Macho Uno

[Hold Your Peace]

Macho Uno has moved into the lead as Florida's leading freshman sire represented by:

WICKED STYLE
(Won G.3 Arlington Washington Futurity (on poly) and an Arlington MdSpWt (on Poly)

SWIFTY VICTRESS
(won three races on dirt including two $100,000 restricted stakes. Monday night she steps up against open stakes company)

MR. FLAMBOYANT
(Won MdSpWt on dirt at Mountaineer and finished 4th in the Mountaineer Juvenile Stakes)

PURSUE A DREAM
(Won Remington Park MdSpWt on grass)

MACHO AGAIN
($150,000 2yo purchased by West Point thoroughbreds ran a very good 2nd in a Saratoga MdSpWt on dirt)

FIRST KING
(2nd in a Saratoga MdSpWt on turf)

FIUMES
(3rd in dirt MdSpWt's at Belmont and Saratoga)

MUCHO DINERO
(two 2nds and a third for $40,000 Maiden Claiming at Calder)

[Maven]

I REALLY want to like him but I have never been a big fan of Holy Bull. I hope he proves me wrong though. He'd be a great outcross to my breeding program.

[kimberley mine]

Maven, I think pedigree-wise he has a LOT more open to him than Holy Bull does. That Blushing Groom on the damline is the key to him. He'll get the opportunity courtesy of Stronach et al.

Things that Blushing Groom likes (other than Dr Fager/Great Above):

Nijinsky
Buckpasser
Storm Cat
Copelan
Prince John

Storm Cat is an especially obvious choice here, given that this same family produced Storm Creek and Storm in May (out of a very close relation to Primal Force).

I think Holy Bull's problem is that he was TOO much of an outcross for a lot of the currently fashionable lines, and the one strain he could be expected to "like" was a buzzkill (In Reality). Most of the In Reality-breds from Holy Bull were too unsound to run. Macho Uno may or may not have that problem, but it's less important because that female line opens up a whole lot of possibilities that Holy Bull himself did not have.

[Maven]

I agree the female line opens up a lot of possibilities and makes him more commercial, but he's a "wait and see" for me. I just cant get over the Holy Bull.

[choltz]

...I think Holy Bull's problem is that he was TOO much of an outcross for a lot of the currently fashionable lines, and the one strain he could be expected to "like" was a buzzkill (In Reality). Most of the In Reality-breds from Holy Bull were too unsound to run. Macho Uno may or may not have that problem, but it's less important because that female line opens up a whole lot of possibilities that Holy Bull himself did not have.

Admittedly biased, I'd agree with the first point. Outcross being open to interpretation, Holy Bull has had his best success with outcross mares. Regarding the buzz you’re hearing, perhaps its more fluff than fact as I don't believe there is a large enough sample of In Reality (is that daughters, line, or anywhere?) to make a valid conclusion. Here’s the bias...we have #2346 in the Sept sale.