Sioux Nation
Sioux Nation followed No Nay Never as the second son of Scat Daddy to win the Gr.2 Norfolk Stakes and then went on to win the Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes.
Sioux Nation has made a very solid start for a stallion whose fee was €10,000 before his first progeny raced. His first crop has produced eight Group winners and his smaller second crop has produced another three.
DANZIG is back in the fifth generation of Sioux Nation’s foals. This allows him to be mated to the grand-daughters of DANEHILL and he already has a Gr.3 winner with a 2nd dam by DANEHILL. His Australian Gr.1 winner Socks Nation is out of a mare by DANEHILL’s son COMMANDS and his Gr.3-winning sons Brave Emperor and Indian Run are respectively out of daughters of HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR and DANEHILL DANCER. HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR is also the broodmare sire of Caravaggio’s Gr.1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner Porta Fortuna. Sioux Nation also has a Group-placed colt with a dam by KODIAC.
Grand-daughters of DANEHILL have been working well with No Nay Never. The DANEHILL stallions included EXCEED AND EXCEL (broodmare sire of champion Ten Sovereigns), ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (Gr.2 scorer Land Force) and FASTNET ROCK (Gr.2 winner Truly Enchanting). No Nay Never’s top daughter Alcohol Free is out of a grand-daughter of Danzig, by HARD SPUN, who also sired the dam of Sioux Nation’s Group-placed daughter Kinta.
Inbreeding to the influential GREEN DESERT is already playing its part in Sioux Nation’s success. The Group-winning fillies Sydneyarms Chelsea and Ocean Quest are both inbred 3x3 to OASIS DREAM, and so is the Gr.2-placed 2yo Gunzburg. Another speedy daughter, Ocean Jewel, is inbred 4x2 to GREEN DESERT and the talented American miler Behind Enemy Lines is inbred 4x3, his dam being by INVINCIBLE SPIRIT. Mares by SHOWCASING, ARCANO and MUHAARAR ought to suit. No Nay Never is another son of Scat Daddy doing well with OASIS DREAM blood. He has an impressive 20% BTWs from 20 foals out of mares by OASIS DREAM, including Gr.2 2yo winners Array and Les Pavots. No Nay Never’s dual Gr.1 2yo winner Blackbeard is out of a mare by BORN TO SEA, a son of INVINCIBLE SPIRIT, who in turn sired the dam of Gr.2 winner Trillium.
Fast horses from the NUREYEV line could suit, as Caravaggio sired his first Gr.1 winner from a PIVOTAL mare and No Nay Never has Listed winners out of daughters of PIVOTAL and PEINTRE CELEBRE. NUREYEV’s son THEATRICAL sired the 2nd dam of his Gr.1 winner Ten Sovereigns, while PIVOTAL filled the same position in the pedigree of Blackbeard. Mares by SIYOUNI are worth trying with Sioux Nation.
Scat Daddy’s Gr.1 winners Lady Aurelia and Harmonize were inbred 4x3 to STORM CAT. Mares byFOOTSTEPSINTHESAND, SHAMARDAL and LOPE DE VEGA could all reinforce Sioux Nation’s juvenile ability. His classic-placed daughter Matilda Picotte has a dam by ONE COOL CAT.
MR PROSPECTOR is back in the fourth generation of Sioux Nation’s foals. Another line could be added by sending him daughters of RAVEN’S PASS, IFFRAAJ, TAMAYUZ and DUTCH ART. He has already sired a Group winner from a daughter of TAMAYUZ. Other sons of Scat Daddy have sired the fast performers Ramatuelle and Tiber Flow from RAVEN’S PASS mares.
As Scat Daddy sired several good winners at around a mile and a quarter, headed by Triple Crown winner Justify, Sioux Nation is worth trying with mares by leading middle-distance performers, such as MONTJEU, HIGH CHAPARRAL and GALILEO. Mares by HIGH CHAPARRAL have produced three Group winners (12%) to No Nay Never, and Sioux Nation already has two black-type performers out of them. No Nay Never’s Gr.2-winners Shadn and Visualisation have dams by SADLER’S WELLS, who also sired the dam of Justify’s Gr.1-winning daughter Opera Singer. No Nay Never also has Henry Adams and Midnight Mile, both Gr.3 winners at two, and three 2yo Listed winners among his runners out of GALILEO mares. Justify has numerous Group performers with dams by GALILEO, including the top-class City of Troy. Sons of Scat Daddy have BTWs out of daughters of FRANKEL, TEOFILO and SIXTIES ICON.
The SHIRLEY HEIGHTS male line has quickly made its mark with No Nay Never. The smart siblings Wichita and Bubbling have a dam by DASHING BLADE, while the Group winning 2yos Meditate and Midnight Mile respectively have a dam by DALAKHANI and a 2nd dam by DARSHAAN. The Gr.3 winner Lakota Sioux is Sioux Nation’s first runner out of a DALAKHANI mare and DARSHAAN sired the 2nd dam of Gr.3 winner Ocean Jewel.
The quick-maturing ROYAL APPLAUSE line, including his son ACCLAMATION and grandsons MEHMAS and DARK ANGEL, is well equipped to help Sioux Nation sire speedy 2yos, such as his 2023 Gr.3 winner Letsbefrankaboutit.