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on. He will always be the horse that beat
Belgamba winning the St LegerPEDIGREE NOTES
Poitrel’s pedigree has relatively little close inbreeding although there is quite a build-up in the 5th and 6th generations with a total COI of 6.64%. This is more notable in a time when it was common to see close ancestors on both sides of a pedigree, but it is a good lesson that we can have significant inbreeding without seeing two close-up ancestors. The closest duplication is not until the 5th generation where we see champion stallion Newminster appear through the female lines of St Alwyne and his damsire, Metal. Newminster was a son of Touchstone who we see appear twice more through the same parts of the pedigree. The stallion Melbourne is duplicated in the 5th and 6th generations. He was the sire of the first Triple Crown winner in West Australian and had more lines of the Godolphin Arabian in his pedigree than any other stallion of his time. He stood at stud alongside Birdcatcher who also appears in the sire line of Metal. We also see duplications of Ion, The Flying Dutchman and Harkaway who is from the same female family as Melbourne.
