Ceú de Brigadeiro (BRZ)
July 4, 2012 – Living
Out of Control (BRZ) x New Rafaela (BRZ), by Royal Academy (USA)
Family 1-n
July 4, 2012 – Living
Out of Control (BRZ) x New Rafaela (BRZ), by Royal Academy (USA)
Family 1-n
A member of the male line of French champion and important sire Machiavellian, Ceú de Brigadeiro was not the most consistent of runners, but at his best he was good enough to earn a championship in his native Brazil. The product of a Brazilian family that has produced several Group 1 winners, he is now at stud.
Race record
42 starts, 9 wins, 8 second, 5 thirds
2016:
2017:
2018:
2019:
Honors
Mossoró Trophy, Brazilian champion miler (2015/2016)
As an individual
A bay horse; no further information available.
As a stallion
Ceú de Brigadeiro stands at Haras Vendaval, Brazil.
Connections
Ceú de Brigadeiro was bred by Stud TNT and raced in the colors of Edson Alexandre and Luis Alberto Danelian. He was trained by Bruno Alexandre.
Pedigree notes
Sired by multiple Grade 2 winner Out of Control, Ceú de Brigadeiro is inbred 5x3 to 1970 English Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year Nijinsky II, the English/Irish champion sire of 1986 and a two-time American champion broodmare sire. He is out of the winning Royal Academy mare New Rafaela, a half sister to multiple Brazilian Group 1 winner Pavillon (by Booming) and to 2005 Grande Prêmio Brasil (BRZ-G1) winner Velodrome (by Booming). New Rafaela is also a half sister to Offshore (by Vettori), dam of 2015 Grande Prêmio Brasil winner Barolo (by Northern Afleet).
New Rafael and her siblings were produced from listed stakes-placed Licena, whose sire Derek was a multiple Group 1 winner in Brazil. Licena, in turn, is out of Esparta, whose sire Karabas won the 1969 Washington, D. C., International. The female line came to Brazil through Esparta’s dam, the Irish-bred Forsaken (by Bold Lad [Ire]), whose tail-female line traces back to the important European mare Schiaparelli.
Fun facts
Photo credit
Ceú de Brigadeiro winning the 2017 Grande Prêmio São Paulo, M. S. Machado up. Photographer unknown; provided courtesy of Luiz Cláudio da Rocha Pitta Lima.
Last updated: May 17, 2023
Race record
42 starts, 9 wins, 8 second, 5 thirds
2016:
- Won Grande Prêmio Presidente da República (BRZ-G2, 1600mT, Cidade Jardim)
- 2nd Grande Prêmio João José e José Carlos de Figueiredo (BRZ-G3, 1600mT, Gávea)
- 3rd Grande Prêmio Júlio Capua (BRZ-G3, 1600mT, Gávea)
- 3rd Grande Prêmio Presidente Vargas (BRZ-G3, 1600mT, Gávea)
2017:
- Won Grande Prêmio São Paulo (BRZ-G1, 2400mT, Cidade Jardim)
- 2nd Grande Prêmio Antonio Joaquim Peixoto de Castro Jr. (BRZ-G2, 2400mT, Gávea)
- 2nd Grande Prêmio João Borges Filho (BRZ-G2, 2400mT, Gávea)
2018:
- 3rd Prêmio Much Better (BRZ-L, 2100mT, Gávea)
2019:
- 2nd Grande Prêmio Gerváso Seabra (BRZ-G2, 1600mT, Gávea)
- 2nd Grande Prêmio Presidente Vargas (BRZ-G3, 1600mT, Gávea)
- 2nd Prêmio Luis Rigoni (BRZ-L, 1600mT, Gávea)
- 3rd Prêmio Barão e Baronesa von Leithner (BRZ-L, 1600mT, Gávea)
Honors
Mossoró Trophy, Brazilian champion miler (2015/2016)
As an individual
A bay horse; no further information available.
As a stallion
Ceú de Brigadeiro stands at Haras Vendaval, Brazil.
Connections
Ceú de Brigadeiro was bred by Stud TNT and raced in the colors of Edson Alexandre and Luis Alberto Danelian. He was trained by Bruno Alexandre.
Pedigree notes
Sired by multiple Grade 2 winner Out of Control, Ceú de Brigadeiro is inbred 5x3 to 1970 English Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year Nijinsky II, the English/Irish champion sire of 1986 and a two-time American champion broodmare sire. He is out of the winning Royal Academy mare New Rafaela, a half sister to multiple Brazilian Group 1 winner Pavillon (by Booming) and to 2005 Grande Prêmio Brasil (BRZ-G1) winner Velodrome (by Booming). New Rafaela is also a half sister to Offshore (by Vettori), dam of 2015 Grande Prêmio Brasil winner Barolo (by Northern Afleet).
New Rafael and her siblings were produced from listed stakes-placed Licena, whose sire Derek was a multiple Group 1 winner in Brazil. Licena, in turn, is out of Esparta, whose sire Karabas won the 1969 Washington, D. C., International. The female line came to Brazil through Esparta’s dam, the Irish-bred Forsaken (by Bold Lad [Ire]), whose tail-female line traces back to the important European mare Schiaparelli.
Fun facts
- In Brazilian military slang, a ceú de brigadeiro, or “brigadier’s sky” is an absolutely clear blue sky. The associated joke is that, by the time an Air Force officer reaches the rank of brigadier, he has been so long removed from flying regularly that the only weather he is fit to handle as a pilot is perfectly clear and calm.
Photo credit
Ceú de Brigadeiro winning the 2017 Grande Prêmio São Paulo, M. S. Machado up. Photographer unknown; provided courtesy of Luiz Cláudio da Rocha Pitta Lima.
Last updated: May 17, 2023