Updated September 13, 2023

Society’s Chairman is a grandson of the legendary Sadler’s Wells, whose other successful North American grandsons include Medaglia d’Oro and Kitten’s Joy.

Society’s Chairman has sired SW Preferred Guest out of a mare by the Forty Niner son Gold Fever. This cross figured to be worthwhile considering Medaglia d’Oro’s tremendous success with mares from the Forty Niner broodmare line. All-time greats Rachel Alexandra (dam by Roar) and Songbird (West Acre) are among his 13 stakes winners and 10 Graded winners out of Forty Niner-line dams. Distorted Humor is the damsire of nine of those, including the Grade 1 winners Elate, Golden Sixty and New Money Honey. Other sources of Distorted Humor include his sons Flower Alley, Sharp Humor, Any Given Saturday, Jimmy Creed and Maclean’s Music. 

Society’s Chairman’s 2023 Queen’s Plater hero Paramount Prince is out of a mare by the Unbridled son Eddington.

Society’s Chairman’s Horse of the Year Caren is out of a daughter of Vilzak, by the Nijinsky II stallion Green Dancer. She is one of over 75 worldwide stakes winners bred Sadler’s Wells over Nijinsky II and 13 of those are winners at the highest level. We also find Nijinsky II in the pedigree of SW Gun Society (2nd dam by Sky Classic). Other sources of Nijinsky II include son the Pulpit son Tapit (inbred to Nijinsky II at 5×2), the Unbridled son Broken Vow (out of a Nijinsky II mare) and Quality Road (a Gone West grandson out of a Nijinsky II granddaughter). 

Storm Cat’s sire Storm Bird is bred along similar lines as Nijinsky II (Northern Dancer over Bull Page) and Society’s Chairman has sired blacktype runners out of mares by the Storm Cat son Stormin’ Fever and the Storm Cat grandson Harlan’s Holiday. The latter is, of course, the sire of the great Into Mischief, putting his daughters in play along with the growing number of his granddaughters. The Sadler’s Wells/Storm Cat cross has yielded over 120 stakes winners (22 Grade/Group 1 winners). Fourteen of those are by Kitten’s Joy, including three each out of mares by Forestry and Giant’s Causeway. This makes dams by the Canadian-based Storm Cat grandsons Old Forester (by Forestry) and Giant Gizmo (Giant’s Causeway) especially interesting for Society’s Chairman.

El Prado-line stallions have had exceptional success with mares from another Mr. Prospector branch, that of Gone West – 23 stakes winners & 16 Graded winners. Kitten’s Joy is the sire of 11 stakes winners on the cross, eight Graded winners and two Grade 1 winners, both out of daughters of Grand Slam. He’s also sired a pair of stakes winners out of mares by Proud Citizen. Medaglia d’Oro’s multiple Graded winner Valid is also out of a Grand Slam mare and he’s sired three stakes winners out of Gone West daughters, including Grade 1 winner Violence (who has sired his own stakes winner out of Gone West granddaughter). Worldwide, the Sadler’s Wells/Gone West cross has produced over 90 stakes winners, with other important Group 1 winners like Motivator and Toronado in evidence.

The Roberto grandson Kris S. is the second damsire of Code Warrior and, the Kris S. son Action This Day is the damsire of Society’s Chairman’s Stakes-placed Chairman Bob. In North America, El Prado, Medaglia d’Oro and Kitten’s Joy have all sired two or more Graded winners out of Roberto-line mares. The larger Sadler’s Wells/Roberto cross is responsible for over 135 stakes winners.

The Society’s Chairman SW Keep on Truckin is out of a mare by the A. P. Indy grandson Silver Train (by Old Trieste) while his 2023 Wonder Where Stakes/Graded Stakes-placed Tito´s Calling is out of a mare by another A. P. Indy grandson, First Dude (by Stephen Got Even). The 3rd damsire of Tito´s Calling is also by Kris S.

Mares form the Danzig broodmare line are squarely in the crosshairs for Society’s Chairman as well. His SW Gun Society is out of a mare by the Danzig son Langfuhr. The Sadler’s Wells/Danzig cross has produced over 650 stakes winners around the globe and around half of those are out of Danehill-line dams. North American/Canadian sources of Danehill include North Light (a Danehill son) and Silent Name (out of a Danehill mare). We also find Danzig in the pedigree of 2023 Plate Trial winner Paramount Prince, the grandsire of his broodmare sire Eddington.

Society’s Chairman has sired multiple Graded winner Code Warrior out of a daughter of the Blushing Groom stallion Runaway Groom. The larger Sadler’s Wells/Blushing Groom cross has produced over 150 stakes winners and 25 Group/Grade 1 winners.

Another Society’s Chairman SW, Sparkle’s Girl, is out of a mare by the Buckpasser-line stallion Trust N Luck, a son of Montbrook. Other sources of Buckpasser include Silver Charm, Einstein, A. P. Indy (his second dam) and the stallions bred Mr. Prospector over Buckpasser – Seeking the Gold, Woodman, Mining and Miswaki. Legendary stallion Galileo is among the stakes winners bred on the Sadler’s Wells/Miswaki cross.