Sleeper stallion in California
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:54 am
Speaking of cheap speed, I believe there's a stallion standing at an obscure farm there who merits some consideration.
BLACK SEVENTEEN ( http://www.pedigreequery.com/black+seventeen )
Winner of the Vosburgh-G1 and Carry Back S.-G2 at sprint distances, he is sired by IS IT TRUE, also sire of the good stallion YES ITS TRUE.
His owners dont often advertise him, and I think he stands near Sacramento at Daehling Ranch, probably for a very nominal stud fee.
He was trained, and is co-owned, by Brian Koriner. Let's just say that Koriner's once-remarkable training statistics have nosedived since the CHRB came down hard on drug abusers. Nevertheless, this horse competed against the best sprinters in New York and Florida and has a shot to make some sort of impact at stud.
Frankly, Im shocked that some Florida speed-freak farm hasn't purchased him for stud duty there. He seems a natural for that one-dimensional market. In California he might help some of the slow mares that have remained there since the exodus began 15 years ago.
BLACK SEVENTEEN ( http://www.pedigreequery.com/black+seventeen )
Winner of the Vosburgh-G1 and Carry Back S.-G2 at sprint distances, he is sired by IS IT TRUE, also sire of the good stallion YES ITS TRUE.
His owners dont often advertise him, and I think he stands near Sacramento at Daehling Ranch, probably for a very nominal stud fee.
He was trained, and is co-owned, by Brian Koriner. Let's just say that Koriner's once-remarkable training statistics have nosedived since the CHRB came down hard on drug abusers. Nevertheless, this horse competed against the best sprinters in New York and Florida and has a shot to make some sort of impact at stud.
Frankly, Im shocked that some Florida speed-freak farm hasn't purchased him for stud duty there. He seems a natural for that one-dimensional market. In California he might help some of the slow mares that have remained there since the exodus began 15 years ago.