A Stroll to the Top

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KODA — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:41:00 GMT

DYNA STROLL HASTINGS RACECOURSE RACE 8 OCT 25/09

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LanceS — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:25:12 GMT

It will be interesting to see his fee for 2010. He covered only 11 mares at $5,000 his last year at Claiborne, and stood for €6,000 his first year in Italy. However, his fee was bumped to €12,000 this year (around $17,000 at current exchange rates) and according to the Racing Post he covered 120 mares in 2009!

Hopefully he'll show the same level of popularity on his return to Claiborne.

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KODA — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:33:22 GMT

DYNA STROLL MAY23/09 HASTINGS RACECOURSE RACE 2 SEE REPLAY

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LanceS — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:08:49 GMT

Well, in case you've missed it, and the ads would be easy to miss, Claiborne has announced that Stroll will be back in 2010. It will be interesting how they price him, and how much he'll be affected by a small second crop, tiny third crop, and fourth and fifth crops in Italy. He'll likely fall totally off the radar for a few years, but given how well he's done with very limited opportunities, I expect we'll see him come on like gangbusters in 2013-2014.

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LanceS — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:24:00 GMT

While I haven't seen it officially confirmed, there have been rumors that Stroll was sent to Italy on a two year lease, and will return to Claiborne next year. The fact that Claiborne continues to feature his offspring's top performances on their websites, and even featured him in a Bloodhorse ad last year after he had left for Italy, certainly leads credence. I hope someone tracks down the facts soon!

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EJMitchellKy — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:37:46 GMT

Unfortunately, breeders have to be keenly aware of the commercial market's demands. A yearling by a really good young turf sire just isn't going to be valued as high as a yearling by a hot young sire that promises to produce early runners on the dirt.

The breeders who are patient do get rewarded. Remember Dynformer stood for $5,000 his first five years at stud. Now a season is worth $150,000.

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Carol — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:26:53 GMT

What's wrong with breeders? How could only 11 mares go to Stroll in 2007. It doesn't make sense.

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fishfarm — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:42:12 GMT

I couldn't agree more with your comment about Stroll being very overlooked by the NA market.

We had 2 mares bred to sons of Pulpit. One was to Sky Mesa and the other to Stroll. On paper Stroll had a far superiour race record than sky Mesa but it's amazing what marketing can do for you.

Hopefully Stroll with come back to NA before it's Kentucky Horse Park time.

He has been totally under rated by the powers that be in the breeding industry.