Sacramento Song xx
Born 1967, Bay / Brown, 169 cm
Breeder: Manor Farms & Studs (Ireland)
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Sacremento Song had 23 starts as a 2, 3 and 4 year old, for four wins, and the moderately successful winnings of £4,241, he stood successfully in England before coming to Germany’s Holstein region when his owner, Charlie Munford decided to retire from the breeding game due to old age. His sire, Sicambre won both the French Derby and the Grand Prix of Paris while his dam, was by Sayajirao, a St Leger winner.
Sciambre - born 1948. Nine races, won eight, one place.
Sicambre was the leading sire of winners in 1966 (at the age of 18!) and the following year was runner up to his son, Prince Taj. He was ranked three times amongst the top ten sires of broodmares. His sons were influential throughout the world: Shantung in Britain, Prince Taj and Roi Dagobert in the USA, Moutiers in Japan, Cambremont in the Argentine, Sertorious in Chile, Pharamond in Australia.
Sayajirao, born 1944, died 1965 - 16 races, 6 wins, 8 placings. Winner of the Irish Derby. Sayajirao sired the winners of 410 races. Mares by Sayajirao foaled the winners of 261 races. Sayajirao's dam, Rosy Legend, is a daughter of Dark Legend by Dark Ronald by Bay Ronald.Sacramento Song in Germany
According to that great expert on Holstein breeding, Jasper Nissen in a fascinating article in Z Magazine (August 2004), “Sacramentro Song’s career in Holstein seriously suffered from the fact that he was not studbook owned but privately owned and was active precisely in the period in which the Thoroughbred had fallen into complete disgrace with the studbook. In addition, he was stationed in not the best breeding district. Nevertheless he soon proved himself a top class sire. He produced a large number of first class showjumping horses, several event horses, no dressage horses. He often passed on his own type. He was a purebred bay, often with a dark shade, he produced tall horses, somewhat light in the bones, with an excellent character and eager workers with an energetic temperament, often a little hot. Geldings and stallions lasted longer in the sport than his daughters, who often needed ‘instructions for handling’. Many of his daughters however, proved quality broodmares. Unfortunately his only licensed son, Symphatico (licensed for his results in showjumping) died after one breeding season. Another son who proved himself in the sport was Sandro, stationed in Oldenburg.”
Certainly it is through Sandro that the line is becoming increasingly influential – both in jumping and in dressage.
