Pedigree buffs probably look at hurdles winner Ooee from Te Rapa on Saturday and say 'What?'.
The breeding of Ruff Nipper from Astro Girl doesn't solicit too many 'Wows'.
Let's start from the beginning. Ruff Nipper was no Phar Lap on the track, but he won races at Wairoa and Queensland's Gold Coast track.
He was by Pentire from the Sound Reason mare Rudd, who won two races as a 2-year-old and four later from the Oncidium mare Lyn's Orchid.
Astro Girl is by Melbourne Cup winner Ethereal's sire Rhythm from Privilege, by Sir Tristram from Just Purple, an In The Purple mare Fairy Walk by Le Filou.