Success lives here

Horse of the Year and a sensational 134-rated unbeaten Champion Two-Year-Old — the best of his generation. Six unchallenged victories as a two-year-old, twice at G1 level. His G1 National Stakes win was described as the defining two-year-old performance of our time.

A three-time G1 winner with unbeatable stallion credentials: by the great Shamardal and the best from the family of Invincible Spirit, Kodiac and Pride Of Dubai.

Fully booked in his first two Australian seasons with an illustrious list of mares. Godolphin have supported him with the dams of Bivouac, Astern and Kementari. As well as exceptional breeders, Greg Perry, who sent the dam of Artorius; Robert Crabtree, who sent G1 Blue Diamond winner, Catchy, and John Camilleri, who sent, A Time For Julia, the dam of the most expensive colt sold at the 2024 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

Pedigree notes

Pinatubo was an undefeated Champion Two-Year-Old whose juvenile annual Timeform rating of 134 was higher than those of Danehill (100 p), Frankel (133 p) and Star Kingdom (131 *). G1-winning form as both a two-year-old and three-year-old is a key requirement for sire success, Pinatubo is a stallion who met those criteria. His form profile of a brilliant sprinter who was placed third in the 1600m G1 English 2000 Guineas mirrors that of legendary sire Danehill.

Elite two-year-olds have a fine record of success in Australia with prime examples being Star Kingdom, Danehill, Exceed And Excel, Redoute’s Choice, Snitzel, Zoustar and I Am Invincible.

Pinatubo’s sire Shamardal and his son Lope de Vega have clearly demonstrated that this sire line is well-suited to Australian conditions. As an added bonus, Pinatubo’s fourth dam Eljaazi also has Pride Of Dubai and Invincible Spirit, sire of I Am Invincible, descended directly from her.

G1 Statistics

Shamardal has sired 27 G1 winners worldwide, including five in Australia. All five in Australia and 14/27 have a return of Sir Gaylord or his half-brother in the mare. The Sir Gaylord sire line is prolific in Australia via Sir Tristram/Zabeel/Octagonal/Lonhro/Pierro/Savabeel, etc.

Shamardal’s son Lope de Vega has sired two of his four Australian G1 winners from just 14 runners out of mares by Danehill’s son Fastnet Rock.

Best Nicks

Shamardal’s most successful nicking stats are with mares from the major broodmare sire lines of Mr Prospector, Sadler’s Wells and Danehill. 

Lope de Vega has similarly good results with mares from those broodmare sire lines. Shamardal is a grandson of Storm Cat and the Storm Cat/Mr Prospector crosses and reverse crosses have been some of the most successful in contemporary pedigrees.

Inbreeding / Linebreeding options

The key names in Pinatubo’s pedigree are those of Shamardal’s second dam Helen Street, while in his dam line we find Darshaan, Miswaki, Sadler’s Wells and the mare Eljaazi which all provide opportunities for compatible matings.