Nine years after returning to the sport after a 20-year absence, Peter Brant has built a broodmare association that is the envy of the breeding world. Through sales purchases and talented fillies and mares retired from the racetrack to be bred, he has amassed some of the strongest bloodlines in the industry. He sat down and talked to the TDN about plans for his top European and American mares. Below you will find some selected European mares. Click here to read more about his American mares.
BLOWOUT (GB), 9, Dansili (GB) – Beauty Salon (GB), by Deep Impact (Jpn). For breeding with Wootton Bassett (GB)
Blowout (the winner of the GI First Lady Stakes at Churchill Downs) goes to Ireland and she goes to Wootton Bassett at Coolmore. I think it's a good cross. He's a forceful horse, he gets nice massive horses, and she was a stunning horse, but a little smaller. Wootton Bassett crosses well with Dansili and is descended from Dansili.
IN ITALIAN (UK), 7, Dubawi (Ire)-Florentina (Aus), by Redoute's Choice (Aus). For breeding with Frankel (GB)
In Italian is a four-time Grade I stakes winner and an earner of over $2 million.
I like the cross between Frankel and Dubawi (Ire) and she is a very well made mare. Frankels tend to take on the characteristics of a mare and this horse should be a grass horse.
MY SISTER NAT (FR), 10, Acclamation (GB)-Starlet's Sister (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). For breeding with Wootton Bassett
My sister Nat is a multi-winning G1 mare who is a half-sister to the seven-time GI SW and Champion Turf bitch Sistercharlie (Ire) and the French Classic and Arc winner Sottsass (Fr).
My sister Nat also goes to Wootton Bassett. She had some good looking foals by Dubawi and Kingman (GB). We like Kingman a lot and she was bred to Frankel, so we will bred her to Wootton Bassett. I like the Acclamation cross, especially because it comes from a Galileo mare. He is a proven stallion and she is a very well behaved mare. She is a sister to Sistercharlie, who won the Breeders' Cup, and it is a great family with Sottsass and Shin Emperor (Fr), who just finished second in the Japan Cup.
SISTERCHARLIE (IRE), 11, Myboycharlie (Ire)-Starlet's Sister (Ire), by Galieo (Ire). For mating with Dubawi
Sistercharlie goes back to Dubai. She is pregnant by Siyouni (Fr). She has two Dubawis on the ground – a two-year-old and a yearling, and we really like what we see. Both the two-year-old and the yearling are very, very good looking horses.
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