DDT wrote:....Promised Trial's full brother Skip Trial has done very well with Valid Appeal, so for her I would suggest Successful Appeal. Promised Trial has had some very good stallions but I think this match, if physically good, would produce a commercial success, no pun intended....DDT
Skip Trial has been the sire or grandsire of 10 GSW's. Two are out of Diplomat Way (Nashua) mares, two are out of Halo line (Sunny's Halo & Jolie's Halo) plus a Roberto line. The others are all different BM sires (one each):
African Sky
Rock Royalty
Valid Appeal
Seattle Slew
Silver Buck
If you look at Promised Trial's siblings, besides Skip Trial there are two SW filles by Marshua's Dancer. Then there is the Roberto and Nashua line GSW's, and the two Halo's by Skip Trial... Roberto is Hail to Reason over Nashua. Hail to Reason/Nashua looks more like a pattern for this mare than Successful Appeal. Just harder to pinpoint. From a commercial standpoint, I like War Chant for this mare. I also like Lion Heart.
So Run for the Roses, as fast as you can.....