A super talented dual winner at Group Three level against the best of his peers, it can be safely said that Pendragon is one of those horses we just never saw the best of and with a top quality first crop of youngsters on the ground he is showing great promise as a sire.

Pendragon kicked off his stud career in 2007 and as a result of the outbreak of EI was able to cover some of Dato Tan Chin Nam’s best mares giving him an enviable head start over many of his peers.

2008 Foals for Pendragon include:

colt - CLEOBELLE – Grosvenor half-sister to Horse of The Year and genuine champion Super Impose. Her Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) yearling made $300,000 at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

filly - MENCIK – Fusaichi Pegasus (USA) half- sister by to Group One winner Akhenaton.

colt - DANLORA (GB) - By Shareef Dancer, dam of stakes performer Benarrivo.

colt - GOLDEN ZEN – Fusaichi Pegasus (USA) half-sister to this season’s two year-old winner Arms Wide Open from stakes-placed Embraceable You, a half-sister to Group One winner Allez Suez.        

colt - SUCCESS TALE - Dam of Group One winner and stallion prospect Wonderful World and her yearling filly by God’s Own made $300,000 for Think Big when secured by Shadwell at the 2009 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

colt - RESONANCE - From Group Two placed Danarich.

filly - GARRYURRA (GB)- Daylami half-sister to sister to Group Three winner Tropical Star from champion filly Tropical.

filly - CARDSINO – Half-sister to the dam of champion Singapore sprinter Why Be.

filly - LEASH – Redoutes Choice half-sister to World Leading Turf mare Sun Classique and her Reset filly fetched $120,000 at the 2009 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale for Think Big when bought by Patinack Farm.

colt - GEETA – Half-sister to Group One placed Jetski from the family of Group One winner Flitter.

colt - ZONA - Zabeel daughter of Group One winner Danendri.

colt - AUTHORESS (GB)- Stakes-placed English mare by Singspiel.

filly - ZAZABELLE - Dual Group One placed in Melbourne Cup and VRC Oaks, by champion sire Zabeel.

colt - CAVITA – By CadeauxGenereux mare form Aga Khan Derby winning family.

colt - ROULETTE WHEEL – Half-sister by Spinning World (USA) to stakes-placed Thundarosa.

colt - QUEENS COLOURS (GB) - Rainbow Quest half-sister to stakes-winner Musha Merr.

A $180,000 yearling purchase for DGR Thoroughbreds on behalf of hugely successful owner Dato Tan Chin Nam, Pendragon kicked off his career with a close second in the Listed Kembla Grange Two Year Old Classic over 1200 metres and was immediately sent for a spell by master trainer Bart Cummings.

Brought back in the spring, Pendragon chased home subsequent Group One winners Racing to Win and Paratroopers in his first three runs back and then broke through for his first victory in the Group Three STC Gloaming Stakes.

He followed with a second to Hotel Grand in the Group One STC Spring Champion Stakes and then traveled to Melbourne where he defeated AJC Australian Derby hero Headturner in the Group Three MRC Norman Robinson Stakes.

Pendragon ended his spring campaign with a brave fourth in the Group One VRC Victoria Derby over 2500 metres, a distance that proved a shade beyond him.

Subsequently sidelined with a tendon issue, Pendragon attempted a comeback in 2007 but had just one more start after suffering a recurrence of the injury.

Pendragon is a son of Elnadim (USA), a blue-blooded Group One winning sprinter by Danzig from a daughter of legendary broodmare Fall Aspen.

He shuttled to New Zealand for just two seasons and Pendragon is the best of his locally bred offspring.

Pendragon hails from a fabulous female family being from the 1996 New Zealand Filly of the Year, Alacrity, a daughter of champion sire Grosvenor. A half-sister to stakes-winners The Bullfighter and Sympose, Alacrity won five races including the Group One New Zealand Oaks.

She comes from a prolific Black Type family most notable for producing breed shaping sire and Golden Slipper winner Marscay.

Pendragon was a top class racehorse and has a top class pedigree, so his full potential may yet be realized in the breeding barn.