Hallingdal Blue out of Blue Melody is a 2 year old for 2008 trained by Henry Cecil in Newmarket.

Her Sire Halling is the sire of 55 winners in 2007 including 7 stakes winners and 3 stakes placed horses (up to 09/11/07).  He was the Champion older horse in Europe in 1995 & 1996 and Champion older horse in England in 1995, he won 12 races value of £850,161.  He is the sire of winners of 626 races and £10,178,850 including the Group winners Norse Dancer, The Geezer, Dandoun, Boscobel, Harland, Franklins Gardens, Hattan, Something Exciting etc.

Her dam Blue Melody was trained by John Gosden and owned by Sheikh Mohammed and she won 1 race at 2 years and £15,220 and was placed 6 times, her highest rating was 102 and she retired with an Official Rating of 92.  She won her first race, a maiden, beating Wince (who was 4th) and who was trained by Henry Cecil, Wince went on to win the Fred Darling Stakes at Newbury (Group 3) & the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket (Group 1).  Blue Melody was 4th in The Firth of Clyde Stakes a Listed race over 6 furlongs at 2 years of age.  At 3 years she was 2nd in a Class 3 Conditions Race at Newmarket.  Blue Melody is a half sister to Zieten, winner of 6 races  including 4 Group races and 1 Listed race, the half sister to Blue Duster, Champion 2 year old filly in Europe in 1995 and winner of 5 races including 3 Group races, the half sister to Slow Jazz, winner of 3 races including a Listed race.

Their dam Blue Note won 5 races including 2 Group races and 2 Listed races and the Prix Maurice de Gheest, Deauville (Group 2) beating Cadeaux Genereux who is now a leading sire in Europe.