Pivotal Woman is a French-bred daughter of that country’s top stallion Siyouni, a G1-winning 2YO and sire of the likes of G1 winners St. Mark’s Basilica, Sottsass, Paddington, Tahiyra, Laurens, Ervedya, Etoile, Dream and Do, etc. Although Siyouni is a relatively young stallion for broodmare sire purposes, his daughters have already produced the likes of graded winners Erevann, Fairy Godmother, Dr Zempf, etc.
Pivotal Woman’s dam, Candinie, is a winning daughter of the hugely-influential young broodmare sire Bernardini, and Pivotal Woman is a half-sister to four winners, and a full-sister to a fifth. One of her half-sisters, Candie, is the dam of 2024 black-type winner Cambronne, who has won/placed in four black-type events and earned the equivalent of over $250k.
Pivotal Woman’s second dam, Candlelight (by Kingmambo), produced three winners across two hemispheres, and is a half-sister to the multiple G1 winner and sire Grand Slam, to the multiple black-type winner Leestown, and to the black-type placed winners Miner’s Lamp (G3P), Gold Market and Dodie Mae (dam of black-type winner Lancelot Du Lac and G1-placed Watching You, the latter, in turn, the granddam of black-type winner Honolulu).
The dam of Candlelight, Grand Slam, Leestown, et al, is the multiple black-type winner Bright Candles (by El Gran Senor), who placed in the Kentucky Oaks-G1, Santa Anita Oaks-G1, Las Virgenes-G1, etc. Bright Candles is half to the G3 winner Christmas Gift (dam of G1 winner Christmas Kid).
Pivotal Woman herself sold as a yearling for the equivalent of $143k at Arqana in France, and ended up breaking her maiden at Presque Isle. She produced her first foal in 2024, a filly by New York stallion Name Changer, and was not bred back for 2025. We have acquired her specifically to breed to Bucchero in 2025.