This is the second in a series of articles tracing some famous female families forward
to the present day.
I will attempt to show by using empirical
evidence that far from there being some consistent and powerful gene
being passed up the female line that the outcomes are very inconsistent.
The first thing to note is that Bebop II is a relative
newcomer being foaled in 1957 for a study of this type. For a good
few generations she is going to benefit greatly from the fact that she
is out of a dam that produced an Oaks winner in Sun Cap and a number of
black type individuals. Bebop II herself was no mug on the
racecourse having finished 2nd in the Haverhill Stakes and 3rd in the
Nassau Stakes in her third year and being by Prince Bio would be
considered very well bred.
The second thing to note is that although I will have
the vast majority of her descendants in my database I will not have them
all. Let's look at the her foals and then look
at their overall tail female record. 1962
Bebopper,f,Tom Fool = Winner
1963 Hot Sketch,f,Tom Fool = Unraced
1966 Clasbio,f,Outing Class = Unraced
1967 Bopping,f,Outing Class = Winner
1969 Stepping High,f,No Robbery = Winner and Group equivalent placed
1970 Roller Skates,f,Outing Class = Unraced
1971 Merry Jingle,f,Bold Lad = Stakes placed winner
1973 Larceny Gal,f,No Robbery = Placed
1974 Twivil,c,The Axe II = Winner
1976 Southern Swing,c,Delta Judge = Stakes placed winner of over 100k
Three things strike me here. First is that
producing nearly all fillies is a good way of getting a female dynasty
going. The second thing is that she was mated to the type of
stallion one would expect to be. In Outing Class she might have
been a bit unlucky. He was a good runner and had more of his share
of successful siblings and was very well bred being by Nasrullah out of
Track Medal by Khaled. In my view he performed below expectation
as a stallion.
|
Bebopper |
Clasbio |
Bopping |
Stepping High |
Roller Skates |
Merry Jingle |
Larceny Gal |
Total |
| Gr1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Gr2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| Gr3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
| Listed |
2 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
| Stakes |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
12 |
| Total |
206 |
46 |
31 |
149 |
8 |
23 |
65 |
537 |
Certainly not all lines are the same!
Hot Sketch was not, as far as I am aware, bred from.
Being by Tom Fool that is a bit of a surprise but she did not race so
maybe it is not that great a surprise. The unraced Roller Skates was
tried for a generation, with relatively weak stallions, produced some
runners but nothing special, and was abandoned. Merry Jingle who
was stakes placed saw some of the top stallions of the day in Graustark,
Buckpasser, Nijinsky, The Minstrel etc and got a single stakes placed
and a few winners. She got just 3 fillies and they all produced nothing
special and were abandoned. So that's half the
descendants finished with. So what of the one's that are left
Here's the data above reprocessed as percentages:
|
Bebopper |
Clasbio |
Bopping |
Stepping High |
Larceny Gal |
Total |
| Gr1 |
0.97 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.37 |
| Gr2 |
0.97 |
0 |
0 |
1.34 |
0 |
0.74 |
| Gr3 |
0.49 |
0 |
0 |
2.68 |
1.54 |
1.12 |
| Listed |
0.97 |
4.35 |
0 |
2.01 |
1.54 |
1.49 |
| Stakes |
0.97 |
0 |
6.45 |
2.01 |
7.69 |
2.23 |
| Others |
95.63 |
95.65 |
93.55 |
91.95 |
89.23 |
94.04 |
With a family consisting of just 12 group winners it is
better to look at these to rather than draw charts etc.
Let's look at these by generation. We have already
looked at the immediate descendants of Bepop II (no group types) so let
us start with the 2nd generation where we find:
HATCHET MAN by The Axe II out of Bebopper
STOP THE MUSIC by Hail To Reason out of Bebopper
That's two top class stallions!
In the 3rd generation we find two group 3 winning
relative of Bepop II.
Crazy Moon by Stage Coach Johnny out of a mare who is a full sister to
Hatchet Man. Top quality throughout again.
Astudillo(ire) is not quite as bred quite as well being by Common
Grounds out of Senlis by Sensitive Prince out of a No Robbery mare. Then
again Common Ground was no mug. Considering that Senlis produced 2
stakes winners (both by Common Grounds) and another 3 winners and a
placed runner from 6 foals she was no mug either. Also makes one
wonder would the Bepop II line have been stronger if they all stayed in
Europe on grass.
So on to the 4th generation. Here we find the other
Gr1 winner from the Bebopper line. Tank's Music is inbred Bold Ruler 4x4
and is by Air Forbes One out of a mare by Darby Creek Road out of a mare
by Bold Lad. Not stellar breeding but enough breeding to suggest a Group
winner is not out of the question. The other. We also find all the
other successes that can be attributed to the Bebop II line. The
rather well bred Proflare by Mr Prospector out of Flare Pass by
Buckpasser was a stellar mare.
In summary. We have a Mr Prospector mare accounting for
nearly half the group winners. Bebopper being mated to Hail To Reason
and The Axe II and a sister to Hatchet Man accounts for another quarter.
With Bebopper and Proflare out of the calculations Bebop
II becomes:
|
Total |
Total% |
Gr1 |
0 |
0 |
Gr2 |
0 |
0 |
Gr3 |
1 |
0.31 |
| Listed |
6 |
1.84 |
| Stakes |
9 |
2.76 |
| Others |
310 |
95.09 |
All down to the female family .. duh
Adrian Parry Copyright 2006 |
