A nice homebred race mare is a gift to any breeder-owner, but when you have the quantity and quality of choice broodmares that form the band at Juddmonte Farms, combined with access to some of the world’s best stallions, those gifts do seem to come along pretty regularly. On June 15, Accede added her name to the list of graded/Group-winning fillies that Juddmonte has bred and campaigned by fending off long shot Just Katherine for a neck victory in the Bed o’ Roses Stakes (USA-G2).
The 75th graded or Group stakes winner for five-time American champion sire Into Mischief, Accede hails from the family of General Store. This lineage never seems to accrue quite the glamour of some of the great matriarchies but still turns out good horses at a nice clip nonetheless, with many of its greatest successes coming in Europe.
A foal of 1965, General Store was by To Market out of the Count Fleet mare Generals Sister and, thus, a full sister to 1970 Vanity Handicap winner Commissary and a half sister to multiple French Group 3 winner General Holme (by Noholme II). She was not nearly so talented as her siblings on the track, winning one of her five starts, but her produce record was quite commendable in spite of an unfortunate number of barren years and foal deaths. From nine named foals, she threw three stakes winners. The best of the trio was multiple Grade 2 winner Double Discount (by Nodouble), who placed in seven Grade 1 races and turned in the best performance of his career when smoking through 10 furlongs on grass in 1:57-2/5 (an American record) in the 1977 Carleton F. Burke Handicap (USA-G2). She also produced multiple listed stakes winner Summer Sale (by Summer Time Guy) and 1977 Rare Treat Handicap winner Chain Store (by Nodouble).
Four of General Store’s five daughters produced stakes winners, but it was Chain Store who did more than any of the others to carry General Store’s name forward to future generations. Her three stakes winners from nine named foals included 1985 Irish champion 3-year-old filly Al Bahathri (by Blushing Groom), dam of multiple English Group 1 winner Haafhd (by Alhaarth), 1991 Challenge Stakes (ENG-G2) winner Munir (by Indian Ridge), and Group 1-placed listed stakes winner Hasbah (by Kris) and second dam of 2013 Hong Kong Horse of the Year Military Attack (by Oratorio) and multiple Group 1 winner Gladiatorus (by Silic).
Multiple graded stakes winner Geraldine’s Store (Exclusive Native x Chain Store) proved a disappointment as a broodmare, but Chain Store’s unraced daughter Bloudan (by Damascus) helped make up for her sister by producing 1996 Prix Eugene Adam (FR-G2) winner Radevore (by Generous) and becoming the second dam of 2018 Joburg Spring Fillies & Mares Challenge Stakes (SAF-G2) winner Cascapedia (by High Chaparral). Another unraced Chain Store daughter, Chain Fern (by Blushing Groom), is the dam of 1999 Yellow Ribbon Stakes (USA-G1) winner Spanish Fern (by El Gran Senor) and the second dam of 2016 Belgian champion sprinter Daylight (by Firebreak), 2014 Fillies’ Mile Stakes (ENG-G1) winner Together Forever (by Galileo), 2018 Oaks Stakes (ENG-G1) winner Forever Together (by Galileo), 2009 Prix Jean Prat (FR-G1) winner Lord Shanakill (by Speightstown), and 2008 Santa Anita Handicap (USA-G1) winner Heatseeker). A third unraced daughter of Chain Store, Superstore (by Blushing Groom), is the second dam of two-time Bahrainian champion Milyar (by Blue Ksar).
Peplum (by Nijinsky II), the third of Chain Store’s stakes-winning daughters, won the 1991 Shadwell Stud Cheshire Oaks (ENG-L) and was Group 3-placed. Like Geraldine’s Store, she was a disappointing broodmare during her own producing career, but she has two good producing daughters to her credit: Emplane (by Irish River), dam of 2011 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes (USA-G2) winner Aviate (by Dansili) and 2004 Prix La Rochette (FR-G3) winner Early March (by Dansili), and Palisade (by Gone West), dam of 2016 Stewards’ Cup (HK-G1) winner Sea Defence (by Mizzen Mast) and multiple Grade 2 winner Jibboom (by Mizzen Mast). The last-named mare produced Accede as her seventh foal and was previously the dam of 2014 Athasi Stakes (IRE-G3) winner Flying Jib (by Oasis Dream). Through Jibboom’s full sister Magnifica, Palisade is also the second dam of 2023 Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes (USA-G1) winner Gold Phoenix (by Belardo).
Generally speaking, members of this family have been most effective in the 8-10 furlong range and have favored turf over dirt. While the latter characteristic is not considered particularly desirable in North America, it has aided the success of General Store’s family in other parts of the world. As for Accede, her now-proven prowess on dirt will only make her a more desirable asset to Juddmonte’s North American operations, both during the remainder of the racing year and as a future broodmare.
The 75th graded or Group stakes winner for five-time American champion sire Into Mischief, Accede hails from the family of General Store. This lineage never seems to accrue quite the glamour of some of the great matriarchies but still turns out good horses at a nice clip nonetheless, with many of its greatest successes coming in Europe.
A foal of 1965, General Store was by To Market out of the Count Fleet mare Generals Sister and, thus, a full sister to 1970 Vanity Handicap winner Commissary and a half sister to multiple French Group 3 winner General Holme (by Noholme II). She was not nearly so talented as her siblings on the track, winning one of her five starts, but her produce record was quite commendable in spite of an unfortunate number of barren years and foal deaths. From nine named foals, she threw three stakes winners. The best of the trio was multiple Grade 2 winner Double Discount (by Nodouble), who placed in seven Grade 1 races and turned in the best performance of his career when smoking through 10 furlongs on grass in 1:57-2/5 (an American record) in the 1977 Carleton F. Burke Handicap (USA-G2). She also produced multiple listed stakes winner Summer Sale (by Summer Time Guy) and 1977 Rare Treat Handicap winner Chain Store (by Nodouble).
Four of General Store’s five daughters produced stakes winners, but it was Chain Store who did more than any of the others to carry General Store’s name forward to future generations. Her three stakes winners from nine named foals included 1985 Irish champion 3-year-old filly Al Bahathri (by Blushing Groom), dam of multiple English Group 1 winner Haafhd (by Alhaarth), 1991 Challenge Stakes (ENG-G2) winner Munir (by Indian Ridge), and Group 1-placed listed stakes winner Hasbah (by Kris) and second dam of 2013 Hong Kong Horse of the Year Military Attack (by Oratorio) and multiple Group 1 winner Gladiatorus (by Silic).
Multiple graded stakes winner Geraldine’s Store (Exclusive Native x Chain Store) proved a disappointment as a broodmare, but Chain Store’s unraced daughter Bloudan (by Damascus) helped make up for her sister by producing 1996 Prix Eugene Adam (FR-G2) winner Radevore (by Generous) and becoming the second dam of 2018 Joburg Spring Fillies & Mares Challenge Stakes (SAF-G2) winner Cascapedia (by High Chaparral). Another unraced Chain Store daughter, Chain Fern (by Blushing Groom), is the dam of 1999 Yellow Ribbon Stakes (USA-G1) winner Spanish Fern (by El Gran Senor) and the second dam of 2016 Belgian champion sprinter Daylight (by Firebreak), 2014 Fillies’ Mile Stakes (ENG-G1) winner Together Forever (by Galileo), 2018 Oaks Stakes (ENG-G1) winner Forever Together (by Galileo), 2009 Prix Jean Prat (FR-G1) winner Lord Shanakill (by Speightstown), and 2008 Santa Anita Handicap (USA-G1) winner Heatseeker). A third unraced daughter of Chain Store, Superstore (by Blushing Groom), is the second dam of two-time Bahrainian champion Milyar (by Blue Ksar).
Peplum (by Nijinsky II), the third of Chain Store’s stakes-winning daughters, won the 1991 Shadwell Stud Cheshire Oaks (ENG-L) and was Group 3-placed. Like Geraldine’s Store, she was a disappointing broodmare during her own producing career, but she has two good producing daughters to her credit: Emplane (by Irish River), dam of 2011 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes (USA-G2) winner Aviate (by Dansili) and 2004 Prix La Rochette (FR-G3) winner Early March (by Dansili), and Palisade (by Gone West), dam of 2016 Stewards’ Cup (HK-G1) winner Sea Defence (by Mizzen Mast) and multiple Grade 2 winner Jibboom (by Mizzen Mast). The last-named mare produced Accede as her seventh foal and was previously the dam of 2014 Athasi Stakes (IRE-G3) winner Flying Jib (by Oasis Dream). Through Jibboom’s full sister Magnifica, Palisade is also the second dam of 2023 Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes (USA-G1) winner Gold Phoenix (by Belardo).
Generally speaking, members of this family have been most effective in the 8-10 furlong range and have favored turf over dirt. While the latter characteristic is not considered particularly desirable in North America, it has aided the success of General Store’s family in other parts of the world. As for Accede, her now-proven prowess on dirt will only make her a more desirable asset to Juddmonte’s North American operations, both during the remainder of the racing year and as a future broodmare.
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