RAINBOW QUEST; AN 'EXCELLENT BROODMARE SIRE'
This weekend also saw notable success for RAINBOW QUEST and ZAFONIC as broodmare sires.
RAINBOW QUEST scored a Guineas double courtesy of Elusive Wave in the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches and Irian in the Mehl Muhlens Rennen (German 2000 Guineas). Elusive Wave has only been beaten once in her career, when second to BEAT HOLLOW'S daughter Proportional in the Prix Marcel Boussac, while Irian is now unbeaten in three starts.
The second place finisher in the Mehl Muhlens Rennen was Zafisio, whose dam is by ZAFONIC. Zafisio was a Group One winner at two, claiming the notable scalp of Poule d’Essai des Poulains winner Silver Frost when winning the Criterium International at Saint-Cloud in November. ZAFONIC was also ably represented as a broodmare sire this weekend by the filly Qertaas who is now on course for the Prix de Diane after winning the Listed Prix de La Seine at Longchamp.
Article below taken from the TDN, Pedigree Insights by Andrew Caulfield following the success of Elusive Wave in the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches Gr.1
Elusive Wave’s dam Multicolour Wave came on the market a couple of years before RAINBOW QUEST achieved consecutive titles as champion sire of broodmares in 2003 and 2004. Those were the years when his daughters were responsible for the Derby winners Kris Kin and North Light, plus the likes of Rakti, Powerscourt, Polish Summer and a young Footstepsinthesand. The latter went on to land the 2005 2000 Guineas, and last year’s Oaks winner Look Here is also out of a RAINBOW QUEST mare, so Elusive Wave is far from the first Classic winner for daughters of this excellent broodmare sire.
RAINBOW QUEST'S daughters also achieved a Classic double (of sorts) two days ago, the other leg coming from Irian, the unbeaten winner of the G2 German 2000 Guineas.
When Multicolour Wave was consigned by the Niarchos Family to Tattersalls’ 2001 December Sales, the bidding rose no higher than 11,500gns. The explanation is that she had shown only a modicum of ability in two races at around a mile and a quarter in the French provinces.
There was no denying, though, that she was a well-bred filly. Although would-be buyers weren’t to know it, Multicolour Wave is bred along very similar lines to several other successful broodmares.
With RAINBOW QUEST as her sire and a granddaughter of Nijinsky as her dam, she is bred to the same pattern as the dams of the Group 1 winners Footstepsinthesand and Marotta, the Group 2 winners Irian, Spanish Sun, Tam Lin and Quest For Honor and the Group 3 winners Mahler and Coral Salute.
Date:
12 May 2009