Godolphin buys Point Encounter

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by sumitas

Here's a pedigree overview of the top tier Haskins mentioned in his article "Stout Group for 2009." http://racing.bloodhorse.com/article/48527.htm
Break Water Edison -by Lemon Drop Kid/Storm Creek cross. 2.56 di. o/o sw mare August Storm . x2 Mr Prospector and Northern Dancer .
Old Fashioned - by Unbridled's Song/Meadowlake cross. x2 Raise A Native. 5.22 di . o/o gsw Collect Call.
Pioneerof The Nile - G1SW by Empire Maker/Lord At War cross. 3.89 di . o/o sw Star of Goshen . 1/2 to stakes placed Forefathers. A 5 gen out cross with the exception of EM's x2 In Reality .
Beethoven - Sky Mesa/Carson City cross. 5.86 . o/o gsw Moonlight Sonata. x2 Mr Propsepctor. Heavy on the speed underneath . Questionable stamina.
Square Eddie - Smart Strike/El Gran Senor cross . 2.64 di. o/o sp Forty Gran. 1/2 to sp Reverently. x2 Native Dancer, x2 Smartaire .
Capt. Candyman Can - Candy Ride/Storm Creek cross. 1.67 di . o/o sw Stormy Way. x2 Mr Propspector.
Charitable Man - Lemon Drop Kid/Saint Ballado cross. 2.06 di. o/o sw Caritabledonation. x2 Mr Propsector. x2 Buckpasser .
Giant Oak - Giants Causeway/Crafty Prospector cross. 3.00 di . o/o gsw Crafty Oak. 1/2 to gsp Apple Martini. x2 Northern Dancer .
Chocolate Candy - Candy Ride/Seattle Slew cross. 2.08 di . o/o sw Crownette. 1/2 to sp Crowning Storm. x2 Alanesian .
Big Drama - this Fla. bred is a Montbrook/Notebook cross. 3.00 di . o/o unraced Riveting Drama . 1/2 to black type fillies Coffee Can and Drama's Way. x2 Tom Fool. x2 Nearctic.
I Want Revenge - Stephen Got Even/Roy cross. 3.00 di. o/o Argentine sp Meguial . 5 gen outcross.
West Side Bernie - a Bernstein/Gilded Time cross. di 1.80. First foal o/o apparently unraced Time Honored. x2 Princequillo, x2 Northern Dancer, x3 Secretariat. Heavy speed underneath.
Atomic Rain - a Smart Strike/Coxs Ridge cross. 3.40 di. o/o unraced, apparentley, Paradise Pond. x2 Turn-To.
Believe In Hope - Thunder Gulch/Mr Greeley cross . 3.00 di . o/o sw Hope Rises. x2 Mr Propspector.
Terrain - Sky Mesa/Forty Niner cross. 2.20 di. o/o sw Minery. 1/2 to sp Clergy. x2 Mr Prospector .

and the 2 ex-pats Midshipman - Unbridleds Song/Avenue of Flags. 2.37. o/o gsw Fleet Lady . 1/2 to gsw Fast Cookie. 5 gen out cross.
Vineyard Haven - Lido Palace/Aloha Prospector. 3.00. o/o winning mare Aloha. 1/2 to sw On The Vineyard. x2 Mr Prospector.

Giant Oak...Illinois bred....First Race on the Turf and won, then won on the Poly, back to the grass and finished behind Bittel Road then a great second on the dirt. Pretty diverse first four races surface wise. And a very good and relatively unknown trainer in Chris Block.

[sumitas]

Correction : full sibling to the gsp mid west filly Apple Martini. They have a good family line through the reines de course Boat and Herodias. Giants Causeway has done well crossing with Crafty Prospector including sw filly Win Mccool .