The son of the top-class German-bred performer Shirocco is also one of the ante-post favourites for the St Leger, and was bred by his part-owner Michael Owen.
In a genre where live shows are often listless, the Houston-bred performer makes crowds lose their minds by screaming at them and moshing on-stage aggressively.
A theater-bred performer who trained at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, Ms. Bening has returned to the stage with some regularity in Los Angeles, but I missed her in "Hedda Gabler," "The Cherry Orchard" and "Medea".
And the children of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson - Vanessa, Corin and Lynn - have all become star actors and bred a future generation of performers and film-makers.
It's the story of how captive orcas in general, and one in particular, have been effectively driven mad by being used in marine-park attractions, forced to parade around swimming pools with beaming wetsuit-clad trainers on their backs as kids and parents cheer, cooped up in unnatural conditions, bred for other high-earning performers and separated from their young.
Conventional wisdom has it that singers like these five are the last of a vanishing breed of performer who matured during the golden age of the Broadway musical and the tail end of the swing era, before high-fidelity and electric rhythm redefined pop singing and songwriting.
Its soccer culture, born and bred in the Catalan academy, La Masia, possesses an even more talented Argentine than Tévez, the outstanding performer in world soccer, Lionel Messi.
Such success bred enemies.
In the 30 days I spent meeting a diverse range of promoters - talking to them, watching them work - I'd say that the one common thread that binds most of them is a willingness to take a chance, and put on this new breed of performers.
Jonson understands that he's a rare breed of live performer.
