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Zoey's Pedigree Analysis
This pedigree analysis was graciously provided by Dennis McKeon, also known on the internet as "Rockingship". His glimpse into the rich history of Zoey's ancestors is much appreciated.
Wind Vexed by Cee Jay x Wind Assisted
The first thing we notice about this pedigree is that sire, Cee Jay, is the result of a rare sibling mating….the combination of HBs Creole Baby and her prepotent brother, HBs Commander. Not surprising that Wind Vexed is virtually an outcross.
Her Irish female family is among the most influential in the world, however, and traces to the great matriarch, Inler May. It comes down to us here, through the superb Yurituni (Pigalle Wonder x Rather Fancy), and by way of Evening Daisy (Spectre x Airdrie Hill). It is a very distinguished branch of perhaps the most influential family, internationally, in all of racing and race breeding. Today, in the USA, it is the direct female family of the number 1 sire in the nation, Oswald Cobblepot, by HBs Commander x Valensky ….. and so he is a very close relative of Wind Vexed, their 2nd dams having been littermates.
The Yurituni branch of the Inler May family has produced a number of outstanding----even legendary----track performers. Foremost among them, Wild Breeze (Ostracized x All Heart) one whom influential breeder Keith Dillon once said was the fastest greyhound he had ever raised.
Minaki Zeke, a contemporary sire leader, is also from this distinguished female family. Other luminaries, still active as breeders, include the hard- knocking Beastwithtobacks, Flaregun, Lauren Tide, Kelsos Kingpin (a major stakes winner) and the up-and-coming State of the Art.
Frightful Flash, the damsire to Wind Vexed, is an Australian, and a direct female family descendent of Gorgeous Babe-----the dam of Tell You Why, the dominant sire line in America today….perhaps Tell You Why's greatest male line descendant, Downing, is the damsire to both HBs Creole Baby and HBs Commander.