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28 New York Breeder | nytbreeders.org | December 2015 New Sires land Stakes (gr. I) winner Well Chosen. Aside from Golden Ticket's dam, Business Plan, Good Mood is the dam of stakes winner Grand Royale. She is also the dam of Magical Mood (by Forestry), dam of 2012 Barbara Fritchie Handicap (gr. II) winner Magical Feeling (by Em - pire Maker), and of stakes producer At- titude (by Capote). Speightstown has done surprisingly well with mares returning Mr. Pros - pector and Raise a Native, considering that they are his paternal grandsire and great-grandsire, respectively. He has also done better than expected with Sec - retariat (to whom he is inbred). Given that the distaff side of Golden Ticket's pedigree carries only a fourth-gener - ation cross of Mr. Prospector (which, by extension, means a ffth-generation cross of Raise a Native), there seems no particular reason to avoid further crosses of Mr. Prospector provided the conformational matchup with the mare is good. An even better cross, however, may be A.P. Indy, who brings in Seattle Slew as an outcross as well as providing another cross to Secretariat. Another pedigree element to look for in Golden Ticket's mates may be Cure the Blues, an important sire in New York breeding who traces to Secretariat's immediate female family. New at Questroyal Stud for 2016, Ma - jestic City (City Zip—It'schemistrybaby, by Meadowlake) follows in the hoof prints of his sire, who also began his stud career in the Empire State. Like City Zip, he showed substantial ability at 2, winning the 2011 Hollywood Juve - nile Championship Stakes (gr. III) and placing in two grade I races. He trained on to win the Lone Star Park Handicap (gr. III) as a 6-year-old. A half brother to stakes-placed Back - street Hero (by Street Hero), Majestic City is out of the winning Meadowlake mare It'schemistrybaby, whose dam Not So Pleasant (by Pleasant Tap) is a half sister to multiple stakes winner Vashon (by Seattle Dancer). The next dam in the tail-female line, Go for Bold (by Bold Forbes) is a half sister to fve stakes win - ners including 1990 Arlington Million Stakes (gr. IT) winner Golden Pheasant (by Caro) and grade/group III winners Trial By Error (by Caro) and Seewillo (by Pleasant Colony). Although he is a grandson of Mr. Pros - pector, City Zip has done well crossed over mares returning Mr. Prospector or his sire, Raise a Native. Continuing this strategy with Majestic City will need some caution with regard to soundness because he carries Raise a Native as the damsire of Meadowlake, but daughters or granddaughters of Unbridled's Song may work well, both because this repre - sents the atypical Mr. Prospector line of Fappiano and because the broodmare sire of Unbridled's Song is Caro, who did well with Majestic City's female fam - ily. Other pedigree elements to look for in possible mates for Majestic City may include Storm Cat and Blushing Groom. Like Majestic City, Major Gain was also a precocious juvenile. In just his second start, he showed a fash of what might have been had he stayed healthy by gamely running down future Breed - ers' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) winner Caleb's Posse to win the 2010 Arlington-Wash - ington Futurity (gr. III). He was also a close third in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (gr. II) on dirt. Major Gain is a son of 2010 leading juvenile sire More Than Ready, who captured the Sanford Stakes (gr. II) and Tremont Stakes (gr. III) and placed in the Futurity Stakes (gr. I) at 2. At 3 he won the seven-furlong King's Bishop Stakes (gr. I) and Hutcheson Stakes (gr. II) and stretched out to be grade I- placed over nine furlongs. More Than Ready, in turn, is by 13-time Argentine leading sire or broodmare sire Southern Halo, a great sire of juveniles, sprinters, and milers. Major Gain is the frst foal of grade III-placed turf stakes winner Dream Lady (by Old Trieste) and is a full brother to Room Service, winner of the 2014 American Oaks (gr. IT) and Cen - tral Bank Ashland Stakes (gr. I). Dream Lady, in turn, is a half sister to listed stakes winner Zeta (by You and I), dam of Argentine group I winner Zapata (by Hat Trick), while her dam Lil's Gate (by Gate Dancer) is a half sister to grade III winner Lilly Capote, dam of 2013 Hu - mana Distaff Stakes (gr. I) winner Aub- by K (by Street Sense). Aubby K sold for dustin orona photography Grade II winner Majestic City shown taking the grade III Lone Star Park H.