Mating Analysis Little Brose

Little Brose

LA’s latest acquisition Little Brose promises to be a genetic goldmine for Australasian breeders.

The Street Cry bloodline, completely free of Northern Dancer, continues to go from strength to strength. With so much Northern Dancer and Danehill blood in Australasian pedigrees, Street Cry has proven a very successful outcross option.
Little Brose’s sire Per Incanto is Danehill free and he has a single male line of Northern Dancer through the speed orientated Try My Best. Understandably Per Incanto has nicked very successfully with Danehill and Northern Dancer line mares, particularly those by Danzig and his sons.

Gr.1 winners Jimmysstar, Roch 'N' Horse, Belclare, Bonham, Shadows Cast and Santa Monica all carry male lines of Danzig.

His $4.3 million earner Lost And Running also has a male line of Danzig through a son of Danehill, as does his 2023 Gr.2 winner Faithful Feat (Snitzel), while the exciting Jimmysstar has a female line of Danehill.

The other nicks evident in Per Incanto’s better progeny are with the champion sire O'Reilly and Success Express, the dam sire of Champion Street Cry mare Winx. Dual Gr.1 winner Belclare is from an O'Reilly mare, from a Keeper (Danehill) mare, while mares carrying Succes Express have been responsible for Gringotts and the recent Gr.2 winner Marotiri Molly.

Little Brose has no Danehill and only a single line of Northern Dancer in his female pedigree, which is buried well back in his 5th generation, offering breeders great options to mate up mares rich in Danehill and Northern Dancer.

Little Brose’s female family contains a number of successful stallions, some of whom aren't commonly found in Australasian pedigrees.

His dam Mohegan Sky is a granddaughter of the beautifully bred and very successful sire St Ballardo, a son of Halo, who sired the breed shaper Sunday Silence. Saint Bellardo was on the way to becoming an exceptional sire before his untimely passing.

Per Incanto carries a female line of Halo giving Little Brose a double cross of the twice Champion American Sire, Cosmah.The dam of Halo, is a half sister to Natalma, the dam of Northern Dancer, adding more weight to the theory that Little Brose will work extremely well with mares carrying plenty of Northern Dancer blood.

Mohegan Sky’s dam is a half-sister to Her Mink Coat, an allowance winner in America who has established a prominent black-type family in Australia, which has worked extremely well with Danehill line stallions.

Little Brose also carries just the one line of Mr Prospector, giving breeders the opportunity to introduce additional lines of the influential chestnut champion stallion.

Time Test mares would make excellent cohorts for Little Brose, with a line of Mr Prospector, Northern Dancer and Danzig.

The real key to unlocking Little Brose’s genetic potential possibly lies deep in his pedigree where he has significant multiple duplications of mares such as Selene (very prominent in the pedigrees of Sir Tristram) and Mumtaz Mahal.

In summary, many of the lines which have worked so well with Per Incanto, notably Danehill and his son Danehill, O’Reilly (which duplicates the outstanding matron Best In Show) and Success Express (the dam sire of Savabeel) will work extremely well with Little Brose.

For instance, mares by Ardrossan would provide the Danehill/Danzig bloodline, and you also duplicate Best In Show through the female family of Redoute’s Choice.

Little Brose is a fascinating study for breeding enthusiasts.