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INBREEDING TO CHICADO V
2018 All American Derby-G1 winner Hotstepper will serve as our example. This 2015 gelding came into the All American Derby with a record of near misses, including a second in the 2017 Texas Classic Futurity-G1, a third in the 2017 All American Futurity-G1 and a fourth in the 2018 Rainbow Derby-G1. His earnings stood at over $500,000, but he had no stakes win on his record.
Hotstepper is by One Famous Eagle by Mr Jess Perry who is by Streakin La Jolla and out
of Scoopie Fein by Sinn Fein by Three Oh’s
by Three Chicks out of Chicado V. The dam
of Scoopie Fein is Legs La Scoop by Scooper Chick by Triple Chick out of Chicado V. Thus, Scoopie Fein is inbred to Chicado V with a breeding pattern of 4x4 to this great mare.
The dam of One Famous Eagle is One Famous Lady by Chicks Beduino by Beduino. Chicks Beduino is out of A Classy Chick by Chicks Deck by Three Chicks. The dam of One Famous Lady is One Slick Cookie by Dash For Cash. One Slick Cookie is out of Pfeffernusse by Tiny’s Gay. Pfeffernusse is out of Chick’s Fantacia by Three Chicks. This gives One Famous Lady a breeding pattern of 4x4 to Three Chicks and 5x5 to Chicado V through the half-brother and sister Chicks Deck and Chick’s Fantacia.
We often find “inbreeding to superior females” throughout the pedigree like we see
in the pedigree of Do Good. Then we see a situation like One Famous Eagle with multiple crosses to a mare like Chicado V and many would say her appearance in the pedigree is outside the definition of inbreeding as she is not found within the first five generations. But, we also see individuals like Scoopie Fein and One Famous Lady, who are inbred to Chicado V within their first five generations. These mares would appear in the Rasmussen pedigree as Rasmussen Factor (RF) mares. Scoopie Fein and One Famous Lady are then RF mares, as they are linebred to Chicado V. Do Good would be an RF mare as she is linebred to Old Dutch.
THE PEDIGREE PATTERN AND NICKS
The dam side of the pedigree of Hotstepper gives us a nick with an interesting blood affinity between his dam Pandorum and One Famous Eagle. Pandorum is by Tres Seis by Sixarun by Streakin Six. Sixarun is out of Chickarun by Chicks Deck by Three Chicks out of Chicado V. This gives the nick between One Famous Eagle and Tres Seis a blood affinity with the blood of Chicado V. Hotstepper has a breeding pattern of 7x7x7x7x8 to Chicado V.
2018 All American Gold Cup-G1 winner Bodacious Eagle is by One Famous Eagle. Bodacious Eagle is out of Bodacious Dream by Corona Cartel who is out of Corona Chick by Chicks Beduino who is out of A Classy Chick
Three Chicks & Triple Chick are out of 1952 Champion Chicado V (pictured), who is also the dam of Champions Table Tennis and War Chic.
The Ole Man is the fourth full brother
to Triple Chick and Three Chicks. He was
a AAAT/ROM runner, winning the 1966 Lightning Bar Memorial Handicap and the 1966 State Fair Stallion Stakes. He won $21,156 with 33 starts and eight wins. He sired horses that won $1,077,061 on the track, including 1976 Old South Futurity winner Ole Sport. The Ole Man was inducted in the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2018.
The last foals out of Chicado V were Successor by Go Man Go and Aisal by Double Bid. Successor was a AA/ROM runner with no wins in eight starts. Aisal was an unraced mare who is the dam of five racing ROM.
When we delve into the pedigree of Chicado V, we find an interesting breeding pattern that will take us to “Inbreeding to Superior Females.” This is the long standing breeding theory or pattern as defined by
the late Leon Rasmussen and his fellow pedigree analyst Rommy Faversham. These two pedigree gurus have long studied
the influence of mares on the modern Thoroughbred, and we will use some of what they have professed to show how Chicado V has influenced the breed through her sons Triple Chick and Three Chicks.
We will start with the pedigree of Chicaro Bill and then concentrate on the pedigree of Do Good.
Chicaro Bill is by Chicaro, the famous Thoroughbred we see in so many pedigrees. Chicaro is by Chicle and out of Wendy. Chicle is by Spearmint and out of Lady Hamburg by Hamburg, who is out of Lady Reel, a daughter of Mannie Gray. Wendy is by Peter Pan by Commando by Domino, who is out of Mannie Gray. This gives us an example of “inbreeding to a superior female” with a 5x5 breeding pattern.
The pedigree of Do Good will be based on the AQHA Registration Application submitted when she was registered. She is
by St Louis by Eck Davis TB. The dam of St Louis is Old Flossie by a stallion named Baby. The dam of Old Flossie is Old Dutch.
The dam of Do Good is Little Flossie,
who became Flossie when she was registered. Flossie is by Duggan by Baby and out of Old Flossie. The dam of Flossie is Old Floridene by Harmon Baker, who is by Peter McCue and out of Nona P. The dam of Old Floridene is Little Dutch by Clay McGonigal. The dam of Little Dutch is Old Dutch. This gives Do Good a breeding pattern of 3x4x4 to Old Dutch and shows “inbreeding to a superior female.”
So, how do we apply this breeding theory to our current runners? We will answer that question with some of the horses highlighted in this profile, including Scooper Chick, Three Oh’s, Chick’s Deck, Tres Seis and maybe a few more.
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