SOUL OF THE MATTER is a very smart stallion candidate for many of California's broodmares.

Aside from an outstanding race record, his pedigree is remarkable in being free of Northern Dancer, Mr. Prospector and Seattle Slew blood, rendering him considerably more compatible with the majority of mares from those three particularly common male lines.

What Soul of the Matter's pedigree is particularly rich in are the kind of superior female families which have already been shown to be worthy of duplication.

For example: 

     1) Mares carrying the blood of SEATTLE SLEW / WOODMAN would create inbreeding to GLAMOUR. 

     2) Mares carrying the blood of GRAUSTARK / HIS MAJESTY / MY 
HOST / MAJESTIC PRINCE / WHISKEY ROAD / SECRETO would create inbreeding to the family of BOUDOIR II. 

     3) Mares carrying the blood of ICECAPADE or his sons, Wild AGAIN  and CLEVER TRICK would create inbreeding to the family of SHENANIGANS.

All of these family inbreeding patterns have been appearing in the pedigrees of top stakes winners for some time, actually outperforming their numerical opportunities.

I would highly recommend any breeder whose mares carry the blood of any of the aforementioned influential sires to consider Soul of the Matter in their upcoming breeding plans.

 Rommy Faversham
 Pedigree Specialist & Author