According to Arion there are 454 named foals now bred this way and 259 of them have raced yielding 94 winners.
Psychologist (pictured www.stevehart.com.au) (by Choisir from a Danzero mare) has been joined by two more stakes-winners, the European bred Group III winner Ladies are Forever (by the Danehill Dancer sire Monsieur Bond from a Danetime mare) and Perth stakes-winner Single Spice (by Not a Single Doubt, from a Galileo mare, whose grand-dam is by Danehill).Interestingly there have been a further 14 stakes-placed horses as well as a couple of handy two year-old winners this season in Darlington Abbey and Repousser.
One thing that jumps out at you when looking at the list of winners bred this way is speed - the majority have won from 1000 to 1200 metres and few beyond 1400. This is not unexpected, but worth considering if you have a particular goal in mind for a yearling purchase.
As time goes on, the success rate of this cross will inevitably increase as the Danehill factor in the pedigrees gets further away and is mixed with more diverse lines.
Golden Slipper winner Sebring, whose first yearlings are being sold this year, is an interesting prospect and may well herald some success for the double up as he carries Danehill back in his third remove, his dam Purespeed, by the Golden Slipper winner Flying Spur, who is of course by Danehill.
A son of More Than Ready (USA), Sebring owes very little if anything in his physical appearance to his Danehill blood, which may be a good thing with a significant number of his yearlings carrying the double cross including six to be offered at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale at the end of the month and a further ten at Inglis Easter.
