5 year old mare by French Deputy out of Listed Account by Private Account.
28-4-2-5 $85,364
Small mare, slightly heavy bodied with smaller bone.
Looking in Kentucky for a $5-7.5k stallion.
Going to sell her at auction bred.
Any ideas?
~Adrienne
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How about Quest? You would double on the mare Broadway through the 1/2 siblings Reviewer and Con Game and Numbered Account (the dam of her sire) has a proven horse through Seeking The Gold in Mutakddim. Numbered Account is also the daughter of Intriguing and therefore is a 1/s sister to Playmate who is the dam of Woodman. This line also goes to Swiss Trick, Polish Numbers, Not For Love, Oscillate (the dam of Mutakddim), and Rhythm to name a few. The cross of Quest ($5K stud fee) would make since with all this. Here is a link to the hypomating.
http://www.stonefarm.com/quest-hypo.html
http://www.stonefarm.com/quest-hypo.html
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kimberley mine
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One would think so, but unfortunately this auction market doesn't seem to respect value as a *runner*. From a business end, I think you're better off with a newbie.
Most of the well-proven sires in the $5k-$7.5k range are not going to get you what you want at the sales. Out of Place at Claiborne is a perfect example. Here is a horse who will get average earnings of 9x his fee, median earnings 3.5 times his fee (so you have a good chance of paying your bills with his foals) yet as a covering sire he might make 2x his fee if he is lucky, the buyers are feeling good, and the mare herself is heaven's gift to the breed. Sultry Song can get you a BC winner yet as a covering sire he's lucky to even make back his fee...and he gets better average/median than Out of Place. For you, the risk/reward is too great with the proven under 10k Kentucky sires.
If you really want a proven sire, you might look around and see if you can get a deal on Cape Canaveral ($10k), who brings in both Mr P and Seattle Slew, and has a covering sire average of about $80,000 and median of $46,000. He is improving his mares overall, and might be worth a look.
Most of the well-proven sires in the $5k-$7.5k range are not going to get you what you want at the sales. Out of Place at Claiborne is a perfect example. Here is a horse who will get average earnings of 9x his fee, median earnings 3.5 times his fee (so you have a good chance of paying your bills with his foals) yet as a covering sire he might make 2x his fee if he is lucky, the buyers are feeling good, and the mare herself is heaven's gift to the breed. Sultry Song can get you a BC winner yet as a covering sire he's lucky to even make back his fee...and he gets better average/median than Out of Place. For you, the risk/reward is too great with the proven under 10k Kentucky sires.
If you really want a proven sire, you might look around and see if you can get a deal on Cape Canaveral ($10k), who brings in both Mr P and Seattle Slew, and has a covering sire average of about $80,000 and median of $46,000. He is improving his mares overall, and might be worth a look.
kimberley mine wrote:If you really want a proven sire, you might look around and see if you can get a deal on Cape Canaveral ($10k), who brings in both Mr P and Seattle Slew, and has a covering sire average of about $80,000 and median of $46,000. He is improving his mares overall, and might be worth a look.
I agree with this suggestion. Check out Reata's Rocket in the database.
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CA Michael
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Only caution about Cape Canaveral is that he's a little light below the knee. I've seen horses who are light boned stay sound through many years of hard racing, but usually not when so closely related to Mr. P and Seattle Slew. Skywalker horses, for example, are often light boned, but durable campaigners. If your mare is light too, as you indicated, you might want to look for a heavier boned stallion.
Im sure you could get a deal from AfleetAlexFan#1 on his two Oregon stallions!
Im sure you could get a deal from AfleetAlexFan#1 on his two Oregon stallions!
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kimberley mine
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The mare IS light boned and was plagued with soundness problems. She was crazy fast sprinter... but her ankles started bothering her. Obviously 28 starts and $85k isn't anything to sneeze at... She is REALLY nicely put together though, I'll try to post some pictures of her in the next couple days, I wouldn't 'fix' a thing about her other than the lightness of bone.
But of course, we're breeding to sell <g> so who's worried about soundness? <g>
~Adrienne
But of course, we're breeding to sell <g> so who's worried about soundness? <g>
~Adrienne
Well, you should be worried about soundness. Even if you are breeding to sell, how that foal does will affect you should you ever sell your broodmare or any more of her foals. Not being worried about it and getting an unsound horse out there will not only hurt your mares value but it is also just wrong even if it is done more than it needs to be in the business today.
