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Nicconi’s Breeding Has Spectacular Sources Of Excellence

By Brian Russell - Bloodstock Media

TWO spectacular sources of racing excellence are the Danzig male line world wide and the Froth family in Australasia. It is a combination that took a step towards 2010 world champion sprint honours at Flemington on Saturday when the David Hayes trained 4-year-old stallion Nicconi bounced back from a just on three month break to record a dominant win over a great field of sprinters in the $500,000 Group1 Coolmore Lightning Stakes (1000m).

It was an effort that confirmed again that the best active sire currently in Australia closest to Danzig in male line is Nicconi’s sire Bianconi, one of the powerhouse complement of sires at Adam Sangster’s Swettenham Stud at Nagambie. Like Danehill, Anabaa and Belong to Me, to mention three others who have done well in this part of the world, he is a son of the world speed influencing giant Danzig.

At 16.2 hands near black with impressive carriage, strong shoulder and gaskins, Bianconi also appears one of Danzig’s best types, and, at his 2009 service fee of $8,800, exceptional value for breeders.

For 2008-09 Victoria’s leading resident sire numerically and second to Bel Esprit on earnings, Bianconi is confirming the latent opportunity that followed his purchase as resident for Swettenham in a big way with his 2009-10 runners. He leads Victoria by earnings and numbers and is one of the national leaders numerically.

His son Nicconi, one bred on the Hayes family’s Lindsay Park stud in South Australia and raced by an associated syndicate, including Hayes and the Devitt family, showed in the Lightning on Saturday that he has matured into an outstanding sprinter.

The Lightning was only Nicconi’s13th start, but he was recording his sixth win and pushing his earnings to just short of $1million. Like Danzig, blessed with porche like gear changes, he has included in other efforts in the past 12 months a win in the AJC The Galaxy (11th on the turn) and MVRC McEwen Stakes (burst from seventh in the straight), a short neck second in the Group 2 D’Urban Stakes at Caulfield, third in the Group1 MVRC Manikato Plate – jumped awkwardly and last into the straight - and a fourth in the Group1 Cadbury Guineas (1600m) at Flemington despite losing a plate.

Plans are for Nicconi to emulate the 2009 feat of last year’s Lightning winner Scenic Blast and challenge for the world sprint supremacy with a Royal Ascot campaign. Scenic Blast was ranked equal with Australian bred Hong Kong superstar Sacred Kingdom as the world champion sprinter of the year. In England he recorded a dominant win in the King’s Stand Stakes.

Coincidentally, Scenic Blast, a horse now set to race in America, is by Scenic, a Sadler’s Wells champion English juvenile bred by Adam Sangster’s late father Robert and raced by Sheikh Mohammed, and who is the sire of Nicconi’s dam Nicola Lass, a winner of seven races to 1400 in Melbourne. Scenic’s stud career included a stint at the Nagambie stud and, although Scenic Blast was bred in Western Australia, his first three dams were produced on Lindsay Park.

The Bianconi Lightning Stakes winner Nicconi is a nearly a three-quarter brother to the outstanding Danzero sprinter-2000m performer Niconero, a winner of 13 races, including five Group1s, and earner of $3.47million.They are both from Nicola Lass, dam also of two stakes placed fillies and of foals in 2007 (by Stratum) and 2008 (Redoute’s Choice). She did not have a 2009 foal, but carries a September 6 service to More Than Ready.

Nicconi is one of at least three Group1 stars from the wonderful Froth family in the current racing year.The other contributors are Monaco Consul (won the AJC Spring Champion Stakes,Victoria Derby) and Fiumicino (third in the AJC Metropolitan, fifth in the Caulfield Cup and back in April successful in the Group1 The BMW at Rosehill Gardens).

Nicola Lass is from Dubai Lass, a minor Bletchingly Adelaide 2-year-old winner out of Frivolous Lass, an In The Purple winner in Perth of the Group 2 Champion Fillies Stakes. She was a sister to the dam of dual Group1 winner and good sire Military Plume and to the grandam of Monaco Consul.

A daughter of Le Filou and Froth, Frivole, the third dam of Nicola Lass, was a half-sister to Frill, grandam of the world class racemare Horlicks and third dam of General Nediym. Winner of 18 races, including Group1s in Australia, New Zealand and Japan (the international Japan Cup), Horlicks is the dam of 2000 Melbourne Cup winner Brew and the grandam of Fiumicino. By Brian Russell Bloodstock Media

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