Forty Grams??

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Forty Grams??

Postby ides of ice » Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:03 am

New stallion @ Bridlewood(fl). 2k fee, had several mares at OBS yesterday-none sold. What gives?
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Postby CherryDavis » Thu Oct 17, 2013 8:11 am

Looks like no one thinks very much of him or his foals. Not a single foal broke 5 figures (highest was $9k) and then they ran the stud himself through and sold him for $1,200 (hip 266).

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Postby ides of ice » Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:12 pm

He sired Funny Cide and Drosslmyer even though he's a Ridgling...who knew-not me.
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Postby CherryDavis » Thu Oct 17, 2013 5:14 pm

His sire, Distorted Humor, sired those horses not Forty Grams.

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Postby Fireslam » Thu Oct 17, 2013 6:33 pm

that wasnt the stallion himself, it was a breeding right, I believe.

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Postby ides of ice » Thu Oct 17, 2013 6:58 pm

CherryDavis wrote:His sire, Distorted Humor, sired those horses not Forty Grams.


oops, misread that :oops:
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Postby Patuxet » Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:59 pm

The Jockey Club reports this year he covered a mere 9 mares.
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Postby pfrsue » Thu Oct 17, 2013 9:03 pm

Fireslam wrote:that wasnt the stallion himself, it was a breeding right, I believe.


Looked at the catalog. It appears it was the horse himself. Not a breeding right.

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Postby ides of ice » Fri Oct 18, 2013 6:14 am

pfrsue wrote:
Fireslam wrote:that wasnt the stallion himself, it was a breeding right, I believe.


Looked at the catalog. It appears it was the horse himself. Not a breeding right.


whats a breeding right?
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Postby Cree » Fri Oct 18, 2013 1:50 pm

Why bother?

There are enough cheaply bred horses out there. Geld him, retrain him. Don't reproduce him.

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Postby ides of ice » Fri Oct 18, 2013 1:53 pm

Cree wrote:Why bother?

There are enough cheaply bred horses out there. Geld him, retrain him. Don't reproduce him.


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Re: Forty Grams??

Postby oliverstoned » Thu Apr 17, 2014 5:01 pm

World Gone Wright by Forty Grams wins $60,000 allowance at Keeneland today, now undefeated in two starts.

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Re: Forty Grams??

Postby Cree » Fri Apr 18, 2014 5:18 am

He was bound to get one runner.

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Re: Forty Grams??

Postby oliverstoned » Fri Apr 18, 2014 1:03 pm

"He was bound to get one runner."

Nice of him to provide that one runner with his only runner! It's OK to geld these cheap stallions, but if someone has a nice state-bred program and a couple of mares why begrudge them. Opportunity, quality of mares, and who races the foals is what makes the stallion. The problem is the Buddahs and High Yield types who have hundreds of foals before proving to be horrible stallions.

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Re: Forty Grams??

Postby ides of ice » Fri Apr 18, 2014 1:06 pm

So much waste in the breeding world; there should be a law or fine for such things...
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