Stallion Synopsis – Bodexpress

Prepared by: Alan Porter – Pedigree Consultants

Grade one winner Bodexpress is by a classic sire from the Empire Maker branch of Unbridled, out of a City Zip mare.

Bodexpress’s sire, Bodemeister, sired Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming out of a mare by In Excess and he also has a stakes winner out of a mare by that horse’s son Indian Charlie. In Excess is also sire of Rocky Bar, Bring the Heat and Notional and Indian Charlie issire of Uncle Mo (sire of Nyquist, Laoban and Outwork), Adios Charlie, Liaison and Cindago.

Out of mares from the A.P. Indy line, Bodemeister has sired graded stakes winner American Anthem out of a mare by A.P. Indy himself, a graded stakes winner out of a mare by Mineshaft (sire of Dialed In and Discreetly Mine)and stakes winners out mares by the brothers Flatter (sire of Upstart)and Congrats. Bodemeister’s son, Always Dreaming, is sire of grade one winner Saudi Crown out of a mare by Tapit (sire of Constitution, Cupid, Frosted,Tapizar, Tonalist, Tapiture and Trappe Shot) a son of Pulpit also sire of Corinthian, Sky Mesa, Stroll, Mr. Speaker, Power Broker, Sightseeing and Parading. Tapit is also bred similarly to Bernardini (sire of Stay Thirsty and To Honor and Serve).Other sources of A.P. Indy include Malibu Moon, Girolamo, Jump Start (bred on a reverse cross to the dam of Bodemeister), Majestic Warrior and Stephen Got Even (sire of First Dude). A.P. Indy is by Seattle Slew and there is also a Bodemeister stakes winner out of mare by Seattle Slew son, Vindication.

Bodemeister has done very well with mares from the male line of his own broodmare sire, Storm Cat. He has graded stakes winner Wholebodemeister out of a mare by Scat Daddy (a son of Johannesburg, and grandson of Hennessy, also sire of Henny Hughes, Cactus Ridge and Wiseman’s Ferry). There are also stakes winners out of mares by Into Mischief (sire of Goldencents, and himself by Harlan’s Holiday, sire also of Majesticperfection and Shanghai Bobby); Forestry (sire of Shackleford and Discreet Cat), Giant’s Causeway (sire of Not This Time, Eskendereya, First Samurai, Creative Cause, Carpe Diem, Cowboy Cal, Giant Gizmo and Fed Biz) and Kantharos (by Lion Heart, also sire of Uncaptured, and a grandson of Tale of the Cat, also sire of Tale of Ekati and Gio Ponti and grandsire of Girvin). Other sources of Storm Cat include Freud (brother to Giant’s Causeway) Forest Wildcat (sire of Wildcat Heir and D’Accord), Stormy Atlantic (sire of Get Stormy), Cat Thief, Yankee Gentleman, With Distinction, Consolidator, Tiger Ridge and Bluegrass Cat. Storm Cat is a Northern Dancer line stallion, and Bodemeister has found success with mares from several other branches of that line. His multiple graded stakes winner Cheermeister is out of a mare by Ghostzapper (a half-brother to Bodexpress’s broodmare sire, City Zip), and he also has a stakes winner out of a mare by Ghostzapper’s sire, Awesome Again (also sire Paynter and Oxbow, who both look interesting here, and Awesome of Course).

From the Danzig branch of Northern Dancer, Bodemeister has two stakes winners, one the multiple graded stakes winner Informative, out of mares by Hard Spun (sire of Wicked Strong) and a stakes winner out of a mare by War Front (sire of Declaration of War, Summer Front, The Factor, Hit it A Bomb, Air Force Blue, Data Link and Jack Milton). Other sources of Danzig include Belong to Me, Exchange Rate and Langhur (sire of Lawyer Ron and Langfuhr). Still with the Northern Dancer line, there are Bodemeister stakes winners out of mares by Dixieland Band and his son Dixie Union (sire of Union Rags). Bodemeister and his sire Empire Maker had limited success with Mr. Prospector line mares, but there are a few positive examples. Bodemeister has graded winner Mr. Baffert out of a mare by Smart Strike (sire of Curlin, English Channel, Lookin At Lucky, Dominus and Square Eddie), graded winner Yuvetsi out of a mare by Speightstown (sire of Munnings and Central Banker) and stakes winners out of a mare by Smoke Glacken and Divine Park.

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