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by Equinometrics
Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:48 am
Forum: Mating Advice
Topic: Breeding my Gulch mare
Replies: 20
Views: 7845

The struggling thoroughbred market has an upside - stallion fees have fallen to reasonable levels, especially for unproven sires. If I breed Aunt Dot Dot this year and assuming she gets into foal than it is 2011 before a yearling would hit the sales. Given that the purse structure in racing is likel...
by Equinometrics
Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:55 pm
Forum: Mating Advice
Topic: Breeding my Gulch mare
Replies: 20
Views: 7845

I've followed this mare for a while, too. She's very very nice. Weird that she has so little black type up close, because her not-so-distant family is solid, and she had a lot of talent. Are you breeding to sell commercially, or breeding to race the foal yourself? Are you thinking of a regional sta...
by Equinometrics
Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:38 pm
Forum: Mating Advice
Topic: Breeding my Gulch mare
Replies: 20
Views: 7845

Breeding my Gulch mare

I claimed a 6yo mare named Aunt Dot Dot a few weeks ago with the intention of racing her some and then breeding her. She is by Gulch out of the Capote mare Aunt Dot. She is 6 of 41 lifetime and has earned $204k. She has three half-siblings by Distorted Humor. She is from the family of Chief's Crown ...
by Equinometrics
Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:25 pm
Forum: Racing
Topic: 12 most underestimated 20th century TBs
Replies: 43
Views: 8693

Old Bones -- Exterminator was rated by longtime turf scribe David Alexander as the #2 horse of his lifetime (approx from Regret to Kelso) just behind Kelso and ahead of Man o'War. Exterminator, however, finished only 29th in the Blood-Horse Top 100.
by Equinometrics
Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:22 pm
Forum: Stallions
Topic: Valid Appeal as a sire of sires
Replies: 3
Views: 1153

Losing Saratoga County really hurt.
by Equinometrics
Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:12 pm
Forum: Stallions
Topic: Leading First Crop Sire: How did they do?
Replies: 16
Views: 3642

what is listed is from the Blood Horse and is ranked by total progeny earnings. they have Street Cry as #1. obviously one big earner can drive a horse to the top of the list as it did for Sportin' Life, Tiznow, Farma Way and others.
by Equinometrics
Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:42 pm
Forum: Stallions
Topic: Leading First Crop Sire: How did they do?
Replies: 16
Views: 3642

Leading First Crop Sire: How did they do?

LEADING FIRST CROP SIRES Year Sire State 2007 Fee AEI Foals SW SW% 2006 Street Cry KY $50,000 3.27 81 4 4.9% 2005 Tiznow KY $25,000 1.44 184 2 1.1% 2004 Successful Appeal KY $40,000 2.47 118 12 10.2% 2003 Stravinsky NZ 35,000 NZ$ 1.85 601 36 6.0% 2002 Distorted Humor KY $225,000 2.61 477 47 9.9% 200...