Speciosa [SEP] father
old. Her dam, Specifically, a daughter of the Canadian champion Sky Classic won one minor race and has produced several other winners including Major Rhythm, a gelding who won the Stars and Stripes Handicap in 2006. Specifically was closely related to Touching Wood, a colt finished second in The Derby and won the St Leger in 1982. Speciosa was sired by Danehill Dancer, a stallion whose progeny have won (as of 2012), more than 700 races and more than £13m in prize money.
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Prunus × yedoensis
Prunus" × "yedoensis, Prunus" × "yedoensis" 'Somei-yoshino' or Yoshino cherry (Japanese: 染井吉野 "Somei Yoshino") (synonym Cerasus" × "yedoensis") is a hybrid cherry of between "Prunus speciosa" ("Oshima zakura") as father plant and "Prunus pendula" f. "ascendens" ("Edo higan") as mother. It occurs as a natural or artificial hybrid in Japan and is now one of the most popular and widely