by Peter Hohlweg ©

There seems to be a relationship between Teddy and Hyperion creating superstars like Peintre Celebre, Dubai Millennium, Sinndar, Galileo and Point Given. These horses share a heavy and simulaneous linebreeding to Teddy (1913) and Hyperion (1930) in the first nine generations.

My approach was quite simple. I used Del Mar Pedigree Query for searching 9-generation linebreedings-reports of top-class racehorses. I checked the statistics for Teddy and Hyperion and excluded all with an inbreeding coefficient of less than 1% and more than 2%. I chose these because they are equivalents for linebreedings of about 5 x 6 (for 1%) generations respectivly 4 x 5 (for 2%). So I got only heavy linebreedings and excluded inbreedings. For example, Dubai Millennium has for Hyperion an coefficient of 1.56% because Hyperion appears in his pedigree 6 x 5 x 6, that means a calculated influence of 5 x 5. Teddy has an coefficient of 1.90% and appears 6 x 9 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 8 x 9 x 8 x 7 x 9 x 7. This linebreeding to Teddy corresponds to an influence of about 5 x 5 (tent to 4 x 5).

I think that is a remarkable pack.

Such a heavy cross of Teddy and Hyperion is not so usual as you may expect. Of course a lot of good racehorses are linebred to Teddy or to Hyperion, but only a few have a linebreeding to both simultaneously.

Take a random sample by scanning e.g. the horses of an allowance race at your local race track, or the hopefuls of the next Kentucky Derby 2002 or analyze horses you just remember. You will hardly any horses find who fulfill the conditions.

But of course there are a few with this type of linebreeding :

Fall Aspen, who is Dubai Millennium's granddam, is a potent source of Hyperion. She also has some strains of Teddy. Among her descendants you will find Hamas, Fort Wood and Timber Counrty, also Mehthaaf and Elnadim. They all are linebred to Hyperion / Teddy.

Galileo is by Sadlers Wells, who has also an inbreeding to Hyperion. Strains of Teddy passed from Miswaki to Galileo. Miswaki is like Seeking The Gold by Mr Prospector out of a Buckpasser mare. Therefore Dubai Millennium and Galileo are very similar, but reverse bred. Also linebred to Hyperion / Teddy are Sadlers Wells sons Carnegie, Poliglote and King of Kings. Anabaa Blue, who is a close relative to Galileo, is by Danzig's son Anabaa.

Peintre Celebre is differently bred. He is by Nureyev out of a daughter by Alydar. His second dam is by Habitat. Nureyev is like Sadlers Wells a source of Hyperion. Look at Wolfhound, Spinning World and Loup Sauvage.

Point Given is by Thunder Gulch out of Turko's Turn, who is by Alydar's son Turkoman. Gulch has a lot of Teddy. His progeny Eagle Cafe, Harayir, Great Navigator and Nayef got strains of Hyperion from the damside. Gulch's son Thunder Gulch is also linebred to Hyperion / Teddy and also his progeny Point Given and Tempest Morn.

Sinndar is by Grand Lodge, who is also linebred to Hyperion / Teddy. At Sinndar's sireside appears Habitat, and at the damside he has Owen Tudor (1938). Besides Citation (1945) and Belle Sicambre (1961),

Owen Tudor is the best example of a early crossing of Hyperion and Teddy. Hopefuls for 2002 with this type of linebreeding are Imperial Gesture und Admire Don.

A Selection of sources of Hyperion
Tony Bin 4.69%, Sharpen Up 3.91%, Nureyev 3.13%, Sadlers Wells 2.34%, Selkirk 2.34%, Lashkari 2.34%, Danzig 1.95%

A Selection of sources of Teddy
Buckpasser 3.13%, Nijinsky 3.13%, Mr.Prospector 2.54%, Alydar 2.54%, Riverman 2.54%, Gulch 2.44%, Miswaki 2.25%, Woodman 2.34%, Gone West 1.95%, Habitat 1.95%

I would greatly stress that the linebreeding to Hyperion / Teddy is just one aspect in the pedigree of the above mentioned horses. Dubai Millennium, Peintre Celebre and the other ones are more than this type of linebreeding.

So be careful with this hypothesis and attack it. Never forget, that there are a lot of top-class horses lacking this cross e.g. Cigar, Montjeu or Tiznow.

This article will be continued in a second part.

January 13, 2002. Copyright by Peter Hohlweg 2002.