Aussie Rules

Aussie Rules is a French 2000 Guineas winner by Danehill out of a Lyphard line mare and so is Clodovil, a leading first-crop sire of 2007. Clodovil sired the Group-winning Nahoodh from an INDIAN RIDGE mare and Aussie Rules will also suit daughters of INDIAN RIDGE, which have produced stakes winners to Danetime, Rock of Gibraltar and Mozart. AHONOORA worked well with Danehill, and there are also Group winners by sons of Danehill out of daughters of AHONOORA and DON’T FORGET ME.
As Aussie Rules’ two lines to Northern Dancer will be back in the fourth and fifth generations of his foals’ pedigrees, Aussie Rules is a ready-made mate for mares with more Northern Dancer blood. His sire, Danehill, achieved some of his best results with 3x3 inbreeding to Northern Dancer. SADLER’S WELLS sired two Gr.1 winners from a half-sister to Aussie Rule’s dam.
Mares by NIGHT SHIFT have produced stakes performers to three different sons of Danehill. BE MY GUEST and his sons MOST WELCOME and DOUBLE BED all rank among the broodmare sires of stakes winners by Danehill’s sons.
The NIJINSKY branch has also had an impact, with daughters of GREEN DANCER and SKY CLASSIC (Speciosa) producing Group winners to Danehill Dancer. Inbreeding to DANZIG is also becoming an option.
The SHIRLEY HEIGHTS branch of the NEVER BEND male line merits serious consideration, especially as DARSHAAN sired several important members of Aussie Rules’ flourishing family. Danehill sired a Gr.1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner from a SHIRLEY HEIGHTS mare and a Gr.1 winner from a DARSHAAN mare. Danehill’s sons have sired stakes performers from daughters of DARSHAAN (including the Gr.2 winner Eagle Mountain), plus a Gr.1 winner from a mare by Darshaan’s son MARK OF ESTEEM. The RIVERMAN branch also merits respect, as there are Group winners by sons of Danehill out of daughters of RIVERMAN (Makybe Diva), ROUSILLON (Myboycharlie), IRISH RIVER and EXIT TO NOWHERE.
Mares by SHARPEN UP line stallions have played an important part in Danehill’s success story and the signs are that they will also be very important to his sons. They have already sired Group winners from daughters of DIESIS, KRIS, SANGLAMORE, SELKIRK, SHARP VICTOR, SHARPO and TREMPOLINO, plus another from a daughter of FLASH OF STEEL. Mares by HALLING also come into the picture.
Other branches of the NATIVE DANCER male line are also working well with sons of Danehill. AFFIRMED is the broodmare sire of Dansili’s high-class daughter Price Tag, as well as of Danehill’s excellent daughter Dress To Thrill. BERING and his sire ARCTIC TERN both figure among the broodmare sires of stakes winners by Danehill’s sons. Dansili sired Proviso from a WOODMAN mare and Zambezi Sun from a mare by ZAFONIC, a son of GONE WEST. A WOODMAN mare is also the dam of Danehill Dancer’s Gr.1-winning daughter Alexander Tango.
BLUSHING GROOM and his son RAINBOW QUEST ranks among the broodmare sires of Danehill’s Gr.1 winners, so it isn’t surprising that his sons ARAZI, MARIGNAN and RAINBOW QUEST figure among the broodmare sires of stakes winners by Danehill’s sons.
Mares from the GREY SOVEREIGN line are potentially interesting mates for Aussie Rules. Danehill sired a Gr.1 winner from a KENMARE mare and his sons have sired good winners from daughters of KENMARE, KENDOR and STANDAAN.
Mares by stallions from the FORLI male line have made their mark with other sons of Danehill. Daughters of THATCHING, EFISIO and TIROL have produced good stakes performers to Danehill Dancer, while a GAY FANDANGO mare produced Mr. Dinos to Desert King.