Superior Mating For Million Dollar Chase Winner

INAUGURAL Million Dollar Chase winner Mystic Riot has been mated to star US stud dog Superior Panama for her first litter of pups.

INAUGURAL Million Dollar Chase winner Mystic Riot has been mated to star US stud dog Superior Panama for her first litter of pups.

The daughter of Barcia Bale and Ready To Riot was bred and is raced by Col and Sandra Bermingham.

She retired from the track with 12 wins and $1.056 million in stakes, her crowning glory the Million Dollar Chase for trainers Peter and Jodie Lagogiane.

The Bermingham's Victorian trainer Anthony Azzopardi confirmed the mating and said the decision to outcross the bitch was “a future thing”.

Mystic Riot was no one hit wonder, running second in a State Of Origin and making the finals of the G1 Brisbane Cup, G2 Richmond Oaks, G2 Black Top and G3 The Ambrosoli.

She has one of the most successful pedigrees this country has seen being a half-sister to G1 Melbourne Cup and G1 Temlee winner Whiskey Riot, G1 Australian Cup winner Fernando's Riot and G1 National Futurity winner Blue Sky Riot.

The Berminghams have just moved, a week ago, to Victoria to their Mercia property where they have 25 acres and plan to further extend their breeding numbers.

Azzopardi reports champion Whiskey Riot has had his first litter of pups whelped, to group 1 producing broodbitch Flash Riot, the dam of last year's G1 Peter Mosman Opal winner Start A Riot.

“Very exciting,” said Azzopardi. “She whelped four dogs and two bitches to him.”

The mating of Mystic Riot to Superior Panama (KC And All-USS Ceremony) is a fascinating one. Superior Panama was a high class race dog in the US where he won 37 times. 

He is the sire in the US of JS Flamin Ace (Southland Sprint, Kings & Queens), American Andale (Southland Kings & Queens, finalist Southland Derby), JS Makin Waves (2nd Southland Sprint, 3rd Southland Kings & Queens), American Airdine (Southland Marathon), Superior Watson (IGP Future Stars), Dutch Audrey (multiple feature race finalist), JS Rip Cord (3rd Southland Futurity) etc. 

Superior Panama carries the very good US stud dog TNT Star Wars as his damsire and this is quite significant in any potential mating with a daughter of Barcia Bale, especially one bred on the Barcia Bale/Collision cross. 

That's because he comes from the Representation damline and this is the same damline as Kinloch Brae. Barcia Bale sired the very smart litter that included Dublin Bull and Cutting Edge to a bitch from this direct damline.

AND, the cross of Kinloch Brae/Collision is proven to G1 level including Moreira and Asa Flying Spur to name just a couple of G1 winners bred on this cross.

And, add to this, we have the KC And All/Barcia Bale cross that is proven via champion galloper Orson Allen. He is by KC And All from a litter sister to Barcia Bale.

Col Bermingham had no hesitation in putting Mystic Riot to Superior Panama.

 

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