BTB: Princequillo: Majestic thoroughbred of the past

Princequillo: Majestic thoroughbred of the past

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 12:57 PM PST

Harv's sire, High Tribute, is by Princequillo (sire or grandsire I think), and Harv looks just like his dad. He's a good example of soundness -- still being ridden at 23 -- and if I were thoroughbred shopping this strikes me as a good line to look for. If you saw the Secretariat movie you noticed John Malkovich's eye's lighting up when he read the pedigree of one of the mares included Princequillo.

Somewhere I read that this French TB was smuggled across German lines in the early 1940s.

clipped from www.sport-horse-breeder.com

Princequillo- Mr. Fixit

Princequillo, a Thoroughbred often referred to as Mr. Fixit for his ability to correct leg problems and give soundness, is a great source of stamina in our American horses. If you look at his pedigree you will see it is pretty quiet until you get to the 5th generation with just a few duplications, but then it explodes with concentrated bloodlines in the 6th and 7th. Clive Harper says:"Stamina is basically built up from many mutltiples of the same horse or close relatives, between the 6th and 10th generation."