Calyx
The first to highlight Kingman’s excellence as a sire was his spectacular son Calyx. A highly impressive 5-length debut winner at Newmarket, Calyx reappeared ten days later in the Gr.2 Coventry S. Despite having to race on the apparently slower part of the course from his high draw, he burst well clear of his group and won well from Advertise and Sergei Prokofiev. Calyx was similarly impressive on his return to action at three in the Gr.3 Commonwealth Cup Trial, where once again he displayed an explosive turn of foot.
Calyx has quickly highlighted his potential as a stallion, siring a substantial number of horses rated 90+. Three members of his first crop have become Group or Graded winners, while another two have been placed at Gr.1 level and a third at Gr.2 level.
Calyx is showing distinct promise with GALILEO mares. Twelve of their first 16 starters have won, including Gr.2 2yo winner Persian Dreamer, Gr.1-placed Eben Shaddad and five others with Racing Post ratings of 90+. Kingman has also been a very popular choice for daughters of GALILEO. He has ten BTWs (10%), headed by Gr.1 2yo winner Commissioning. Broodmare daughters of FRANKEL have started very brightly with Kingman, producing 2024 Prix de Diane winner Sparkling Plenty and Gr.3 Jersey S. winner Noble Truth. Calyx could be a useful means of injecting more speed into grand-daughters of Galileo, by such as TEOFILO, NEW APPROACH and AUSTRALIA.
Kingman’s 23 foals out of MONTJEU mares feature three group winners including French Gr.1 winner Feed The Flame.
Kingman has 13% BTWs with daughters of PIVOTAL, notably siring Gr.2 Gimcrack S. winner Noble Style and Gr.1-placed Roseman.
GREEN DESERT is going to be back in the fourth generation of Calyx’s progeny, and he already has the Gr.2 winner Classic Flower inbred 4x4. Kingman’s Group winners Fearless King, Technical Analysis, Ready To Venture and Chachnak are inbred 3x4 to GREEN DESERT. The smart American filly Technical Analysis has a dam by SEA THE STARS, whose daughters have 13% black-type winners with Kingman. Mares by sons of OASIS DREAM, such as SHOWCASING and MUHAARAR, create 4x4 inbreeding to Green Desert. Calyx already has the Gr.1 Irish Oaks third Purple Lily with that inbreeding.
Calyx sired 2024 Listed-winning 2YO It Ain’t Two from a daughter of REQUINTO, by DANSILI. Kingman’s classic-winning son Persian King has a dam by DYLAN THOMAS and he also has GWs out of mares by DANSILI, Dansili’s brother CHAMPS ELYSEES, DANEHILL DANCER, FASTNET ROCK, DANROAD and EXCEED AND EXCEL. EXCEED AND EXCEL mares have 25% BTWs with Kingman. Daughters ofKODIAC produce 4x3 to that influential mare Rafha.
Kingman already has a Gr.2-placed American performer out of a mare by ROYAL APPLAUSE and a Canadian Gr.3 winner out of a mare by Royal Applause’s son ACCLAMATION. This line is well qualified to help Calyx sire Royal Ascot 2yos.
The two lines of MR PROSPECTOR in Calyx’s pedigree will be back in the fifth and sixth generations of his progeny’s pedigree, so there is no obstacle to adding more of the MR PROSPECTOR blood which has done so well with Calyx’s grandsire Invincible Spirit. Kingman’s outstanding miler Palace Pier has a dam by NAYEF and his 2024 2yo Gr.2 winner Celandine has a dam by a grandson of NAYEF. Kingman has two Gr.2 winners from KING’S BEST mares. Calyx’s useful Irish 2yo Barnavara is out of a grand-daughter of KINGMAMBO.
Calyx had his first Group winner, Classic Flower, from the MACHIAVELLIAN line. He would be interesting with daughters of some of the successful stallions with dams by MACHIAVELLIAN, especially when ZOFFANY, DARK ANGEL, MEHMAS and SHAMARDAL are all qualified to reinforce Calyx’s remarkable juvenile ability. Then there’s LOPE DE VEGA, with his close inbreeding to MACHIAVELLIAN. From his first 4 foals out of DARK ANGEL mares, Calyx has sired American Gr.3 winner Zona Verde.
Invincible Spirit has the Gr.1 winner Nazeef and the Gr.2 2yo winner Shartash out of DUBAWI mares, while Kingman has a Gr.1 winner from a DUBAWI mare and a Gr.2 winner from a MAKFI mare.
Kingman has a Gr.2 winner and a Listed winner out of mares by sons of STORM CAT and sired the Gr.1 Prix de Moulin winner Sauterne from a grand-daughter of GIANT’S CAUSEWAY. Calyx’s 2024 Listed-winning 2YO It Ain’t Two has a second dam by FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND. Kingman has sired the Gr.3 winner Blush from 2 foals out of SCAT DADDY mares. Mares by NO NAY NEVER and CARAVAGGIO should suit Calyx well.