by David Manser

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In summary, the pedigree of Pocahontas was enriched by the infusions of Everlasting which were ideally positioned in her own tail female and the tail female of her sire (Glencoe's) damsire, Tramp. Being a daughter of Eclipse enabled Everlasting to pass on the female genetic material to complement and partly balance the male genetic material entering her pedigree via the Eclipse sireline descendants Selim, Tramp, Orville and Marmion.

The Baron produced a 5x4 linebreeding to Orville in the pedigree of Stockwell and Rataplan. Orville appears as the sire of Gadabout, grand dam of Echidna - dam of The Baron, and also as the sire of Muley, damsire of Pocahontas. The breeding of Orville was conducive to blending well with both The Baron and Pocahontas, as his sire Beningborough was out of a Herod mare, while his dam Evelina was by Highflyer, a son of Herod. 

It is worth noting that Orville's full sister Orvillina was the dam of Sandbeck - the damsire of The Flying Dutchman. Orville's grand dam, Termagant,  was in direct tail female to Humphrey Clinker - sire of Melbourne, the damsire of Whisper, dam of Sterling. Orville was also introduced to the pedigree of Isinglass via Emilius - sire of Priam and Plenipotentiary - and in the inbred Miss Letty (Priam - Orville mare ex Buzzard) - great grand dam of Oxford.

Turning to the pedigree of Isinglass there are other key duplications which consolidate the Eclipse / Waxy - Penelope / Everlasting connection. It is worth noting that at the fourth generation in the pedigree of Isinglass, 7 of his 8 sire lines trace directly back to Eclipse. These are Birdcatcher, Flatcatcher, The Baron, Ethelbert, Newminster, Rataplan and Orlando. The exception, The Flying Dutchman, is a Herod line sire and was by Bay Middleton (by Sultan out of Cobweb).

Selim (Buzzard - Alexander mare) appears 3x3 via his daughter Slight (dam of Rubini - sire of Red Rose) and his son Sultan (damsire of Red Rose). Red Rose was the great grand dam of Dead Lock. In The Flying Dutchman he appears 3x4 as the grandsire and on the distaff side as the sire of Selima - great grand dam. In Honey Dear (dam of Oxford) he appears 4x4 as the sire of a Selim mare ex Pipylina,  which was the grand dam of Plenipotentiary (sire of Honey Dear) and as the paternal great grand sire of My Dear (dam of Honey Dear). Aside from the inbreeding to Selim, Honey Dear is distinguished by being a tail female descendant of Proserpine - the full sister of Eclipse (Marske - Spilletta). In Orlando he appears 4x3 as the damsire of Camel (grandsire of Orlando) and as the sire of Langar (damsire of Orlando). Camel was also the sire of Touchstone and grandsire of Newminster (sire of Lord Clifden, grandsire of Wenlock - the sire of Dead Lock) and Flatcatcher (damsire of Sterling - the sire of Isonomy). Finally, Selim was the grandsire of Glencoe (sire of Pocahontas and thereby damsire of Stockwell and Rataplan).

The full brothers Whalebone and Whisker appear through a number of their progeny. Whalebone was the sire of Camel and Sir Hercules. Sir Hercules was the sire of Birdcatcher (sire of Oxford, The Baron and also Manganese - grand dam of Wenlock). He was also the grandsire of Ethelbert (sire of Isoline) and the damsire of Bassishaw (dam of Isoline and great grand dam of Isonomy) making him 3x3 to Isoline. He was also the sire of Antiope (grand dam of Red Rose - great grand dam of Dead Lock). Whisker was the sire of Economist (damsire of The Baron) and the Whisker mare ex Camilla (dam of Liverpool - damsire of Ethelbert).

It can be seen that there was quite a build up of the genetic material from Waxy and Penelope in Isoline,  which was reinforced with even more infusions from both The Baron and Pocahontas when Stockwell was put to her to produce Isola Bella - the dam of Isonomy. Sterling, as a son of Oxford, was tail male to Whalebone and, thus, Waxy. His dam, Whisper, was by Flatcatcher out of Silence. Flatcatcher was also tail male to Waxy. In tail female, Flatcatcher descends through the Highflyer mare ex Everlasting. In tail female, Silence descends through Cobbea by Skyscraper (son of Everlasting) - as does Cadland (grand sire of Bassishaw). So once again the affinity of the Waxy and Penelope genetic material with that originating from Everlasting is borne out in Sterling, the sire of Isonomy.

Looking at the pedigree of Dead Lock, the distaff side shows a number of infusions of Everlasting. Red Rose traces directly via Amazon to Everlasting. In turn, her daughter The Dutchman's Daughter, was by The Flying Dutchman - a son of Bay Middleton (Sultan - Cobweb). On the top half of her pedigree Dead Lock also brings in Everlasting via Rataplan through both Glencoe and Marpesa in Pocahontas. Through the research efforts of Marianna Haun and her team,  the inheritance of an important gene for a large heart (which enables significant performance advantages) has been traced back to Pocahontas and is suspected of having passed via Everlasting from Eclipse. I believe this is the source of the speed and stamina of Isinglass.

In addition to those already mentioned, Young Giantess was a crucial influence. She was by the Herod line sire Diomed,  out of Giantess (by Matchem). Young Giantess was the dam of Sorceror (by Trumpator), the Walton mare ex Young Giantess (by the Highflyer line sire Walton) and the three full sisters Eleanor, Julia and Cressida (by the Eclipse line sire Whiskey). The significance of this was that all 5 of these appear in the pedigree of Dead Lock.

Sorceror appears as the inbred ancestor in Cadland (by Orville's son Andrew which was out of a Sorceror mare) which was out of Cobbea's daughter Sorcery (by Sorceror). Sorcery's full sister Witchery, when served by Waxy produced Dulcamara - which was tail female to Sterling. Sorceror,  was also the sire of the Sorceror mare ex Virgin (by Whiskey's son Juniper) which was the grand dam of Velocipede. In turn, Velocipede was the maternal grand sire of Secret - a grand daughter of Dulcamara.

The Walton mare ex Young Giantess produced Langar (by Selim) damsire of Orlando - grand sire of Malpractice (dam of Dead Lock).

The full sisters Eleanor, Julia and Cressida also had Eclipse, Herod and Matchem in their immediate pedigree,  which made them ideal to blend with Whalebone, Whisker and Web. Eleanor was the dam of Muley (by Orville) which was the damsire of Pocahontas. Julia was the dam of Phantom (by Walton) which was the sire of Cobweb and the Phantom mare ex the Overton mare (which was the dam of Voltaire).

Voltaire was the sire of the brother and sister Voltigeur and Volley (grand dam of Lord Clifden - the paternal grand sire of Dead Lock). Voltigeur and Volley were out of the very important broodmare Martha Lynn. Her dam, Leda,  was a full sister by Filho Da Puta,  out of Treasure to Arachne (dam of Industry - which produced Chevalier D'Industrie the damsire of Dead Lock). Cressida produced Priam (by Emilius) - the sire of Industry. Priam's influence elsewhere has already been discussed.

The other significant influence through Dead Lock's pedigree was the presence of the two Pot8o's mares - one ex Editha and the other ex Flyer - and Mandane. These daughters helped to some degree to balance the male strains of Pot8o's through Waxy's sons.

The Pot8o's mare ex Editha produced two daughters - Slight (by Selim) and Virgin (by Sir Peter). Slight was the dam of Rubini which has been mentioned already as the sire of Red Rose. Virgin was the dam of the Sorcerer mare from which Velcipede descended. The Pot8o's mare ex Flyer produced Selima - the tail female ancestor of The Flying Dutchman which was the damsire of Dead Lock's dam,  Malpractice. Mandane was the dam of Brutandorf (by Blacklock), Lottery (by Tramp) and the Whisker mare (tracing to Camilla), which was the dam of Liverpool - damsire of Ethelbert.

Camilla (Trentham - Coquette) was the dam of the sisters Young Camilla, Colibri and Catherine (by Woodpecker) and Jerboa (by Gohanna). Young Camilla was the dam of Mandane, while Colibri was the dam of Canopus,  and Catherine was the dam of the brothers Golumpus and Wanderer (by Gohanna). Their half sister, Jerboa, was the dam of Lacerta (by Zodiac), which produced Little Fairy (by Hornsea) - the tail female of St Angela, the dam of the mighty St Simon and his full sister Angelica (by Galopin).

It is worth mentioning that Filho Da Puta, as well as being the sire of Leda and Arachne, was also the sire of Decoy - the dam of Flatcatcher,  which was the damsire of Isonomy's sire, Sterling.

For good measure,  both Tomboy (by Jerry) - the damsire of Manganese - and Beeswing (by Dr Syntax) - the dam of Newminster,  which was the grand sire of Wenlock - were out of the same Ardrossan mare ex Eliza. 

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