Bred by Calumet, the bay colt is out of the Mineshaft mare, Art Affair, who is out of Calumet’s Athenia H.-G3 winner Antoniette, by Nicholas.
JAZIL won the 2006 Belmont S., and his half-sister Rags to Riches won the 2007 edition en route to earning an Eclipse Award as Champion 3-Year-Old Filly. Their dam, Better Than Honour, was named 2007 Broodmare of the Year and later sold for a world-record $14 million at Fasig-Tipton in November, 2008.