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Breeders/Breeding Archive

Disingenuous Defined

“We need heroes,” Jackson said. “And since we need them so badly, we’ve decided to race Curlin this year. We want to give the fans and the industry what we need.”

Posted in Breeders/Breeding on January 23, 2008

Vanishing Lines

“Last year … saw what will almost certainly be the last graded-stakes winners descending tail-male from Secretariat (Take d’ Tour) and Affirmed (The Tin Man) … Since the turn of the century, several historic sire lines have produced what will likely be their last American-bred graded winners.”

Posted in Breeders/Breeding on January 8, 2008

$100M Reasons Not to Run

Estimated combined price Darley paid for Street Sense, Hard Spun and Any Given Saturday: $100 million (TDN). Sheikh Mohammed’s stable has also scooped up European runners Teofilo and Authorized, and this past weekend, Arc-bound Manduro and a percentage of Invincible Spirit. “The extent of his outlay in his quest for potent future stallions is unprecedented,” marvels Julian Muscat in the Times, “even in a bloodstock world fuelled by the petro-dollar.”

Posted in Breeders/Breeding on August 22, 2007

Another Fruitless Season

For War Emblem, standing at stud in Japan. The 2002 dual classic winner failed to cover a single mare during this year’s breeding season and Shadai Stallion Station officials are running out of patience with the fussy stallion. “We don’t have so much interest to improve him now. We have tried many things and we are tired of that” (Blood-Horse).

Posted in Breeders/Breeding on July 8, 2007