AP Indy pensioned.

Georgerz · Postby **Georgerz** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:26 am

It has been reported today in the Bloodhorse that AP Indy has been pensioned, at age 22. It's kind of early, if you think that his sire got mares in foal to age 28, if I remember correctly. Could the infertility be related to being a ridgling?

Toccet02 · Postby **Toccet02** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:31 am

OMG that's huge news. May explain Z going elsewhere, too.
Now who's going to be the "new Storm Cat"?

dublino · Postby **dublino** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:31 am

A real end of an era AP Indy, Kingmambo and Storm Cat in the space of a year or so.

Well it gives other stallions more "elite" mares in their books.

Two of the three mentioned stood at Lanes End, big loss to their bottom line as a company, good thing for the owner it will keep the staff on their feet - can't see many tunring up late for work in the next while! :lol:

hah480 · Postby **hah480** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:37 am

Im not sure with his case, but it could of been any number of things. Its alot more physical than people generally think, for 5-6 months a year.

At any rate he has definetely stamped his name as a great influence on the breed, happy trails A.P. !

erhrdt3 · Postby **erhrdt3** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:49 am

Does anybody know who was Seattle Slew's last foal? And where he/she is, did it race, etc?

I know poor Slew had that wobbler's disease, wondering if Indy had any problems with that. I could have sworn that I read somewhere that some of his offspring also suffered from that??
:?:

Patuxet · Postby **Patuxet** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:56 am

Perhaps the fact that he's a ridgling or cryptorchid and from the beginning has had only half the equipment to work with has something to do with it?

ElPrado · Postby **ElPrado** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:41 am

It wasn't that early for a stallion to be pensioned anyway. Many are already pensioned by age 22. It's about the average time.

joeangelo · Postby **joeangelo** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 5:00 pm

Maggie Slew is Slews last foal. She was graded stakes placed with earnings of just over 200,000. She is a member of the broodmare band at Swifty Farms in Indiana. I could be wrong but i think i saw somewhere that she is in foal to Unbridleds song.

Mahubah · Postby **Mahubah** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 7:09 am

I'd agree with El Prado -- it's not unusual for a stallion, ridgling or otherwise, to be pensioned in the early 20s. There were rumors floating around that his fertility was getting a little shaky last year, so I'm not really surprised by anything except the fact that he got no mares in foal at all instead of a handful.

CountRaja · Postby **CountRaja** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:41 pm

They're both still handsom though!

He had just finished a bucket of bran mash here and had it all over his face. . .

Jorge · Postby **Jorge** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:50 pm

joeangelo wrote:Maggie Slew is Slews last foal. She was graded stakes placed with earnings of just over 200,000. She is a member of the broodmare band at Swifty Farms in Indiana. I could be wrong but i think i saw somewhere that she is in foal to Unbridleds song.

My choice would be TAPIT. :idea:

jellac · Postby **jellac** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:26 am

I recall SEATTLE SLEW also being a ridgling....have I mixed that up with anothere great race horse being syndicated for stud?

What I remember is his being a ridgeline becoming a very public news item when the 'values' of his syndication as a stud were announced, setting new records. Some questioned the valuation - not only becasue it broke prior records and he was, as yet, unproven as a stallion but some also brought up the question of his stallion capabilities citing his having an undescended testicle. I recall reading years later that there had to be some special "assurance" clauses addressing these concerns in the syndication agreements in order to protect the stallion share investors' investment if he did prove to have issues.

As it turned out, of course, Seattle Slew was a super stallion and remained fertile, prolific producer to his 28th year. I always understood that quite a number of the Seattle Slew line have displayed this trait.

Would love to know if I've got some jumbled up memory issue OR this was indeed the case with Slew > anyone to confirm/deny?

diomed · Postby **diomed** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 12:42 pm

Seattle Slew was not a ridgling. I even looked down there and both were hanging and descended. (I know that sounds disgusting, but you couldn't miss them. :oops:

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Bast · Postby **Bast** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 1:58 pm

diomed wrote:Seattle Slew was not a ridgling. I even looked down there and both were hanging and descended. (I know that sounds disgusting, but you couldn't miss them. )

There is no replacement for ground truth.

xfactor fan · Postby **xfactor fan** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 2:10 pm

I think Weekend Surprise was the source of the problem

Weren't most of her colts ridglings?

Might be interesting to see if any of her daughters foaled colts that are ridglings.

AMIRATI (USA) b M 1990 DANZIG SECRETARIAT 5-1-0-0 $5,456 3-l Edit
AP INDY (USA) dkb/br H 1989 SEATTLE SLEW SECRETARIAT 11-8-0-1 $2,979,815 3-l Edit
DEVONGATE (USA) b H 1994 SEATTLE SLEW SECRETARIAT 3-0-0-1 $1,188 3-l Edit
EAVESDROPPER2 (USA) b H 2000 KINGMAMBO SECRETARIAT 16-3-5-2 $167,794 3-l Edit
HONOR GRADES (USA) b H 1988 DANZIG SECRETARIAT 24-5-3-5 $173,953 3-l Edit
LASSIES LEGACY (USA) b M 1999 DEPUTY MINISTER SECRETARIAT 8-1-1-1 $33,370 3-l Edit
MYSTERY TRIP (USA) b M 2001 BELONG TO ME SECRETARIAT ?-?-?-? Unraced 3-l Edit
NORWAY (USA) ch H 1998 STORM CAT SECRETARIAT 6-0-1-1 £1,990 3-l Edit
SAITHOR (USA) b H 1991 STORM BIRD SECRETARIAT 29-5-0-1 $66,528 3-l Edit
SUMMER SQUALL (USA) b H 1987 STORM BIRD SECRETARIAT 20-13-4-0 $1,844,282 3-l Edit
TIGER RIDGE (USA) dkb/br H 1996 STORM CAT SECRETARIAT 5-0-1-1 $11,950 3-l Edit
WEEKEND IN SEATTLE (USA) b M 1993 SEATTLE SLEW SECRETARIAT 19-3-4-5 $147,245 3-l Edit
WEEKEND STORM (USA) b M 1992 STORM BIRD SECRETARIAT ?-?-?-? Unraced 3-l Edit
WELCOME SURPRISE (USA) dkb/br M 1997 SEEKING THE GOLD SECRETARIAT 9-2-6-1 $127,914 3-l Edit