I have a mare (Axle Annie) that is a grandaughter of Arg. sire Make Money (sire line).
Make Tracks, the sire of Make Money was 5 times leading broodmare sire in Arg., according to info on the query, I was hoping someone on this board might have access to Argentine TB statistics, and could tell me some sire lines that might have been a good nick on Make Money, or Make Track mares?
Thankyou
Jeff
Here's a link to a photo of Make Money
http://www.argentinethoroughbreds.com/makemone.htm
I find it amazing he was such a good runner, considering his hind legs come down so straight behind, my mare has somewhat similiar hind leg conformation, would you consider it a negative?
Make Money, Make Tracks?
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Jeff,
MAKE MONEY--I haven't heard that name for a LONG time. I remember him quite vividly from his racing days in CA. My folks' trainer Jack Malone also trained Make Money, and though I was only 11 or 12, remember the horse as a magnificent chestnut animal with a very straight, *Khaled-like, hind leg. Make Money was a very, very fast racehorse, and came perilously close to winning the Californian two years in a row. He raced at the same time as my all time #1 favorite horse, Native Diver, and the two of them often cooked each other on the front end. He was not a very sound horse, as I recall, having fractured a cannon bone (?) between his gallant Californian efforts.
We bred a few mares to him when he went to stud at Ben Ridder's Murrieta Stud, but like most who did, were disappointed with the results. He just didn't fire at stud. Whether it was the Eight Thirty sire line, or the wrong mares, we'll never know. I would think that the *La Troienne influence would be one you'd want to duplicate.
MAKE MONEY--I haven't heard that name for a LONG time. I remember him quite vividly from his racing days in CA. My folks' trainer Jack Malone also trained Make Money, and though I was only 11 or 12, remember the horse as a magnificent chestnut animal with a very straight, *Khaled-like, hind leg. Make Money was a very, very fast racehorse, and came perilously close to winning the Californian two years in a row. He raced at the same time as my all time #1 favorite horse, Native Diver, and the two of them often cooked each other on the front end. He was not a very sound horse, as I recall, having fractured a cannon bone (?) between his gallant Californian efforts.
We bred a few mares to him when he went to stud at Ben Ridder's Murrieta Stud, but like most who did, were disappointed with the results. He just didn't fire at stud. Whether it was the Eight Thirty sire line, or the wrong mares, we'll never know. I would think that the *La Troienne influence would be one you'd want to duplicate.
Michael,
Thanks for your comments, what luck to run across someone on the forum who had actually seen the horse.
Make Money's son Jim Rigby wasn't a great runner, but did have a couple of wins on S. Calif. tracks, 6f in 1:09, and a winner as a 6 year old too. He was a good sire of AAA Q/H runners in these parts, he himself set some deadly fast quarter, and 1/2 times in some of his races.
The mare, Axle Annie, already has lots of La Troienne, Nasty And Bold has a pretty good dose through Twitter, (Besieged x Bimelech), and her dam has a line through Beau Busher. I don't know if another cross would do lots of good, but probably couldn't hurt anything. She definitely needs a good dose of stout, as she needs some distance help.
Jeff
Thanks for your comments, what luck to run across someone on the forum who had actually seen the horse.
Make Money's son Jim Rigby wasn't a great runner, but did have a couple of wins on S. Calif. tracks, 6f in 1:09, and a winner as a 6 year old too. He was a good sire of AAA Q/H runners in these parts, he himself set some deadly fast quarter, and 1/2 times in some of his races.
The mare, Axle Annie, already has lots of La Troienne, Nasty And Bold has a pretty good dose through Twitter, (Besieged x Bimelech), and her dam has a line through Beau Busher. I don't know if another cross would do lots of good, but probably couldn't hurt anything. She definitely needs a good dose of stout, as she needs some distance help.
Jeff
