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Pasternak

  • Colour: Bay
  • Height: 16.3hh (1.7m)
  • Born: 1993
  • To stud: 2000
  • Stud fee: £1500/€2100 + VAT
  • Location: Scarvagh
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Racing career

Winner of 4 consecutive races and £162,801 over 9-10 furlongs.

  • Won Tote Cambridgeshire Handicap, Newmarket (9f beating RUDIMENTAL (GB) and HUNTERS OF BRORA (IRE)).
  • Won John Smith’s Magnet Cup, York (10f beating NAJM MUBEEN (IRE) and GAME PLOY (POL)).
  • Won European Friction Industries Anniversary Maiden Stakes, Bath (10f beating KING KATO (GB) and MEDFEE (GB)).
  • Won Booker Chef’s Larder Handicap, York (10f beating OBELOS (USA) and TIME FOR ACTION (IRE)).
  • 2nd Golden Pages Handicap, Leopardstown
  • 2nd John Smith’s Cup, York (beating REFUSE TO LOSE).

Pedigree

  • Pasternak showed his toughness and ability for Sir Mark Prescott and, although he is perhaps best known for landing some big gambles in ultra-competitive handicaps like the Cambridgeshire, he is a particularly sound horse whose qualities will be particularly attractive to jump breeders.
  • The Soviet Star line has proved to be a successful line in recent years: Starcraft proved himself to be the best older horse over a mile in Europe in 2005, and Democratic Deficit was a good winner of the Craven Stakes (Gr 3).
  • Pasternak is out of Princess Pati, winner of the Irish Oaks and is a half-sister to the Great Voltigeur Stakes Winner, Seymour Hicks. They are both out of Sarah Siddons, winner of the Irish 1,000 Guineas and Yorkshire Oaks, so Pasternak holds a pedigree that has both stamina as well as speed.
  • Pasternak’s dam, the Irish Oaks winner Princess Pati, is a daughter of the noted broodmare sireTop Ville, a son of High Top and a half-sister to Seymour Hicks.
  • Princess Pati is in bred to Tantieme through Top Ville and Relko, so any mares carrying these names, especially if they have Northern Dancer, look ideally suited to Pasternak. This Tantieme duplication can be seen in the dam of Winged Love.
  • Mares from the Never Bend line should have alikening for mares by Shirley Heights, Rivermanand Darshaan. Riverman crossed with Nureyevhas produced the Classic winner Spinning World. The Sharpen Up/Nureyev cross has produced at least 10 stakes winners. These stallions include Kris, Diesis, Trempolino and Selkirk.
  • Pasternak is a strong, athletic horse and his confirmation is being replicated in his stock therefore producing a classic National Huntstamp of horse.
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Progeny Performance

Sire of the winners of 7 races ad £52,338 including:-

Principal Winners

  • Indomptable Cecile (FR) (Lost World(IRE)): third in Prix Finot Hurdle, Auteuil, L.) and £5,486
  • Hills of Home (IRE) (Green Shoon): Won one Open National Hunt flat race and £1627.
  • Miss Pastel (FR) (Dalal (FR)): Won one race in France and £15,270.
  • Pass The Rock (IRE)(Decent Fellow) : Won one race in France 2005.
  • Camden George (IRE)(Camden Town) : Won one Open National Hunt flat race.
  • Spa Wells (IRE)(Namaqualand(USA)) : Won one race over hurdles.
  • Wicklow Wanderer(IRE)(Pennie Walk) : Won one INH flat race.
  • Qaracole Mag (FR): Won one race in France and £6,120
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Extended Pedigree

  • 1st dam
  • PRINCESS PATI: 4 wins at 3 years and £124,743 inc. Gilltown Stud Irish Oaks, Curragh, Gr.1, Pretty Polly S., Curragh, Gr.2 and Ardoon Stud April Fillies’ S., Curragh, L., placed 3 times inc. 3rd Phoenix Champion S., Phoenix Park, Gr.1; dam of 6 winners from 7 runners and 6 previous foals;
    • Pasternak (GB) (1993 c. by Soviet Star (USA)): Subject stallion.
    • Parthian Springs (GB) (1991 c. by Sadler’s Wells (USA)): 3 wins at 4 years and £48,611 and placed 3 times inc. 2nd Yorkshire Cup, York, Gr.2, 4th Museum of Army Transport Stakes, Ripon; sire.
    • Srivijaya (1987 g. by Kris): 8 wins, £35,739: 2 wins at 4 years and £6099 and placed 3 times; also winner at 3 years in France and £8574; also 4 wins over hurdles and £17,588 and placed 19 times and winner over fences at 6 years and placed twice.
    • Arapi (IRE) (1994 f. by Arazi (USA)): 2 wins at 2 years and £7525 inc. E.B.F. Fleckney Maiden Stakes, Leicester, placed once; dam of 3 winners inc.:
      • Mine Behind (GB): 6 wins at 3 to 5 years, 2005 and £58,152 and placed 11 times.
      • Adios Amigos (GER): 4 wins at 3 and 4 years, 2006 in Germany and £15,821 and placed 8 times.
  • 2nd dam
  • SARAH SIDDONS (FR): 3 wins at 2 and 3 years and £82,966 inc. Irish 1000 Guineas, Curragh, Gr.1 and Yorkshire Oaks, York, Gr.1, 2nd Irish Guinness Oaks, Curragh, Gr.1, Prix Vermeille, Longchamp, Gr.1 and 4th Benson & Hedges Gold Cup, York, Gr.1; dam of 10 winners:
    • PRINCESS PATI (f. by Top Ville): see above.
    • SEYMOUR HICKS (FR) (c. by Ballymore): 5 wins at 3 years and £60,928 inc. Great Voltigeur S., York, Gr.2; sire.
    • SIDARA (f. by Golden Fleece (USA)): 3 wins at 3 and 4 years in France and £29,540 inc. Prix Belle de Nuit, Evry, L. (twice); dam of a winner:
      • ANCARA (GB): 2 wins at 3 years in France and £36,613 inc. Prix de Liancourt, Longchamp, L., 2nd Prix de Malleret, Longchamp, Gr.2; dam of Monolith (GB): 2 wins, 2006 and £13,083; also 4 wins over hurdles at 5 and 6 years, 2004 and £29,620.
      • Simouna (GB): unraced; dam of ATHLUMNEY LADY (GB): 3 wins at 2 years and £31,061 inc. Bord Gais Killavullan S., Leopardstown, Gr.3, Athlumney Lad (IRE): 5 wins, 2006 and £66,190; also 3 wins over hurdles at 5 years, 2004 and £53,474; grandam of PRINCESS IRIS (IRE): 2 wins at 2 years, 2006 and £33,140 inc. The Sportsman Newspaper Firth of Clyde S, Ayr, Gr.3.
    • Star Quest: 4 wins, £21,229: 3 wins at 5 and 6 years and £19,024; also winner over hurdles at 5 years; sire.
    • Cantanta (GB): winner at 3 years; dam of 5 winners inc.:
      • CANTILEVER (GB): 2 wins at 3 years in France and £53,535 inc. Prix de Royaumont, Chantilly, Gr.3, 2nd Prix de Malleret, Longchamp, Gr.2 and Prix Greffulhe, Longchamp, Gr.2; dam of Levitator (GB): winner at 3 years, 2004 and £11,023; also 2 wins over hurdles at 4 and 5 years, 2006 and £21,991.
      • UPGRADE (GB): 10 wins, £262,709: 4 wins over hurdles at 3 and 4 years and £63,738 inc. Elite Racing Club Triumph Hurdle, Cheltenham, Gr.1 and 6 wins over fences, 2004 and £198,971 inc. Weatherbys Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase, Sandown Park, Gr.1, First National Bank Gold Cup H. Chase, Ascot, Gr.2 and Faucets for Mira Rada Showers Silver Stp, Cheltenham, Gr.2.
      • TAILFEATHER (GB): 2 wins at 3 years in France and £33,520 inc. Prix Coupe des Trois Ans, Lyon-Parilly, L., 2nd Prix Berteux, Vichy, Gr.3.
      • Cantaloupe (GB): unraced; dam of Cantabilly (IRE): winner at 3 years, 2006 and £11,722.
    • Gertrude Lawrence: unraced; dam of 5 winners inc.:
      • LADY AMBASSADOR: 4 wins at 3 years and £29,332 inc. Waterford Testimonial S., Curragh, L. and Fasig-Tipton S., Phoenix Park, L.; dam of LEGGERA (IRE): Champion 3yr old filly in Europe in 1998, 5 wins at 2 to 4 years at home and in France and £395,175 inc. Prix Vermeille, Longchamp, Gr.1, 2nd Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Longchamp, Gr.1, LUCIDO (IRE): 6 wins at home and in France and £122,782 inc. Pertemps Derby Trial S., Lingfield Park, Gr.3 and John Porter S., Newbury, Gr.3, 3rd Prix du Conseil de Paris, Longchamp, Gr.2, LUCA (GER): 9 wins at 3, 5 and 6 years in France and in Germany and £60,664 inc. Grand Prix de la Region Alsace, Strasbourg, L., Londra (IRE): 2 wins at 4 and 5 years, 2006 in France and £11,535.
    • Dansara (GB): unraced; dam of 4 winners:
      • SELF DEFENSE (GB): 6 wins, £256,844: 3 wins at 3 and 5 years in France and £118,665 inc. Prix Vulcain, Maisons-Laffitte, L., 3rd Stan James Geoffrey Freer S., Newbury, Gr.2; also 3 wins over hurdles, 2005 and £138,179 inc. Blue Chip Feeds Novices’ Sharp Hurdle, Cheltenham, Gr.2 and Agfa Hurdle, Sandown Park, L., 2nd Stan James Christmas Hurdle, Sandown Park, Gr.1 and 3rd Tote Tolworth Hurdle, Wincanton, Gr.1.
      • Answer (GB): winner at 4 years in France and £12,600; dam of Zelkova (IRE): 2 wins at 2 and 3 years, 2005 and £37,074 2nd El Gran Senor S., Fairyhouse, L.; also placed once over hurdles at 3 years, 2005, Degas Art (IRE): winner at 3 years, 2006 and £29,484 2nd Shadwell Estate Fairway S., Newmarket, L. and 3rd Bahrain Trophy, Newmarket, L.
      • Epping (GB): winner at 3 years; dam of The Last Drop (IRE): winner at 3 years, 2006 and £127,370 2nd Ladbrokes St Leger S., York, Gr.1.
  • 3rd dam
  • MARIEL: 3 wins and £9884 inc. Pretty Polly S., Curragh, Gr.2, 2nd Irish 1000 Guineas, Curragh, Gr.1, 4th Irish Guinness Oaks, Curragh, Gr.1 and Oaks S., Epsom, Gr.1; dam of 2 winners:
      • SARAH SIDDONS (FR): see above.
      • MARY ARDEN: winner at 3 years, Azalea S., Phoenix Park, L., 4th Pretty Polly S., Curragh, Gr.2; dam of 8 winners:
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Sire reference

By SOVIET STAR (USA) (1984-Stud 1989), Jt 4th top rated 3yr old colt in France & England in 1987, Champion older sprinter in Europe in 1988, 8 wins, £281,839, 6f.-8f., Poule d’Essai des Poulains, Longchamp, Gr.1, July Cup, Newmarket, Gr.1, Prix du Moulin, Longchamp, Gr.1, Prix de la Foret, Longchamp, Gr.1, Sussex Stakes, Goodwood, Gr.1, Sandown Mile, Gr.2, Prix de Fontainebleau, Gr.3, second in Prix du Moulin, Gr.1, Prix Jean Prat, Gr.1, fourth in Prix Jacques Le Marois, Gr.1, Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1. Sire of the winners of over 584 races including - SOVIET LINE, STARBOROUGH, ASHKALANI, LIMPID, BON POINT, VOLOCHINE, FREEDOM CRY, SENSATION, ADVANCING STAR, CLERIO, WESSAM etc.

PASTERNAK
(b. 1993)		 Soviet Star Nureyev Northern Dancer
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Veruschka Venture
Marie d’Anjou
Princess Pati Top Ville High Top
Sega Ville
Sarah Siddons Le Levanstell
Mariel
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