Pedigree Query

Isn’t that the way the industry is going?

Uncle Mo has three sons in the top 5 of freshman sires: Laoban, Nyquist and Outwork. Nyquist has 2 G1 winners in Vequist and Gretzky the Great. No shock to see him with some good ones, he was very athletic and has a lovely pedigree. Laoban has a G1 winner in Simply Ravishing. I find that mighty impr...

Just goes to show you that some of these farms (Winstar is the leading example) give up on stallions far too early, likely because they have a conveyor belt of colts. The next hot thing. I like seeing these stallions do well after being sold though. Winstar had unloaded Take Charge Indy rather quick...

Country House turned out to be a bust... but I am convinced running him as much as they did to get him INTO the Derby wasn't so smart after all. From Haskin's Apr 16, 2019 Derby Dozen: Because he is such a big strong horse and thrives on racing, Mott ran him back in three weeks off his fourth in the...

He was a nice racehorse.... but geez, it’s Beholder! She is a Queen and deserves nothing but the best!

Some interesting newbies for 2020:

Breaking Lucky at $5000 in LA
Disco Partner at $5000 in NY
Force the Pass at $4000 in MD

Agree on Heart to Heart.

He turned out to have a pretty darn good year! Surely he should be Horse of the Year.

Was disappointed last year and figured he was retired, then he came back with a vengeance. I am disappointed he will be off to Japan, but I have no doubt he will do well there. Boy, is he ever a good looking horse.

Rosberg?

I think you are off the mark with Langfuhr, perry. But I would be curious which son of Langfuhr they used and which mares. You can breed $500 mares to Tapit and get nothing... just saying.

Too late now, but I think a 3-year-old needs to beat older, outside of their division, to be truly HOY. I’ll never understand the voters - sometimes the Breeders Cup is the deciding factor for awards, sometimes it’s not. Can’t really have it both ways...

This flashy horse looked good winning the Pegasus Turf race yesterday. A heck of a training job by Chad Brown to win this off an allowance win following a long break.
He’s always been a good horse, and I am looking forward to a big season.
Also, how cool to see Exceller in his pedigree.

Is it really that undesirable to have one?
I just wonder because if it is inherited, the sire line (AP Indy) is popular and produces very well - good racehorses and good stallions. What’s the downside?

Winners:

F&M Sprint: (Hey, I did not do great! Shamrock Rose was very courageous in her win)

Shamrock Rose
Chalon
Anonymity
Marley's Freedom

Turf Sprint:

Stormy Liberal (wow, is he ever a tough, competitive horse)
World Of Trouble
Pure Sensation
Ruby Notion

F&M Sprint: Marley's Freedom Selcourt Shamrock Rose Finley'sluckycharm Turf Sprint : Hembree Stormy Liberal Rainbow Heir Bucchero Dirt Mile - Awesome Slew scratched City of Light Firenze Fire Trigger Warning Catalina Cruiser F&M Turf (battle of the Prix Longines winners, and 1/2 of Brown's s...

I didn’t have a great day, I never do with the 2-year-olds! Brown has another stellar turf filly, Baffert has another good colt, and City Zip sure could sire some fast horses... Pretty nice to see Cross Traffic get a BC winner too. I’ll be posting my picks tomorrow morning, maybe some better luck to...