ST MARK'S BASILICA'S 2ND-CROP YEARLINGS INCLUDED: DAM/SEX SIRE OF DAM PURCHASER € PRICE Lifting Me Higher c. Sea The Stars Amo Racing €965,000 Amazonka c. Camelot MV Magnier/White Birch Farm €520,000 Dorraar f. Shamardal The Thoroughbred Racing Corp €425,000 Lady Macbeth c. Dubawi JPM Bloodstock €425,000 Token Of Love c. Cape Cross Stroud Coleman Bloodstock €360,000 Awhile f. War Front Hurworth Bloodstock €300,000 STAKES PERFORMERS FROM HIS FIRST CROP INCLUDE: NAME SIRE OF DAM SIRE OF 2ND DAM GRADE DIAMOND NECKLACE Dansili Zafonic Gr.1 AYLIN Dark Angel Zamindar Gr.2 THESECRETADVERSARY Gleneagles Oratorio LW PORT OF SPAIN Duke Of Marmalade Sadler's Wells Gr.3-pl PRINCESS PETROL Distorted Humor Sadler's Wells Gr.3-pl ROGUE SUPREMACY Acclamation Bushranger Gr.3-pl GROUP WINNERS BY HIS SIRE SIYOUNI: See page 66. MATING SUGGESTIONS: Beaten only once in his last six starts, St Mark’s Basilica joined an elite group of horses, including Nijinsky, Mill Reef, El Gran Senor, Shamardal, Teofilo, New Approach and Frankel, which have followed up a victory in the Gr.1 Dewhurst S. at two with a classic victory. In fact, he won two classics - the Poule d’Essai des Poulains and Prix du Jockey-Club – before defeating the older horses in the Eclipse and Irish Champion S. St Mark’s Basilica has wasted no time in proving himself with the DANEHILL line. His exciting Gr.1 winner Diamond Necklace has a dam by DANSILI , a broodmare sire who is also having Gr.1 success with Night of Thunder, another stallion whose dam is by Galileo. Four of Siyouni’s Gr.1 winners are inbred within four generations to DANZIG . Mares from the GREEN DESERT branch of the DANZIG line therefore have obvious appeal for St Mark’s Basilica, as it was INVINCIBLE SPIRIT who sired his classic-winning half-brother. Siyouni sired two more of his classic winners, the Prix de Diane winner Laurens and the outstanding miler Tahiyra, from daughters of CAPE CROSS and he sired the Gr.3 winner Roshvar from a SEA THE STARS mare. SEA THE STARS also sired the dam of a second-crop St Mark’s Basilica filly which sold for 800,000gns. St Mark’s Basilica should also suit daughters of OASIS DREAM , LAWMAN and KINGMAN . Siyouni’s Australian Gr.1 winner Amelia’s Jewel and the highly talented Zarigana are inbred 3x4 to DANEHILL . Siyouni has Group winners out of mares by KINGMAMBO’s sons KING’S BEST (the classic-winning Ervedya) and LEMON DROP KID . MACHIAVELLIAN sired the second dam of Dream And Do, winner of the Gr.1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches, and is also the broodmare sire of classic-placed Gr.2 winner Volta. There are also good winners out of mares SMART STRIKE , DISTORTED HUMOR and MACHIAVELLIAN’s sons ALMUTAWAKEL and MEDICEAN . GONE WEST’s son ZAMINDAR is the broodmare sire of three of Siyouni’s black-type horses, including Zaykava. St Mark’s Basilica already has the Gr.2 winner Aylin with a dam by Zamindar, and the Gr.1 winner Diamond Necklace with a dam by Zamindar’s brother ZAFONIC . This suggests that daughters of RAVEN’S PASS , IFFRAAJ and WOOTTON BASSETT could suit St Mark’s Basilica, as could daughters of NAYEF and TAMAYUZ . Siyouni is now making his mark with daughters of DUBAWI , with four BTWs (14%) from 23 starters, and he also has a LW with a dam by MAKFI . St Mark’s Basilica is clearly well worth trying with daughters of DUBAWI . Mares from three generations of the STORM CAT male line have been working well with Siyouni. He has 78
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