Dr. Schivel

By: Alan Porter

A grade one winner at two, Dr. Schivel completed his career as a multiple grade one winning championship level sprinter who came within a nose of capturing the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1). He is by Violence, a grade one winning two-year-old and champion siring son of Medaglia d’Oro. 

Dr. Schivel is out of a mare by a grandson of Mr. Prospector, but that cross is far enough back in his pedigree that he is free to cross back over mares from that line, and Violence has proven to be very suited by Mr. Prospector line mares. He has a grade one winner out of a mare by Street Cry and stakes winners out of mares by that horse’s sons, Street Sense and Desert Party, which would also encourage considering mares by Street Boss, Street Hero and Street Magician.

Violence is out of a mare by Gone West out of a daughter of Storm Cat, and he has stakes winners out of mares by Speightstown (by Gone West out of a Storm Cat mare) and Muqtarib (by Gone West out of a mare by The Minstrel, a close relative to Storm Cat’s sire Storm Bird). Speightstown is sire of Munnings and Gone West could be brought in throug Elusive Quality who could also particularly interesting through Quality Road (a Gone West/Nijinsky II cross, again similar to Gone West/Storm Cat), with Grand Slam, Proud Citizen and Mr. Greeley (sire of El Corredor) being other Gone West sources. 

There is a Violence stakes winner out of a mare by Smart Strike, who could be found through Curlin and sons, English Channel (who could fit particularly well here, bringing together Sadler’s Wells and Nureyev), Lookin at Lucky, Dominus and Square Eddie. From the Carson City branch of Mr. Prosector come stakes winners from daughters of City Zip (sire of Bustin Stones and Run Away and Hide) and Cuvee, with other sources being Five Star Day, Good and Tough and Pollard’s Vision.

Violence graded stakes winner, Raise Cain, is out of a mare by Lemon Drop Kid from the Kingmambo, branch of Mr. Prospector (which brings together the three-quarters brothers Sadler’s Wells and Nureyev). Northern Afleet is bred on the same Mr. Prosector/Nuryev cross as Lemon Drop Kid.

Violence appears to have a particularly strong affinity for the Fappiano branch of Mr. Prospector. His grade one winner Volatile is one of two stakes winners out of mares by Unbridled’s Song (by Unbridled), and Unbridled’s Song could be brought in through Rockport Harbor, First Defence, Songandaprayer, Midshipman, Even the Score, Half Ours and Old Fashioned. There are also two stakes winners, including graded winner Newgrange, out of mares by Empire Maker, sire of Pioneerof the Nile (himself sire of American Pharoah, Cairo Prince and Classic Empire) and Bodemeister. Unbridled could also be brought in through Broken Vow and other branches of Fappiano include Rubiano (sire of Too Much Bling and Burning Roma) and Quiet American and his grandson, Midnight Lute, could also be considered.

Violence has two stakes winners out of mares by sons of Forty Niner, which suggests trying mares by Distorted Humor and sons such as Maclean’s Music, Jimmy Creed, Flower Alley, Alternation, Brethren and Khozan. There is also a stakes winner out of a mare by Not For Love and a graded stakes winner out of a mare by Point Given (by Thunder Gulch). 

The cross of Violence with Storm Cat line mares has been a very successful one. He has grade one winner No Parole out of a mare by Bluegrass Cat, graded stakes winners out of mares by Stormy Atlantic and Tale of the Cat (sire of Lion Heart and Tale of Ekati and grandsire of Kantharos and Uncaptured) and a stakes winner out of a mare by Giant Causeway (sire of Eskendereya, Shamardal First Samurai, Creative Cause, Not This Time and Carpe Diem). On the Storm Cat cross there are also Medaglia d’Oro line stakes winners out mares by Scat Daddy, a son of Johannesburg, and a grandson of Hennessy (also sire of Henny Hughes) and Forest Wildcat (sire of Wildcat Heir and D’Wildcat). It would also be possible to try Storm Cat through Forestry (sire of Discreet Cat and Shackleford), Tabasco Cat, Freud (a brother to Giant’s Causeway), Bernstein, Vision and Verse, Van Nistelrooy, Catienus,  Storm Creek. Pure Prize, Storm Boot, Yankee Gentleman and Sea of Secrets. 

Storm Cat is a Northern Dancer line horse, and from the Deputy Minister branch of that line, Violence also has a graded stakes winner out of a mare by Ghostzapper, and a stakes winner out of a mare by a son of his sire, Awesome Again (also sire of Paynter, Oxbow and Awesome of Course).

Violence is from the Sadler’s Wells line and he has graded stakes winner Order and Law out a mare by Shakespeare, a son of Theatrical, who is by Nureyev, a three-quarters brother to Sadler’s Wells. We might also find Nureyev through Stravinsky, Peintre Celebre, Fasliyev, Pivotal, Unusual Heat, and Atticus.

Violence has six stakes winners out of A.P. Indy line mares, including one out of a mare by A.P. Indy himself, as well as from daughters of Bernardini (sire of To Honor and Serve and Stay Thirsty), Pulpit and his son Sky Mesa and Malibu Moon. Pulpit is also sire of Flashback, Mr. Speaker, Corinthian (from the immediate family of Sadler’s Wells who is in the male line of Violence), Stroll and Tapit (sire of Constitution, Frosted, Cupid, Tonalist, Trappe Shot, Tapiture and Tapizar. It would also be possible to introduce A.P. Indy through Mineshaft (sire of Discreetly Mine and Dialed In), Flatter, Congrats, Stephen Got Even, Jump Start and Majestic Warrior. There is also a Violence stakes winner out of a mare by Vindication, a son of Seattle Slew, the sire of A.P. Indy.

Violence’s Champion Two-Year-Old Forte is out of a mare by Blame (from the family Sadler’s Wells). Blame is by Arch, a son of Kris S. from the Roberto line. From this line, Medaglia d’Oro and sons have stakes winners out of mares by Rock Hard Ten (also by Kris S.) and  Dynaformer (sire of Temple City, Point of Entry and Brilliant Speed). Roberto is a Hail to Reason line horse and from the Halo branch of this line there is Violence grade one winner out of a mare by More Than Ready and a stakes winner by his sire Southern Halo.

There are already three stakes winners by Medaglia d’Oro and sons out of mares by Uncle Mo, including one by Violence. Uncle Mo is sire of Nyquist, Laoban, Outwork and Mo Town.