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04/09/2026

BERNARDO

You only need to look at star Australian greyhounds Baby Jaycee and Zipper On Time to see the significance of Fear Zafonic within Bernardo’s pedigree.

Justright Melody is a tail-line descendant of Fear Zafonic, and when we examine two of his best performers—Ragga Juju and Wath Serenade—we see the same pattern breeding appearing again in arguably two of Bernardo’s finest performers.

Hector Frawley mirrors the Ragga Juju pattern through Fortress, while Explicit mirrors Wath Serenade through Primo Uno → Moral Standards.

It is further evidence of the importance of pattern-related genes combining with each other—relationships established generations ago continuing to express themselves through their modern-day carriers.

The names in the pedigree may change. The generations move on. But the successful genetic relationships continue to reappear.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

— ASK THE BREEDER
Looking beyond the pedigree. Understanding what makes it work.

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03/09/2026

DESERT SUN

The power of genetics.

When I see an influential gene appearing in the pedigree of an emerging greyhound or racehorse, I immediately start digging.

The question I ask myself is simple:

Have I just identified another potential multiple Group 1 star?

That’s the question I’m asking about Extragalactic.

Desert Sun immediately caught my attention. Look at the company in which this influential stallion appears—Sunline, Black Caviar and Nature Strip. Three champions of the Australasian turf, all carrying Desert Sun in their pedigrees.

And now he appears again in Extragalactic.

She was heavily backed to win the Group 1 Goodwood Handicap in the autumn, before flashing home to miss by a whisker. With a current record of 6 starts: 3 wins and 3 seconds, there is a sense that we may still only be seeing the beginning of what she is capable of.

She resumes at $12 in Saturday’s Moir Stakes at Sandown and is currently $51 for The Everest.

There’s plenty of value about her while she’s still smouldering away at the beginning of her career.

Whether she ultimately reaches the heights suggested by those famous Desert Sun examples remains to be seen—but genetically, she has certainly given me a reason to keep a close eye on her.

Extragalactic — another one to watch for the Spring and beyond.

— ASK THE BREEDER
Looking beyond the pedigree. Understanding what makes it work.

For mating plans:
DM
M: 0438 639 599
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Analyse the female. Understand the family. Find the match

01/09/2026

Old stud Ad — plenty of new studs on the market carrying this great breed-shaper.

31/08/2026

CAN GENETIC BREEDING PREDICT THE FUTURE?

On 29 August 2020, a thread appeared on Greyhound Data titled “Breeding Guru’s Challenge.”

The premise was simple:

“We are all breeding geniuses in hindsight.”

Pick a litter, explain before the event why you thought it would be successful, then come back in three or four years and see who got it right.

I accepted the challenge.

On 2 September 2020, I put forward my own Fabregas × Pennybacker mating and documented the genetic reasoning behind why I had made it.

There was just one rather important difference between predicting this litter and analysing one afterwards…

THE PUPS HADN’T EVEN BEEN BORN.

Pennybacker was still pregnant and, as I wrote at the time, was “about to whelp in a day or 2.”

So there could be no hindsight. No puppy selection. No reports from rearers. No trials. No race performances.

Just the pedigree and the genetic theory behind the mating.

Then we waited for the racetrack to mark the homework.

THE RESULT

5 racers.
273 starts.
69 wins.
Every dog won at least 10 races.
Group 1, Group 3 and Feature-class performers.
Approximately $440,000 in prizemoney.

ALL from a little 22Kg bitch (who won her maiden at 21.2kg) — whom people laughed at me when I said I was going to breed from her — they weren’t paying attention to her chase through a brick wall ability and exceptional temperament that I was observing.

Anyone can explain why a great greyhound was bred after it becomes a great greyhound.

The real test of genetic breeding analysis is whether you can identify the ingredients before the result exists — put your reasoning on the record and allow time to determine whether you were right.

In September 2020, I did exactly that.

The prediction came first.
The puppies came next.
The results came last.

— ASK THE BREEDER
Looking beyond the pedigree. Understanding what makes it work.

For mating plans:
DM
M: 0438 639 599
E: [email protected]
Analyse the female. Understand the family. Find the match

30/08/2026

Roaming Shelby scorched around Shelbourne Park on Saturday night in a 1/4 final of the Michael Fortune Derby Plate in 29.29 (Trec 28.99)

Pattern breeding on opposite sides of the world — can you see it?

— ASK THE BREEDER
Looking beyond the pedigree. Understanding what makes it work.

For mating plans:
DM
M: 0438 639 599
E: [email protected]
Analyse the female. Understand the family. Find the match.

29/08/2026

Another Group 1 result for Ask The Breeder sire selections…congrats to all concerned a brilliant chasing win 💪👍

27/08/2026

EXPLICIT

What is it about his pedigree that made him so good?

If we trace Explicit’s tail line back, we come to another branch of the previously discussed ‘Odious’ tail dam line on Ask The Breeder—this time through her litter sister ‘Odalisque’. This is the ‘Button Ode’ branch that produced Warren’s Flyer, Proper Tears and Henry Hand.

Explicit’s 2nd dam is Easy Baby, the dam not only of his high-class dam Brueghelino, but also her star litter brother Big Flood.

When we assess this generation immediately before Explicit, we can see the continuing evolution of the Proper Tears / Henry Hand / Warren’s Flyer / Temlee influence through Banjo Boy. Banjo Boy is bred directly back onto the Proper Tears angle, with his sire Vee Man Vane carrying New Tears to produce a 3 x 3 duplication of New Tears. From there, the pedigree continues to build through an abundance of Temlee. Also note Skullring carrying West Cape (Warren’s Flyer)—another reinforcement of the same underlying family strength.

Now we move to Bernardo, the sire of Explicit.

Click into the pedigree of Surf Lorian and what do we find? His dam, Barrio Fiesta, carries both New Tears (Proper Tears, Henry Hand) and West Cape (Warren’s Flyer) combined.

Once again, another layer is added.

What we are seeing is not a collection of unrelated names appearing by chance. It is the continued reinforcement—and, in some respects, the genetic resurrection—of the great Odious / Warren’s Flyer / Proper Tears influence that sits behind the Explicit dam line. Generation after generation, the pedigree keeps finding its way back to the same proven genetic strengths.

And, of course, this is not isolated to Explicit.

He is also a full-blood relation to the brilliant Zara Marnie—further evidence of the potency of this pedigree pattern.

— ASK THE BREEDER
Looking beyond the pedigree. Understanding what makes it work.

For mating plans:
DM
M: 0438 639 599
E: [email protected]
Analyse the female. Understand the family. Find the match

26/08/2026

Obscure Sires Series

LOTS OF CHATTER & CLOCK OFF

Two sires that may sit outside the mainstream commercial spotlight—but both provide further evidence of the importance of pattern breeding.

Look through their successful progeny and the results aren’t simply random. There are identifiable pedigree patterns and bloodline combinations behind the dogs that have performed.

That’s why assessing a sire purely on popularity, service numbers or overall statistics can miss part of the picture.

Sometimes the more important question is:

What is working with what?

Lots Of Chatter and Clock Off are two great examples of why understanding the patterns behind their successful progeny can uncover opportunities that the broader market may overlook.

— ASK THE BREEDER
Looking beyond the pedigree. Understanding what makes it work.

For mating plans:
DM
M: 0438 639 599
E: [email protected]
Analyse the female. Understand the family. Find the match

24/08/2026

Further evidence of the importance of pattern breeding—and understanding what works with what.

Eight Ball, sired by the non-commercial sire Kayda Shae, and the example of Amron Boy at stud—particularly his exceptional litter to Sunset Wildfire—again demonstrate the importance of understanding what is actually working within your dam line.

The answers don’t simply appear on a Greyhound-Data pedigree page. The patterns need to be researched, traced and understood across generations of the dam line.

That deeper understanding is often where the real clues to the next successful mating are found.

— ASK THE BREEDER
Looking beyond the pedigree. Understanding what makes it work.

For mating plans:
DM
M: 0438 639 599
E: [email protected]
Analyse the female. Understand the family. Find the match

21/08/2026

One of the most obscure exposures of the importance of pattern breeding can be seen in former 457m world record holder ‘Wild Conquest’ sired by the no-name sire ‘Wild Occasion’ — when the same combination genes a few years later were put together it produced QLD star and Golden Easter Egg Final favourite ‘Nobody’s Fool’

— ASK THE BREEDER
Looking beyond the pedigree. Understanding what makes it work.

For mating plans:
DM
M: 0438 639 599
E: [email protected]
Analyse the female. Understand the family. Find the match

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