Thoroughbred Stallion Prospects at the Fall Sales

re: Thoroughbred Stallion Prospects at the Fall Sales

sgillies — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:39:45 GMT

Update - Earth Planet (KEENOV hip #5331) sold for a respectable $60,000.

re: Thoroughbred Stallion Prospects at the Fall Sales

sgillies — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:11:07 GMT

Update - Great Hunter (FTNOV hip #1) was an OUT at the sale.

re: Thoroughbred Stallion Prospects at the Fall Sales

hardlyhatful — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 06:35:49 GMT

Great Hunter will probably end up in one of the state bred programs probably of a lesser known state, with a modest fee of under 5k. Lord Avie, Wolf Power, Valid Appeal lined mares seem to cross with Apitude.

Earth Planet would be lucky to have a similar fate as Great Hunter and will probably go to a farm that wants their own stallion and bred to race locals, and ultimatly be bred for sport horses.

re: Thoroughbred Stallion Prospects at the Fall Sales

Redbean — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:26:09 GMT

Great Hunter doesn't look like anything special. Earth Planet should be raced another year or two, and if he does anything then give him a chance at stud. He should do well with mares with Northern Dancer and/or Halo breeding.

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kbp — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:26:51 GMT

I would hardly consider Aptitude to be a hot stallion! He has been a big disappointment in spite of his strong connections in supporting him. He should be standing for $7500 period!

re: Thoroughbred Stallion Prospects at the Fall Sales

davisondad — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:24:47 GMT

NO THANKS.....Great Hunter is the best son of a below average sire whose yearlings are averaging about $38K at auction!!! His race record started out decent...but he ended up winning only 3 races of 15 starts(20%) and finished in the money only a little over 50% of the time.

As for Earth Planet....you would probably have had to ship him to another planet for him to win a decent race...Yes his dam produced some nice runners and sires....but they were all from a cross with a Northern Dancer line sire, not a Native Dancer line as Distant View is. Maybe he would be good at Dresage or Hunter Jumper?????

re: Thoroughbred Stallion Prospects at the Fall Sales

flytothestars — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:03:59 GMT

Great Hunter should be kept racing unless he had an injury that I am not aware of that forces his retirement.

As of Earth Planet- he should be given a chance in stud. Look at Danzig, you get the picture. Same as La Troienne, she became a super mare when she entered stud. So the stallion should be given a chance, also in the show-ring.

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Adele Maxon — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:29:33 GMT

There are already too many mediocre stallions being bred to too many mediocre mares anyway; and what happens to the too many mediocre foals?...the byproduct of indiscriminate breeding.

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HR LLC — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:04 GMT

I like Great Hunter and I think he could start of in PA or NY for 2.5 to 5k. Earth Planet should be gelded...

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Elaine — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:53:22 GMT

Holy cow!!! I can't believe anyone can seriously think about either horse as a stallion prospect. Aptitude is a dismal failure and you would breed to one of his sons??? Are you crazy?

Distant View has a couple of decent sires in Observatory and Distant Music, both G1 winners, not moderate winners. And 1/2 to Danehill doesn't mean much when full brothers (and better racehorses) Anziyan and Eagle Eyed couldn't do much.

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Stephanie — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:19:19 GMT

I wouldn't be surprised if Earth Planet winds up standing for 5k in KY. There are stallions with lesser race records and MUCH lesser pedigree standing in KY for a fee higher than 5k

re: Thoroughbred Stallion Prospects at the Fall Sales

C Bea — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:23:45 GMT

Good grand-sons of AP Indy are starting to hit quite successfully so Great Hunter could have a home somewhere in KY or a respectable regional market. Though I suspect if there was KY interest for him he wouldn't be going through a sale.

Earth Planet will end up with foreign interests somewhere. He can be marketed up the wazzoo in less developed and competitive markets.