Favorite greys

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Euro and I were chatting about greys. I mentioned Spectacular Bid and Skip Away. He mentioned Manarchos.
This came about because of I mentioned one of my favorite greys, Mumtaz Mahal, from which all greys descend (the Tetrarch).
So, if you have a favorite grey...feel free to add to the list.
Thanks.
DTS

I would love to do a geneology of grays in horse racing going back to Tetrarch. But one grey we didnt mention was Silver Charm. Can anyone get the breeding on Tetrarch. I am having a hard time finding it for some reason.

Looks like The Tetrarch's sire was a horse named Roi Herode. Here is Roi Herode's peedigree.

Roi Herode was bred in France in 1904 by Maurice Caillaut and the Comte de Pourtales. He was a grey son of the grey Le Samaritain (1895), a very good stakes winner in France (winner of the Grand Prix de Deauville, Grand St. Leger de France, Prix Daru), and himself a son of the grey Le Sancy. Le Sancy was the dominant sire in France in his time, although his male line back through Atlantic, Thormanby, Windhound, and Pantaloon, was one of the last surviving remnants of the once mighty Herod male line (Pantaloon was by Castrel, by Buzzard, by Woodpecker, by Herod).

Roi Herode, out of the mare Roxelane, by War Dance (the French War Dance, by Galliard - War Paint, not to be confused with the American one, by Lexington - Reel). This gave Roi Herode an interesting pedigree background, because not only was he inbred 4x4 to his tail-male ancestor Thormanby, but his second dam, Rose of York, was a half-sister to the great Derby winner and sire Bend Or, both out of Thormanby's daughter Rouge Rose. Roxelane had been an outstanding racemare in her own right, winner of the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French 1,000 Guineas) and Prix de Diane (French Oaks), and she was a full sister to the Poule d'Essai des Poulains (French 2,000 Guineas) winner Rodilard.

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Freehouse
Holy Bull

are just of few of my favs who you all haven't mentioned yet. My top favorite greys are among the ones you already mentioned.

Native Dancer and Spectacular Bid

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

I would love to do a geneology of grays in horse racing going back to Tetrarch. But one grey we didnt mention was Silver Charm. Can anyone get the breeding on Tetrarch. I am having a hard time finding it for some reason.

Euro,
One way to do it is to go to nybreds.com. Do a hypo mating with one of the there, type in my mare's name, Bourbon Streettune (grey), and just keep going back (click on the one's you're interested in). She goes back to the Godolphin Arabian.
It takes time, but it will answer a lot for you.
Also, you could do a similar investigation with a grey stallion, like Wheelaway.

DTS

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Euro,
One way to do it is to go to nybreds.com. Do a hypo mating with one of the there, type in my mare's name, Bourbon Streettune (grey), and just keep going back (click on the one's you're interested in). She goes back to the Godolphin Arabian.
It takes time, but it will answer a lot for you.
Also, you could do a similar investigation with a grey stallion, like Wheelaway.

DTS

Thanks for the help. For the first time in a LONG TIME, I have nothing to do on a Friday night. I think I may do a history of greys.

[Gander]

The incredible Arromanches. There is no other.

Nicknamed the "gray win machine," the ten-year-old won 31 of 78 career starts and earned $807,924 during a career that spanned eight seasons.

Stellar Jayne was one of my favorites.

[Downthestretch55]

I'll add Buddha, son of Unbridled's Song. Not because of his race record, as he was injured. Just because he looked so nice.
His "get" should be showing up on the track about now.

Another good sire...Strawberry Road. He's now in Austrailia but he stood at High Cliff in NY for a time.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

skippy skippy snd skippy...