why no news - better than honour's filly?

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why no news - better than honour's filly?

Postby sndral » Fri May 28, 2010 10:26 am

She was anounced in foal w/ a filly to Street Cry quite some time ago w/ a due date of April or May (news reports differed) - it's almost June and no news, is this normal?

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Postby majxmom » Fri May 28, 2010 11:18 am

There's no live foal report posted yet, so if she really had a april due date, I'd say that means there was no live foal. Maybe she slipped or absorbed it a long time ago. If it was a dead foal, generally that would be posted.
"When I am on my deathbed, I imagine I will say, 'Thank God I did that'" - Arthur Hancock, on buying back Gato del Sol from Europe after Exceller was killed in a slaughterhouse in Sweden.

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Postby LB » Fri May 28, 2010 11:39 am

Sometimes breeders take their time filing a Live Foal Report. I know a filly born in March whose owners still haven't gotten around to it. So it could be that the announcement will still be forthcoming.

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Postby sndral » Fri May 28, 2010 8:05 pm

Given how famous she is, I assume it'll be reported if she delivers a healthy foal.
Her last foal was Arco Felice by Giants Causeway in '07.
She lost her AP Indy foal late in term in '08.
She was barren in '09, although one article reported she'd been bred to both AP Indy and Distorted Humor in '08.

On 4/30/10 Bloodhorse quoted Moreno as saying "she's doing fantastic...hopefully we can get her right back in foal...going back to Street Cry or Megdalia d'Oro."

Hopefully she's just taking her time and I'll soon read about her having a healthy filly.

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Postby majxmom » Fri May 28, 2010 8:16 pm

Hmmm.... not to cast aspersions on any person, but the cynic in me might say that considering her absolute value would diminish with every new reported broodmare problem, it might actually be that she had a lot of trouble foaling, no one wants to announce it -- they might just want to give her anonymous time to recover -- and they'd just keep any problems to themselves they didn't HAVE to report.

Is this mare financed by Fifth Third Bank? :lol:
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Postby LB » Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:28 pm

Southern Equine's Mike Moreno announced that Better Than Honour foaled a Street Cry filly on May 16th.

For those who want to start worrying about 2011, she was bred back to Street Cry on May 29th. :wink:

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Postby sndral » Fri Jun 04, 2010 4:21 pm

Thank you LB, I hope she's just like her 1/2 sister Rags to Riches.

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Postby sndral » Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:40 pm

Just thought I'd update - Bloodhorse reported that she's in foal w/ another Street Cry filly & Moreno called her 2010 version 'incredible.'