2019 Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale

Lot: 1848

Type: Broodmare
Vendor: Oakwood Farm Haigslea Qld (As Agent)
Name: Tail of a Diva (AUS)
Sire: Tale of the Cat (USA)
Dam: Mardi Gras (AUS)
Colour: Bay or Brown
Sex: Mare
DOB: 11 September 2009
COB: AUS
Buyer: Peter & Peta Gray, QLD $1,000

Broodmare's Breeding Status

In foal: No
Selling with a foal at foot: No

Significant Pedigree Updates

From the same family as Shakurr (2014.c. by Stephen Got Even-Boone's Band, by Boone's Mill-Fairyland Band).
1st Hawthorne Claiming

No photo available

Account of OAKWOOD FARM (As Agent), Haigslea, Qld.

Lot 1848 (No GST)      TAIL OF A DIVA     Stable Chester 86

Bay or Brown mare    (Branded :  nr sh; 16 over 9 off sh)             Foaled in 2009

 

Sire

TALE OF THE CAT (USA)

1994

Storm Cat

Storm Bird

Northern Dancer

Terlingua

Secretariat

Yarn

Mr. Prospector

Raise a Native

Narrate

Honest Pleasure

Dam

MARDI GRAS

1999

Desert King

Danehill

Danzig

Sabaah

Nureyev

Affirmed's Dance

Affirmed

Exclusive Native

Fairy Dance

Northern Dancer

 

TALE OF THE CAT (USA) (1994). 5 wins, Saratoga King's Bishop S., Gr.2. Sire of 2026 rnrs, 1488 wnrs, 107 SW. His SH-bred progeny inc SW Glamour Puss, etc. His NH-bred progeny inc SW Gio Ponti, etc. Sire of the dams of SW Sailor's Valentine, Dortmund, Amazing Maria, Declassify, Smashing Glory, It's Tricky, Diamond Tathagata, Doublemint, Giant Steps, Go Maggie Go, Snitty Kitty, Adrift, Istanford, Wallyanna, Ceiling Kitty, etc.

 

1st dam

Mardi Gras, by Desert King. 9 wins at 1200m, 1400m, $350,700, BTC Owner Builder Mode Quality H., Heart Research Institute Quality H., James Brockhurst The Good Guys H., QTC Multiplex Portside Wharf H., MVRC TBV P., BTC Ambassador Travel H., QTC Investia H., Tom Treston H., Kyneton DRC Woodend Cup, 2d QTC Dane Ripper H., L. Half-sister to AFFIRMED STAR. Dam of 7 foals, all raced, 5 winners, inc:-

Caton (g. by Reset). 10 wins 1200m to 2400m, $200,740, ATC Cafe Culture Insitu H., McGrath Estate Agents H., Schweppes H.

Willow Mist (f. by Tale of the Cat). 2 wins at 1050m, 1200m, BRC CBUS Super Stakes P., 2d BRC Yellowglen P., 3d BRC Cellarbrations Liquor Stores P.

2nd dam

AFFIRMED'S DANCE, by Affirmed. Winner at 2 at 6f in Ireland. Dam of 9 foals, 8 to race, all winners, inc:-

AFFIRMED STAR (Luskin Star). 9 wins-3 at 2-1200m to 1350m, $183,330, BATC Courier-Mail Classic S., L, Tiny's Finito Flying H., Dulcify H., Red Handed H., Keith Noud H., QTC Tied Cottage H., Maybe Lad H., Enderley H., Toowoomba TC Sires Produce S., 2d BATC Thornhill Park Flying H.

Mardi Gras (Desert King). 9 wins. See above.

Country's Flower. 20 wins 1600m to 2200m, Rome Premio Aldo e Renato Ricci.

Mighty Marauder. 8 wins 1200m to 1400m, $149,270, BTC Gunsynd Flying H.

Affirmed's Lass. Winner at 1400m, QTC Dane Ripper H. Producer.

3rd dam

FAIRY DANCE, by Northern Dancer. 6 wins 6½f to 8½f, $101,375, Hollywood Park Matinee S., L, 2d Del Mar San Clemente S., L, Hollywood Park Market Basket S., L. Three-quarter-sister to Baffling Ballerina (dam of TRUTH OR DIE), half-sister to J. O. TOBIN, MYSTERIOUS, Till You, Lightly (dam of RON RIVERS). Dam of 9 foals, 7 to race, 3 winners, inc:-

Fairyland Band. Raced once. Dam of 6 winners-

Boone's Band (Boone's Mill). 6 wins 6f to 8½f, 3d Oaklawn Park Rainbow Miss S., L. Dam of 4 winners-

SEA BUTTON (Sea of Secrets). 4 wins at 5½f, 6f, Fairmount Park Pollyanna Pixie S., L. Producer.

Dancer's Fairy. Unraced. Grandam of-

PHAENNA (Frankly Perfect). 10 wins-1 at 2-5½f to 6½f, $429,437, Solano Vacaville H., L. Producer.

Race Record : 4 wins 1200m to 1500m.

Produce Record : Dam of one named foal.

2016 g. Tales of the Heart, by Show a Heart. Unraced.

2018 f. by Top Echelon.

Slipped in 2017.

Not served

 

 

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