:: SERIOUS SPENDOUR ::

Serious Spendour

Bloodline:

SIRELINE

Sire - SEATTLE SLEW hardly needs any introduction. He was entitled Horse of the Year, Champion 2 & 3 year-old colt, Champion Handicap Horse, and has proven to be prolific sire and sire of sires, producing horses such as;

SLEW O'GOLD, Champion 3 year-old colt, Champion Handicap Male, sire of GOLDEN OPINION ( Champion 3 year-old filly in France & England ), DRAMATIC GOLD, GORGEOUS, THIRTY SIX RED, AWE INSPIRING, DR. ROOT, TACTILE, etc.

A. P. INDY, Horse of the Year at 3 year-old colt. Leading second crop sire of 1997 with Grade 1 winners TOMISUE'S DELIGHT, RUN UP THE COLOURS, ROYAL INDY, PULPIT, OLD TRIESTE, etc. His last share traded at $400,000.

SWALE, Champion 3 year-old colt.

CAPOTE, Champion 2 year-old colt, was at the top of the list for Leading Sires of 2 year-olds in 1996. He is the sire of 1996 Breeder's Cup Juvenile ( Gr.1 ) winner, and Champion 2 year-old colt BOSTON HARBOUR, BASIM ( Champion 2 year-old colt ), SURFING HOME ( Horse of the Year in SAF ), ACCEPTABLE, CAPOTE BELLE, LA SPIA, MATTY G, AGINCOURT, etc.

SLEW CITY SLEW, sire of graded winners CITY BY NIGHT, NATURAL SELECTION, EVANSVILLE SLEW, etc.

SEATTLE SLEW's offspring also include multiple grade winning horses such as DIGRESSION ( Champion 2 year-old colt ), LANDALUCE ( Champion 2 year-old filly ), LIFE AT THE TOP, LAKEWAY; TSUNAMI SLEW, ADORED, SLEWPY ( sire of multiple graded winners ), FAST PLAY, SEPTIEME CIEL, TAIKI BLIZZARD, SLEEP EASY, to name but a flew.

TIAJUANA, a grandson of SEATTLE SLEW and a successful sire in India.

DAMLINE

1st Dam - SQUANDER, a grade 1 winner of the Sorority Stakes in U.S.A, by the very successful broodmare sire, BUCKPASSER.

SQUANDER is from the immediate family of multiple grade 1 winners, champions and successful sires, including ZILZAL, POLISH PRECEDENT, CULTURE VULTURE, POSSE, WAVERING MONARCH MINING, etc.

She has had 4 winners from 6 runners, including graded & stakes winners RUSSIAN ROUBLES and ALL GONE and is the 2nd dam of GOODBYE HALO, winner of 11 races including the Hollywood Starlet Stakes ( Gr.1 ), Coaching Club American Oaks ( Gr.1 ), Demoiselle Stakes ( Gr.1 ), Kentucky Oaks ( Gr.1 ), Mother Goose Stakes (Gr.1 ), La Canada Stakes ( Gr.1 ), Chula Vista Handicap ( Gr.2 ), Las Virgenes ( Gr.1 ), El Encini 
( Gr.1 ), etc., LIVING VICARIOUSLY winner of the Brooklyn Handicap ( Gr.2 ), 2nd in the Breeders' Futurity ( Gr.2 ), 3rd in the Discovery Handicap ( Gr.3 ).

2nd Dam - DISCIPLINE won 10 races in the U.S.A., dam of 7 foals, 5 to race, all winners, including, DUTY DANCE multiple grade winner and grade placed including the Diana Handicap ( Gr.2 ), Beaugay handicap ( Gr.3 ), 2nd in the Man O' War Stakes ( Gr.1 ), Long Island Handicap ( Gr.1 ), etc., and graded winners PARTY MANNERS, VIVANO, etc. 

3rd Dam - LADY BEGOOD, a winner of 4 races, produced 13 foals, 11 to race, 9 winners, including, DISCIPLINARIAN a winner of 8 stakes races, IN HOT PURSUIT graded winner, FULL OF HOPE graded placed, etc.

LADY BE GOOD is the grandam of grade winners such as WAVERING MONARCH, POSSE, FREEDOMS CHOICE, LATE AS USUAL, HOT RODDER, FRENCH CHARMER, HIGHEST REGARD, LAY DOWN, THE REAL VASLAV, SECRET EDGE, PREMIER PRINCE, etc.

Race Record:

SERIOUS SPENDER won 5 races, earning $220,221, including the Gallant Fox Handicap 
( Gr.3 ), Aqueduct ( defeating Grade 1 winner CONVEYER ), Discovery Handicap ( Gr.3 ), Aqueduct ( defeating Grade 1 winner UNACCOUNTED FOR) Allowance race, Saratoga, Allowance race, Saratoga, Md. Sp. Weight, Aqueduct.

He placed 3rd in the Pegasus Handicap ( Gr.2 ), Meadowlands and 4th in the Assault Handicap ( Gr.3 ), Aqueduct.

:: Performance of Serious Spendour Progeny ::

NOTE : OUR DATABASE INCLUDES THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PROFESSIONALS/HORSES AT MUMBAI, BANGALORE, PUNE, MYSORE, HYDERABAD , CALCUTTA (SINCE 22/11/2000)RACES AND AS SUCH THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS IN OTHER CENTRES IS NOT REFLECTED HERE.