‘TOP HUNDRED’ 3 YEAR OLDS 132 ST MARK’S BASILICA (FR) Aidan O’Brien, Ireland Siyouni (FR) - Cabaret (IRE) (Galileo (IRE)) 131 ADAYAR (IRE) Charlie Appleby Frankel - Anna Salai (USA) (Dubawi (IRE)) 130 BAAEED William Haggas Sea The Stars (IRE) - Aghareed (USA) (Kingmambo (USA)) DREAM , SEA THE STARS , LAWMAN and KINGMAN . Mares by such as FASTNET ROCK , DANSILI , EXCEED AND EXCEL , HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR and KODIAC create 4x3 to DANEHILL . Siyouni has Group winners out of mares by KINGMAMBO’s sons KING’S BEST (classic winner Ervedya) and LEMON DROP KID . KINGMAMBO sired the second dam of the smart Sacred Life. MACHIAVELLIAN sired the second dam of classic winner Dream And Do and is also broodmare sire of Gr.2 winner Volta. There are good winners out of mares SMART STRIKE , DISTORTED HUMOR and MACHIAVELLIAN’s sons ALMUTAWAKEL and MEDICEAN . ZAMINDAR is broodmare sire of three of Siyouni’s black-type horses, including Zaykava. This suggests that daughters of ZAFONIC , RAVEN’S PASS , IFFRAAJ and WOOTTON BASSETT could suit St Mark’s Basilica. Siyouni has Listed winners out of mares by DUBAWI and his son MAKFI . Mares from three generations of the STORM CAT male line have worked with Siyouni. He has black-type winners with mares by GIANT’S CAUSEWAY , LOPE DE VEGA and SHAMARDAL (three black-type winners and Gr.1-placed Marieta among his 15 foals). Siyouni has a black-type winner out of a JOHANNESBURG mare, opening the door to SCAT DADDY and NO NAY NEVER . St Mark’s Basilica is out of a GALILEO mare, as is the very successful stallion NIGHT OF THUNDER . NIGHT OF THUNDER has Gr.3 and Listed winners inbred 3x3 to GALILEO and New Approach has a classic winner inbred 2x3. Mares by TEOFILO and FRANKEL would also produce 4x4 to DANEHILL , but daughters of NATHANIEL , NEW APPROACH and GLENEAGLES avoid the Danehill inbreeding. Siyouni has Group winners out of several SADLER’S WELLS line mares, including daughters of MONTJEU , his sons MOTIVATOR and AUTHORIZED (Gr.1 winner Etoile), EL PRADO and his son MEDAGLIA D’ORO , POLIGLOTE and BEAT HOLLOW . He also has Gr.2 and Gr.3 winners with second dams by SADLER’S WELLS . Mares by CAMELOT would also be very interesting mates for St Mark’s Basilica. More ROBERTO blood could suit, as Siyouni has two black-type winners with mares from the ROBERTO male line and DR FONG sired the grandam of the exciting Tahiyra.

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