Stallion Synopsis – Gunnevera

Prepared by: Alan Porter – Pedigree Consultants

The highest earner ever to stand in Florida, Gunnevera was a multiple graded stakes winner, including over 6½ furlongs at two, and a multiple grade one performer at up to ten furlongs at three and four. He’s by grade one winner and successful young sire, Dialed In, a son of A.P. Indy’s only Horse of the Year, Mineshaft.

Gunnevera is out of a mare by Unbridled, from the Fappiano branch of Mr. Prospector, and should cross well over other branches of Fappiano. Dialed In also has stakes winner Strive For Glory out of a mare by Fappiano son, Quiet American (grandsire of Midnight Lute) and Mineshaft has a stakes winning out of a mare by Rubiano (sire of Too Much Bling and Burning Roma).From the Cryptoclearance branch, Candy Ride and sons such as Gun Runner and Twirling Candy,also appeal. It could also be worth testing Unbridled inbreeding through Unbridled’s Song (sire of Half Ours, Rockport Harbor, Old Fashioned,  Dunkirk, Even The Score, Graydar, First Defence and Songandaprayer); Empire Maker, broodmare sire of Dialed In’s classic placed stakes winner Gambling Girl, and himself sire of Pioneerof the Nile and Bodemeister, and grandsire of American Pharoah, Cairo Prince and Classic Empire); Grindstone (sire of Birdstone) and Broken Vow.

Form other branches of Mr Prospector, Dialed In has a stakes winner out of a mare by Aldebaran and stakes winner from a daughter Jazil, a son of Seeking the Gold, the sire of Mutakddim, Petitionville and Cape Town. From other branches of Mr. Prospector, Mineshaft has grade one winner Bond Holder out of a mare by Conquistador Cielo (sire of Marquetry and grandsire of Artax) and grade one winner Effinex out of a mare by E Dubai. There are three stakes winners, two graded out of Smart Strike mares, suggesting daughters of Curlin, Lookin At Lucky and English Channel. From the Forty Niner line there are stakes winners by Mineshaft and son out of daughters of Editor’s Note and Distorted Humor (sire of Maclean’s Music, Jimmy Creed, Flower Alley, Sharp Humor, Drosselmeyer, Any Given Saturday, Alternation, Boisterous, Cowtown Cat, Brethren and Khozan). From the Gone West branch of Mr. Prospector there are stakes winners out of mares by Mr. Greeley, Came Home and Grand Slam, which also suggests daughters of Speightstown (sire of Munnings) and Proud Citizen. Mineshaft is also sire of the Kentucky Derby second Nehro out of a mare by Afleet, and a stakes winner out of a mare by that horse’s grandsire Afleet Alex). There are also a Mineshaft line stakes winners out of mares by Lemon Drop Kid and Carson City, and another out of a mare by that horse’s son, Lord Carson, which also suggests daughters of City Zip (sire of Run Away and Hide), Five Star Day, Good and Tough, Cuvee and Pollard’s Vision.

Dialed In is out of a daughter of Storm Cat, but he has done very well when crossed back over Storm Cat line mares. His 2020 two-year-old grade one winner Get Her Number is out of a mare by Bernstein. From a mare by Giant’s Causeway Dialed In has sired juvenile graded stakes winner The Calculator, and his brilliantly speed grade two winner Ms. Locust Point is out of a mare by Giant’s Causeway son, First Samurai, suggesting other sons Giant’s Causeway such as Eskendereya and Creative Cause. Dialed In has the Chalon, a multiple stakes winner and Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) runner-up, out of a mare by Menifee (by Harlan, also sire of Harlan’s Holiday, and grandsire of Into Mischief, Shanghai Bobby and Majesticperfection). Dialed In has multiple stakes winner Ruffenuff out of a mare by Forestry (sire of Shackleford and Discreet Cat, a half-brother to a grade one winner by Mineshaft, the sire of Dialed In). We can note that Mineshaft’s outstanding daughter, It’s Tricky, is out of a mare by Tale of the Cat (sire of Lion Heart) and other Storm Cat branches appeal here are Hennessy (sire of Johannesburg and Henny Hughes, and granddam of Scat Daddy), Tabasco Cat, Cat Thief, Forest Wildcat (sire of Wildcat Heir, High Yield, Sir Cat, Storm Boot, Storm Creek and Tactical Cat, all of whom have supplied the dams of A.P. Indy line stakes winners.

From the Deputy Minister branch of Northern Dancer, Dialed In has grade one winner Defunded out of mare by Touch Gold;graded winner Mugaritz out of a mare by Flag Down, and stakes winner Montu out of a mare by Deputy Commander. Dialed In’s sire, Mineshaft, has a grade two winner out of a mare by Silver Deputy (sire of Posse, Spring at Last and Badge of Silver), and it would also be worth considering mares by Dehere and Awesome Again (sire of Ghostzapper, Paynter, Oxbow, Toccet, Daaher and Awesome of Course). Dialed In has a stakes winner out of You and I, by Kris S., from the Roberto line. Mineshaft has also flourished over this line and it could also be introduced through Kris S. sons Arch (sire of Blame) and Prized, and through Red Ransom and Dynaformer (sire of Temple City, Point of Entry, Brilliant Speed and Purim).

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