Morgan le Fey is by one of the world's most renowned sport horse sires, Brilliant Invader, out of the Harleigh mare, Debbie's Joy.
He stood his early stud years in New Zealand at the Matamata West Farms, before being sold back to Australia in 1989.
He produced had a handful of group performers on the track including the Hong Kong International Cup winner Our Grey Invader and the Brisbane Cup winner Barbut Delica.
But it has been his deeds as a sport horse sire, which have certainly made the world sit up and take notice.
In New Zealand, Brilliant Invader sired World Cup showjumpers Pirate, Mitavite Imperial, Gingernut, Scarlett and Dunstan Flower Power, as well as several other better than average horses, to rank second on the NZ jumping sires list with just 10 offspring competing. An impressive record considering his progeny were recycled racehorses rather than purpose-bred jumpers.
Brilliant Invader has also sired his fair share of exceptionally talented eventers. The most famous of his New Zealand offspring was Ready Teddy, which took Blyth Tait to individual Gold at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. He was also the sire of Andrew Nicholson's top three-star horse Mister Maori.
The most successful Brilliant Invader's stock in Australia was Street Talk, which went to World Cup showjumping level for Michelle Clark of South Australia. In Victoria, Jane Griffin's Koyuna Mousetrap, a successful eventer and showjumper, and Angela Dobbins' Mini Prix horse Hush, were also by the son of Vain.
Although his ability as a sport horse sire was picked up late many of Australia's top riders took advantage, breeding him to some top jumping mares towards the end of his stud career including the likes of Olympic team coach and professional rider Heath Ryan.
In short, Brilliant Invader's potential as a jumping sire should have been apparent from the day he was foaled. He was by that great racehorse and sire, Vain, out of Persian Bronze, an Oaks winning mare by Agricola, who was a half-sister to racing sensation Tobin Bronze.
Vain was a sprinting/middle distance horse, but his blood was rich with the thoroughbred heritage found on almost every great jumping pedigree. His son, Hi Vain has competed in Grand Prix showjumping in the USA.
Vain was a grandson of Court Martial who on his sire line carries the blood of Phalaris, a hugely influential sire of jumping horses, and another equally important sire, Son in Law, a descendant of the legendary Bay Ronald.
Brilliant Invader's damsire, Agricola, has also produced well-known jumpers including Australian Vicki Roycroft's great showjumper, Apache.
Agricola was one of the last sons of Precipitation, who was perhaps the most influential jumping sire of them all, through his son Furioso whose stallion sons dominated jumping breeding in France, Germany, Holland and Belgium for many years. Agricola's dam Aurora was by Hyperion. Amarco, the dam of Persian Bronze is by Masthead by Blue Peter and out of Ronolive by Ronsard, by Son in Law.
As yet, a stallion son successor to Brilliant Invader has not established himself. His only stallion son recognised by the studbook, Gold Invader, was recently gelded to concentrate on a showjumping career, but his owner Dot Schmidt is confident her three-year-old colt, Grand Invader, will follow in his father's footsteps.
Harleigh was the damsire of Mr Kincaid, one the best showjumpers in New Zealand during the 1980s.
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