The Tarado Influence...

A gene fast becoming an elite “international” influence and somewhat from left field in recent years, has a far richer history…

In 2009 we see The Tarado gene in such greats:

Bit Chili (ex Elle’s Commando/Tarado)
Whippy’s Image (ex Elle’s Comando/Tarado)
Spiritual Cloud (ex Elle’s Commando/Tarado)

Smart Betsy (ex ex Elle’s Commando/Tarado)

Big Moose/Akka Boy (ex Elle’s Dominator/Tarado)
Light Ice Lad (ex Elle’s Dominator/Tarado)

Queen Lauryn (ex Bright Ebony/Elle’s Comando/Tarado)
Mogambo (ex Bright Ebony/Elle’s Commando/Tarado)

Barefoot Bryan (ex Jamella Prince/Tarado)
Rio Quando (ex Jamella Prince/Tarado)
Blonde Fern (ex Jamella Prince/Tarado)
Rebel Kewell (ex Jamella Prince/Tarado)
Rebel Brett (ex Jamella Prince/Tarado)

Shanlyn Prince (ex Wild Season/Tarado)
High Earner (ex Wild Season/Tarado)
Boozeroo (ex Wild Season/Tarado)

Courtesy of an old QLD Journal article back in 2003...

"The most successful [Australian] damline was Little Gorgeous (better known to many as the “Osti” line) with 14 feature winners followed by Gail’s Beauty with 13, Marungi Girl (8), Mabel Alice (6), Tarado (6), Freckled Pick(5), Model Donna (5) and Sancerie (5)".

In 2009 these are the who’s who of Australian dam lines…

Little Gorgeous - Osti
Gail's Beauty - Bale
Marungi Girl - I'm Blessed
Mabel Alice - Spanish Dance
Tarado - Elle's Commando, Wild Season, Jamella Prince [great dam sires]
Freckled Pick - Travelling Girl
Sancerie - National Lass/Leprechaun Yap

The Tarado dam line while somewhat obscure, traces back to the immortal broodbitch Hamura Belle. Here are just a few examples from the 60s and 70s:

Dynamic Dean - Melbourne Cup, Victorian Greyhound of the Year
Ragsie - Association Cup, NSW Greyhound of the Year
Lady Of Rome - Sandown Laurels
Shan's Tempest - Maturity Stake
Fairbairn Lady - Hobart Thousand
Take A Bow - Australian Cup
Harem Belle - Harold Park track record
The Stripper - Sandown track record
Cheltenham Lass - 1966 Melbourne Cup, Sandown Laurels
Saskaview - 1963 Melbourne Cup
Saskagay - 1962 Melbourne Cup

The fact the Hamura Belle dam line has generalized itself across the greyhound breed through the likes of Fairbairn Lady sons Dynamic Dean and Del Bairn - potentially making them superior dam sires or at the very least having a major influence behind a number of out and out superstars the past couple of years. And with the likes of Jamella Prince, Malawi’s Prince, Frightful Flash, Brett Lee, Go Wild Teddy, Just The Best, Collision, Ace Hi Rumble all leading carriers of the Tarado/Hamura Belle influence – this gene is set to become an elite “international” gene, if not already, with a number of smart Aus/Ire/UK performers carrying this influence…