black-type winners out of daughters of GIANT’S CAUSEWAY , SHAMARDAL and LOPE DE VEGA . Daughters of LOPE DE VEGA , with his close inbreeding to MACHIAVELLIAN , could be especially suitable for St Mark’s Basilica, who has already sired the TDN Rising Star Pathein from a SHAMARDAL mare. SIYOUNI also has a black-type winner out of a JOHANNESBURG mare, which opens the door to daughters of SCAT DADDY , JUSTIFY , NO NAY NEVER and SIOUX NATION . Siyouni has Group winners out of several SADLER’S WELLS line mares, including the MONTJEU branch. He sired the multiple Gr.1 winner Paddington from a daughter of MONTJEU and the Gr.1 winner Etoile from a mare by Montjeu’s son AUTHORIZED . St Mark’s Basilica is out of a GALILEO mare, as is NIGHT OF THUNDER who has Gr.2, Gr.3 and Listed winners inbred 3x3 to GALILEO . St Mark’s Basilica already has the Listed winner Thesecretadversary with 3x3 inbreeding to GALILEO , his dam being by GLENEAGLES . New Approach has a classic winner inbred 2x3 to the many-times champion sire. Siyouni is already working well with daughters of FRANKEL , siring the high-class Zarigana and the Gr.3-placed Love Rush. Mares by TEOFILO and FRANKEL would also produce 4x4 to DANEHILL , but daughters of NATHANIEL , NEW APPROACH and GLENEAGLES avoid the Danehill inbreeding. Multiple Gr.1 winner Paddington is inbred 4x4 to NUREYEV , his second line coming via PEINTRE CELEBRE . 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 . DARK ANGEL sired the dam of St Mark’s Basilica’s first Group winner, the Gr.2 scorer Aylin. Dark Angel’s sire ACCLAMATION is also off the mark, as broodmare sire of the Gr.3-placed Rogue Supremacy. Daughters of MEHMAS can also be expected to reinforce St Mark’s Basilica’s 2YO prowess. LE HAVRE mares produced two talented performers to another stallion bred on the same cross as St Mark’s Basilica.
2025 LEADING FIRST CROP SIRES By percentage of runners with RPRs of 80+
R ANK S TALLION
80+ %
1 St Mark’s Basilica
50 30 28 20 19
2 Space Blues 3 Starman 4 Lucky Vega 5 Palace Pier
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