Cape Cross

By GREEN DESERT (1983) July Cup (G1), etc. Sire of 1,165 foals aged three and up, including CAPE CROSS, KHELEYF, INVINCIBLE SPIRIT, OASIS DREAM, DESERT LORD, DESERT PRINCE, MARKAB, TAMARISK, SHEIKH ALBADOU, OWINGTON, HEAT HAZE, ROSE GYPSY, WHITE HEART, etc.

1st dam: PARK APPEAL by Ahonoora. Champion two-year-old filly in England and Ireland, 5 wins (6f-8f), 2 to 4, Moyglare Stud S (G1), Cheveley Park S (G1). Sister to NASHAMAA. Dam of 12 foals, 9 to race, 9 winners:

CAPE CROSS (c Green Desert) G1 winner, see Race record.
VINCENNES (f King’s Best) 3 wins (7f-8f), Kolner Herbst-Stuten-Meile (G3).
PHOENIX PARK (c Sadler’s Wells) 3 wins (10f-15f), Prix du Carrousel.
GREAT BRITAIN (c Green Desert) Winner (6f-7f) 3 and 5, Al Quoz Sprint.
Lord Of Appeal (c Sadler’s Wells) Winner (12f) at 3, 2nd Prix de Reux. Sire.
Mansfield Park (f Green Desert) 2 wins (7f-8f), 3rd Rosemary S.
ARVOLA (f Sadler’s Wells) Winner (8f) at 3. Dam of:

DIKTAT (c Warning) Haydock Park Sprint Cup S (G1), Prix Maurice de Gheest (G1), Jersey S (G3). Sire.

PASTORALE (f Nureyev) 2 wins (8f) at 3. Dam of:

IFFRAAJ (c Zafonic) Park S (G2), twice, 2nd July Cup (G1). Sire.
KAREYMAH (f Zafonic) Prix du Calvados (G3), Sweet Solera S.
Farraaj (c Dubai Destination) 3rd Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1).
Taqdeyr (g Dubai Destination) 3rd Guisborough S.

2nd dam: BALIDARESS by Balidar. 3 wins (7f-10f). Dam of 8 winners:

ALYDARESS (f Alydar) 3 wins at 3, Irish Oaks (G1). Dam of:

ALLUREMENT (f Sadler’s Wells) Prix Cleopatre (G3).
LAIYL (f Nureyev) Winner at 3. Dam of: LAYMAN (c Sunday Silence) Prix de Cabourg (G3), Sovereign S (G3), 2nd Prix Morny (G1). Sire.

DESIRABLE (f Lord Gayle) 3 wins at 2, Cheveley Park S (G1), Dam of:

SHADAYID (f Shadeed) Champion two-year-old filly in Europe, 1,000 Guineas (G1), Prix Marcel Boussac (G1). Dam of: BINT SHADAYID (f

Nashwan) Prestige S (G3), 3rd 1,000 Guineas (G1); IMTIYAZ (c Woodman) Glasgow S, 2nd Prix Jean Prat (G1).

DUMAANI (c Danzig) Keio Hai Spring Cup (G2). Sire.
FATH (c Danzig) Lennox S (G3), 2nd Middle Park S (G1). Sire.

NASHAMAA (c Ahonoora) 4 wins, 2 to 4, Ballymacoy S (G3), 2nd National S (G1). Sire.
SALIDAR (f Sallust) Winner at 3. Dam of:

BIN AJWAAD (c Rainbow Quest) Gladness S (G3), 2nd Poule d’Essai des Poulains (G1). Sire.

Balistroika (f Nijinsky) Unraced. Dam of:

RUSSIAN RHYTHM (f Kingmambo) Champion three-year-old filly in Europe, 1,000 Guineas (G1).
PERFECTPERFORMANCE (c Rahy) Royal Lodge S (G2), Stonehenge S.

Flames Of Paris (f Blushing Groom) Unraced. Dam of:

HOT SNITZEL (g Snitzel) Sires’ Produce S (G2), 2nd T J Smith S (G1).