alkaased is a bay horse with no white markings bred by robin scully's clovelly farms at lexington, kentucky. alkaased's sire, kingmambo was a highly successful breeding stallion. his progeny included the british classic winners russian rhythm, king's best, henrythenavigator, virginia waters and rule of law as well as major winners in japan (el condor pasa), france (divine proportions) and the united states (lemon drop kid). alkaased's dam chesa plana raced in germany where she finished second in five group races including the grosser preis von berlin. as a descendant of the broodmare mesopatamia, she came from the same branch of thoroughbred family 10-c which produced mastery, galaxy libra (sunset handicap, man o' war stakes), halling, cherokee rose (haydock sprint cup, prix maurice de gheest) and balla cove (middle park stakes, round table handicap).