In Depth analyses of URBINO's Pedigree
When one takes a look at the 5 generation pedigree of Urbino there are at least 3 remarkable points to note. First of all there are a lot of 3/4 brothers and sisters who did and still do very wel on the racecourse and particulary at stud as producers of outstanding runners, secondely there is the very useful Northerm Dancer - Mill Reef cross in the 2nd generation, then we note a 4x4 inbred on Owen Tudor with a strong Speed-line via his Dam.
His 3/4
brothers & Sisters

URBINO ......................... PENTIRE ........................ LOVE BOAT ......................... MILL FLORA ........................ PRINCE IBRAHIM

........... ANCHOR INN ........................ ASTRONEF........................ THE FRENCH FURZE ......................... PARTY DOLL ........................ GUEST HARBOUR





PENTIRE
Top of the 1996 International 4YO+ Classification (Long). Annual Timeform Rating: 103 (@2), 132 (@3), 132 (@4). Commenced stud duties in Japan 1997. Shuttles to New Zealand 1997 and Germany, Standing at Isarland , Stud Fee, 7000e (04). Pentire is Australia's and New Zealand's sire-of-the-moment
He is the sire of 356 progeny to race, 216 winners (58.8%), 12 stakes winners, 13 stakes placegetters. He sired i.a. SW Xcellent, Pantani, Penny Gem, Pentastic, Zanna, Meiner Amundsen
, Recurring, Sir Pentire, Craft Work, Meiner Dupre, Mustaagel, Penitentiary, SP Little Miss Quick, Up and Comer, Devastating, Waitoki Dream, Meiner Despot, Reality Check, Botero, ...
Video of Pentire

Xcellent , was voted New Zealand Horse of the Year for the 2004-'05 season and received champion three-year-old male honors. The Pentire gelding won four Group1 races and took a 3th place in the 2005 Melbourne Cup. Xcellent was described as having an "amazing acceleration" and is rated 112 in NZ
Xcellent is a Pentire cross with a Sir Ivor descendent


Meiner Amundsen won two Gr3 races and is rated 105 in Japan
Meiner Amundsen is a Pentire cross with a Dam of theNorthern Dancer & Hyperion line


Craft Work won Gr2 and Gr3 race and is rated 108 in Japan
Craft Work is a Pentire cross with another Northern Dancer & Mill Reef crossing


Meiner Dupre won two Gr3 races and is rated 103 in Japan
Meiner Dupre is a Pentire cross with a Dam of the Northern Dancer & Hyperion line


Penny Gem won one Gr1 and one Gr2 race;Placed several times on Group level Incl 1st Captain Cook Stakes &

Pantani won two Gr1 and two listed races; Placed several times on Group level Incl 1st SAJC Derby, Gr.1 and Adelaide Cup, Gr.1

Recurring won one Gr1, one Gr3 and one Listed Race; Placed several times on Group level. International rating : 104

Zanna won one Gr2, one Gr3 and one Listed Race; Placed several times on Group level

Waitoki Dream Placed several times on Group level

Pentastic won two Gr2 and two Listed races. laced several times on Group level

Detailed raceresults of Pentire and his descendents


LOVE BOAT Sprinter who won 2 races and was place 10 times in France and Germany Incl 4th in Px Arenberg (Gp3) in Longchamp and Px Benazet (L) in Baden Baden. Earned 48.121 Euro

ASTRONEF very smart sprinter, 21 Starts: 4 wins 3 places and 156.901 Euro. Won twice The Goldene Peitsche (Baden-Baden-Gr.3) 1200m (1988&1989), 1st Premio Melton (ITY-Gr.2).2nd in Px de Meautry (FR-Gr3)Stallion at Allevamento di Besnate, ITY.
Sire of 10 crops of racing age, 269 foals, 213 starters, 5 stakes winners, 108 winners including Late Parade, Conte Grimaldi, Limanda, Mario, La Mastrona. Sire of dams of champions Altin Bike, Pardon, and of stakes winner Innocenti Evasioni.
Detailed raceresults

Late Parade Champion-sprinter in Italy; 111 Int Rating, Record over 1000 m: Milano (56�4), Roma (55�9), Napoli (55�7)
3 wins and 13 places (1000m 12000m)in Italia and France. L.724.100.000, including wins in Gran Premio Citt� di Napoli GR3- 1998, 1999, & 2000; Prix du Cercle LR, Premio Divino Amore LR, 2nd in Premio Certosa LR, Premio Omenoni GR3, 3th in Premio Bersaglio LR,Premio Umbria GR3, Premio Aringo LR, 4th in Premio Primi Passi GR3, Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp GR1.

Mario Black type jumper. won 7 SteepleChases in U.S.A. incl inc. Robinson-Humphrey Atlanta Cup H. Hurdle, L., National Hunt Cup H. Chase, L. and Dan van Clief Memorial H. Hurdle, L., placed 2nd National Hunt Cup H. Chase, L., Arthur McCashin Supreme Hurdle, L., Foxbrook Supreme Hurdle, L., 3rd Breeders' Cup Grand National Hurdle, L. and A P Smithwick Memorial H. Steeplechase, L. Earned �96,098

Conte Grimaldi Raced 59 times, won 6 and was placed 23 times. 148.846,61Euro

Limanda Raced 14 won 2 and 7 places in Ireland �8,893


ANCHOR INN Won one of her two races. Produced Bargash (g, by Sharpo), 2 wins 4 places in Uk and Black type jumper Mister McGoldrick(g, by Sabrehill) who won 10 of his 36 jump-races and was placed 5 times in UK, incl 1st in skybet.com Castleford Chase (Grade 2), 2nd in Commhoist Logistics Champion Hurdle Trial (Grade 2)and 3th in Martell Cognac Maghull Novices' Chase (Grade 1). He also won one flat race. Mister McGoldrick earned 128.158 UKP

GUEST HARBOUR . Winner at 1800m, 2d Milan Premio Giovanni Falck, L, 3d Milan Premio Ambrosiano, Gr.3. Dam of Shooter Guest (4 wins and 133.511 Euro)), Rhone (3 wins), Exit Harbour(2 wins), Highest Guest (1 win), Harbour Rouge (2 wins), Marcucco (1 win)

MILL FLORA . Won once in France. Dam of Trogir (c, by Bluebird) 10 wins and 33 places in France and 136.550 Euro

MY PLACE OR YOURS . Won 3 races and was placed 7 times in Germany

PARTY DOLL . Won 4 races and was placed 3 times in France and 73.633 Euro, incl,inc Prix de la Vallee d'Auge (LR), Deauville; Prix La Camargo (LR)Saint-Cloud; Criterium du Bequet (LR),Bordeaux; 4th in Px D'Aumale (FR-Gp3) and Px Du Calvados(FR-Gp3). Dam of Bahama Dream (f by Machiavellian) Titus Livius (FR), sire

Bahama Dream , 4 wins and 7 places in France and the US incl 2nd in Px Du Cercle (Fr-L) 1000m. Earned 81.681 Euro

Titus Livius ,high-class 2yo/sprinter by Machiavellian. Won Criterium Des Deux-Ans (G2), Prix Du Gros-Chene (G2), Prix Eclipse (G3) 2ND King's Stand S (G2), Prix De Saint-Georges (G3), Prix De Meautry (G3) 3RD Prix Maurice De Gheest (G1), Prix Du Petit Couvert (G3 As a fair record as a sire with 2yos, some useful and/or precocious. Sired 20 winners incl Tiber, Titus Alone, Dumnoni

PRINCE IBRAHIM . Won 2 races and was placed 8 times in UK Incl 3th in Juddmonte Beresford Stakes (Group 2) at 2yo; Newmarket Stakes (Listed Race)

THE FRENCH FURZE . Black type jumper who won 10 races and was placed 15 times in UK Incl 1th in Pertemps "Fighting Fifth" Hurdle (Grade 2), 2nd in Pertemps 'Fighting Fifth' Hurdle (Grade 2), Red Square Reloaded Champion Hurdle Trial (Grade 2),Bula Hurdle (Grade 2),Pertemps 'Fighting Fifth' Hurdle (Grade 2),Pertemps 'Fighting Fifth' Hurdle (Grade 2),Crowther Homes Swinton Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3), 3th in AIG Europe Champion Hurdle (Grade 1), Commhoist Logistics Champion Hurdle Trial (Grade 2), Byrne Bros Cleeve Hurdle (Grade 2) , 4th in Samsung Electronics Scottish Champion Hurdle (Grade 2)



The Northern Dancer - Mill Reef cross in the 2nd generation

This cross appeared to be very succesful and produced horses as Pentire (see above), Last Tycoon, Myth To Reality, Coraline, Valanour, Spring

URBINO .................. PENTIRE .................. LAST TYCOON ..................MYTH TO REALITY..................CORALINE..................VALANOUR

LAST TYCOON, (Try My Best - Mill Princess)
50,00% same bloodline as URBINO
Won 8 of his 12 races incl 3 Gp1 (Breeders' Cup Mile-G1), 3 Gp3 and 1 listed race. Annual Timeform Rating 125 @ 2, 131 @3.
Entered stud in Ireland in 1987, in Australia in 1989, and in Japan in 1995. Champion First Crop sire in Europe. Champion Australian Sire. Sire of 979 progeny to race, 609 winners (62.2%), 68 stakes winners, 69 stakes placegetters. Black Type winners incl WMahogany, Tracy's Element, Taipan, Bigstone (IRE), Tycoon Lil, Ezzoud, Lady Jakeo, O'Reilly, Lady Of Chad, Super Sheila, Marju, Knowledge, Magic Of Money, Lost World, Poliuto, Tytola, Le Zagaletta, Tychonic, Double Reef, Monde Bleu (GB), Iglesia, Fubu, Newquay
Detailed raceresults

Nicks for him (Crosses that proved to be very succesful) are Sir Tristam, Habitat, Sir Ivor, Riverman, Arctic Tern further nicks click here


MYTH TO REALITY,(f, by Sadlers Wells - Millieme)
50,00% same bloodline as URBINO
Listedwinner. As a broodmare produced Whipper (Miesques Son), Divine Proportions (Kingmambo), Assos (Alleged) Detailed raceresults


CORALINE,(f by Saddlers Wells - Bahemian)
50,00% same bloodline as URBINO
Listed Placed, produced CLEAR THINKING (Rainbow Quest), MARTALINE (Linamix), REEFSCAPE (Linamix) Detailed raceresults

VALANOUR,(Lomond - Vearia)
53,13% same bloodline as URBINO
Champion 3 y-o in France in 1995 (from 1 800 m - 2 000 m). Won 5 of his 9 races including two Gp1 races, one Gp 2 and one Gp3, he sired Black Type horses as i.e.
VOIX DU NORD, BAYAMO VALENTINO, VALDOURA, WEDDING NIGHT, VASYWAIT, Luriyya, Secret Valley, Together, Detailed raceresults

SPRING,(f by Saddlers Wells - Gull Nook)
50,00% same bloodline as URBINO
Won Gp2 in Italy, placed in Gp2 and Gp3 races in France and the UK. Sire of Inglenook


The "speed" in his Dam line

For the 4 generation dam line Click here

Owen Tudor , the 4x4 inbred, is the son of a "BC" type Chef de Race stallion HYPERION" Although he won a war-time English Derby, and as a four-year-old took the Ascot Gold Cup, his offspring tended to take after their dams as far as stamina was concerned, with winners as diverse as the brilliant miler in Tudor Minstrel ( Note that Tudor Minstrel is represented in the Be My Guest line) an equally the brilliant sprinter Abernant .


ABERNANT, "B" type Chef de race himself, won 14 races and was placed 2 times out of his 17 Starts.He was said to be one of the fastest horses to ever race in the British Isles and rated the greatest sprinter of all time by English journalist Tony Morris in an article written for Racing Post in 1999. Grand Sire of Thatching


His Dam, Rustom Mahal,, by Rustom Pasha, was unraced. No less an authority than Sir Gordon Richards, the jockey who led the English standings for 26 of his 34 years stated that Rustom Mahal was the fastest horse he ever rode. Interesting that a man who rode nearly 5000 winners and countless thousands of horses in his long career would single out an unraced filly and point to her as the fastest he ever rode.


The granddam of Abernant is Mumtaz Mahal, (via Rustom Mahal) and is a 5x6 inbred on Urbino. Mumtaz Mahal (1921), known as "the Flying Filly," was considered one of the fastest two-year-olds of all time.
Mummy was by The Tetrarch and Lady Josephine
The Bloodstock Breeders Review described Mumtaz Mahal as, "Wonderful, as near to perfection as imagination can conceive"
More on "Mummy"




NASRULLAH, 4x5 inbred on Urbino, also is a "B" type Chef de race, Champion 2yo colt in England. Leading Sire by earnings, 1955-56, 1959-60, 1962
Male descendants Secretariat, Bold Ruler, Nashua, Never Bend, Seattle Slew, Mill Reef, and Blushing Groom, to name just a few. More than anything, Nasrullah supplied a new source of speed to the North American racehorse http://www.allthoroughbred.com/feature1.htm
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