Distant relatives to meet in the Lightning

The $1 million Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) is the first time Tentyris and Baraqiel have appeared together in a racebook, but it's not the first time their names have been listed on the same page.

The Group 1 sprinters are destined to appear in BOLD PRINT in sales catalogues for years to come as descendants of the same mare.

My Madonna, a daughter of Prego, is the third dam of last year’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) winner and the fourth dam of Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) hero Baraqiel.

My Madonna is most famous as the mother of Divine Madonna, who was a four-time Group 1 winner and one of the most popular milers of the early 2000s.

Hurricane Sky mare Divine Madonna is the dam of Deity, who produced Tentyris after a visit to Darley stallion Street Boss in 2021.

His Coolmore Stud Stakes success was the maiden Group 1 victory in a career that also includes victory in the Group 2 Darley Todman Stakes  (1200m), the Listed Talindert Stakes (1100m) and the Listed Gothic Stakes (1200m) and a second placing in the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m).

Another from My Madonna is Clay Hero mare Pieta, whose best from four to race was four-time Stakes winner Angel Of Mercy, who has gone on to be a breeding barn star.

In 2024, her filly by The Autumn Sun, Autumn Angel, won the Group 1 ATC Australian Oaks (2400m) and last September the foal she had the year before Autumn Angel, Snitzel gelding Baraqiel, won the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m).

They are among the leading contenders for Saturday's Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) at Flemington with Tentyris short-priced favourite from Giga Kick, with Baraqiel third pick.

My Madonna died in 2012 and Divine Madonna followed six years later with none of her progeny still racing.

Tentyris is the second named-foal from Deity, whose maiden product Dios is now trained in Tasmania and is a two-time winner, while she also has an unraced Blue Point two-year-old called Parcae with Anthony and Sam Freedman.

Deity failed to get in foal in 2023 but last year had a filly by Anamoe before visiting Too Darn Hot.