Broodmare Focus: "Melikah"

Melikah is a superb addition, pedigree wise to the Darley broodmare band. A Listed winner and 2nd in the Irish Oaks. Melikah had the pedigree to secure herself a place at stud as a broodmare. 

She's probably one of the best bred mares in the world. A daughter of champion racehorse Lammtara himself a son of Triple Crown winner Nijinsky. Lammtara retired to Dalham Hall Stud in 1996 with limited success but his daughters have been well sought out after. Melikah is out of broodmare sensation Urban Sea. All of Urban Sea's progeny to race were stakes winners/performers. Her Group 1 offspring include the high class pair Galileo (Sadler's Wells) a dual derby winner now a world champion sire and Sea The Stars (Cape Cross) a world champion racehorse and one of the most exciting young stallions at stud. Her two other Group 1 offspring  include Black Sam Bellamy (Sadler's Wells) a Group 1 winner and sire, My typhoon (Giants Causeway) one of the worlds most expensive foals ever sold when selling for £1.8m in 2002, shes a multiple stakes winner and Grade I winner in the states.  Urban Sea's other offspring include stakes winners All To Beautiful, Born To Sea, Urban Ocean, Melikah. Urban Sea is one of only a small number of broodmare's to produce two Derby winners in Galileo (2001) and Sea The Stars (2009). 

Melikah's two other half sister All To Beautiful (Sadler's Wells) and Cherry Hinton (Green Desert) are also Blacktype producing broodmare's. All To Beautiful produced Oaks placed Wonder Of Wonders (Kingmambo) and classy filly Along (Smart Strike). Cherry Hinton is the dam of Group 2 two year old Wading (Montjeu) her first offspring. 

Melikah herself is the dam of Group 2 winner and Prix De Arc De Triomphe 3rd Masterstroke (Monsun) and minor winner Vallarrica (Selkirk). Vallirrica also in the Darley broodmare band has produced Group 2 UAE derby winner Khawlah (Cape Cross). Melikah seems to have another smart looking colt in Urban Dance. This son of Street Cry won his debut yesterday at Ascot in a 3yo maiden in the manner of a smart colt.  

This year Melikah produced a colt foal by Cape Cross. Not only is this colt a half brother to Masterstroke. He is very closely related to his dams world champion half brother Sea The Stars. He's also closely related to Khawlah. Bred by Darley this colt foal has the bloodlines to become a future star racehorse. He has an illustrious family record.