Gilded Time moving to Alberta

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Gilded Time moving to Alberta

Postby Jane » Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:31 pm

Alberta is getting Gilded Time, Kissin Kris and Cape Canaveral... fingers crossed that some quality stallions might find their way to Ontario.
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Postby Maven » Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:34 pm

Oh.

My.

God.

:?

Damn you canucks! I was going to send two mares to Gilded Time!!! You know what... damn the man!
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Postby Rokeby Forever » Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:38 pm

With the new track coming, Alberta is really sprucing up the breeding program.
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Postby Jane » Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:38 pm

I think YOU might be the lucky one with respect to Gilded Time... I went to him this year three times with no luck. Sent the mare elsewhere and caught right away. Vinery was well aware there were problems and I suspect that is why they let Alberta have him.
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Postby Maven » Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:42 pm

I heard but I'm HUNGRY for a good Gilded Time filly and I never see one from a family I want.

He's also turning into a VERY good broodmare sire. So even if he has a handful of foals on the ground a year, it's worth a shot with a fertile and early mare.
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Postby Jean » Fri Nov 09, 2007 6:52 am

I'm not sure if a stallion that will not breed mares is a great addition to any stallion roster!
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Postby madelyn » Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:05 am

I don't think Gilded Time's issue was that he WOULDN'T breed.. it sounds more like a fertility issue.
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Postby Dave C » Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:32 am

Who is the source for the story on Gilded Time? The other two have been reported by The Bloodhorse and The Thoroughbred Times but I haven't seen any press releases for Gilded Time.
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Postby Dave C » Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:36 am

To answer my own question Bar None Ranches is already advertising him for $7500.
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Postby K~2 » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:02 pm

madelyn wrote:I don't think Gilded Time's issue was that he WOULDN'T breed.. it sounds more like a fertility issue.



When I took a mare to Vinery to be bred to Twining, I was told that I should hope not to be behind Gilded Time as he was an exceptionally slow breeder.

They had him up in one of the tease stalls trying to get him 'riled' up to breed. I believe he has a very low libido, and if he has fertility issues on top of that, it will be a lot of work to get mares in foal.
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Postby imnumberjuan » Fri Nov 09, 2007 6:14 pm

Who is Hurricane Center going to get for mares? (gawd his foals are bad).
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Postby foxtale » Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:13 am

I have 2 Gilded Time broodmares on the farm (not mine), coincidently both being bred to Smart Guy... what do you think of this nick???
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Postby horsenuts » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:50 pm

madelyn wrote:I don't think Gilded Time's issue was that he WOULDN'T breed.. it sounds more like a fertility issue.


No surprise... GT is one of the first of the "100 mares a year" stallions that came into vogue the past 10 years or so. I suspect you'll see a good deal of these type stallions who have been "bred dry" so to speak what with the 100 a year books commonplace and 150 not unusual with the occasional 175 to 200 mares for a few studs. No way you can put this type load on a stud and not "run the well dry". Bulls in the pasture don't get abused to this degree and even they "go dry" in a matter of years.


Pathetic what the Ky TB breeding industry has done and the Jockey Club says nothing... pathetic.
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Postby Dave C » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:11 pm

As long as the Jockey Club makes sure that these boys are doing the job naturally, it appears that nature will take care of the overuse problem on her own.
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Postby horsenuts » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:33 pm

Dave C wrote:As long as the Jockey Club makes sure that these boys are doing the job naturally, it appears that nature will take care of the overuse problem on her own.



Well..... if "naturally" means putting these stallions on Viagra / Cialis and other ED drugs half way through the bredding season then all is well. Drugs aren't only used in racing to "enhance performance".
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