Bold Over -- How Bold Ruler's Making a Comeback in the Age of All-Weather Tracks

Synthetic Surfaces: More Fun Than a Barrel of Proprietary Eponyms

MarketWatch Blog — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:53:12 GMT

Two stories about leading sires of all-weather performers, and I never used the "P" word.

The Flip Side of the Bold Ruler / Synthetic Tracks Study

The Five-Cross Files — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:54:26 GMT

A couple of days ago we looked at how much influence Bold Ruler has had on Thoroughbred racing's top synthetic sires. So the question now is: are his bloodlines less present in poorer-performing all-weather studs?

re: Bold Over -- How Bold Ruler's Making a Comeback in the Age of All-Weather Tracks

Wanda — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:24:04 GMT

As usual your articles are interesting and informative. Nice to see the old man{Slew City Slew} make the list, what a nice horse for 5 G's.

re: Bold Over -- How Bold Ruler's Making a Comeback in the Age of All-Weather Tracks

Alfred Nuckols, Jr. — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:01:07 GMT

Scot,

You are correct in your analysis of Bright Launch (Relaunch - Burnished Bright, by Well Decorated)as a possible sire of all-weather surface runners. His son, Spotsgone, is a grade 3 stakes winner on Arlington's polytrack, and just recently, his son, Bright Spark, that I own and race, won a non-2 lifetime/$30,000 claiming at Turfway Park on their polytrack rather convincingly. So, from limited opportunities, Bright Launch is certainly showing that his offspring can perform on synthetic surfaces.

re: Bold Over -- How Bold Ruler's Making a Comeback in the Age of All-Weather Tracks

ROBERT — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:59:53 GMT

Scot........if only we had more pedigree profiler's like you in our business. You do a tremendous service to your readers, and I for one will keep a copy of this article for my future breeding decisions. COuld you check the Damascus line out also. I ask because I have a Fly So Free mare who is wonderfully bred on her bottom line and I have thought about sending her to a Ribot line stallion. I am wanting to breed stamina into my program and don't want any sprinters. I appreciate it.

re: Bold Over -- How Bold Ruler's Making a Comeback in the Age of All-Weather Tracks

AnneM — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:03:31 GMT

I too am very surprised that you did not mention Unusual Heat - He was the number 1 sire in California last year. I believe he is currently listed as #3 sire all states for Synthetic surfaces

re: Bold Over -- How Bold Ruler's Making a Comeback in the Age of All-Weather Tracks

CRob87 — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:59:42 GMT

Interesting article.

Now that you've got me thinking about Bold Ruler again, maybe in the future you can write an article about the success of the Bold Ruler/Nasrullah and Princequillo cross ???

And possibly listing the numbers and percentages in regards to how it's faring in the bloodlines of the current names in the game.

Or something along those lines anyways.

re: Bold Over -- How Bold Ruler's Making a Comeback in the Age of All-Weather Tracks

Qatmom — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:07:34 GMT

Interesting, but Bold Ruler is hardly rare in American pedigrees. Before you claim a trend, you have to compare to the general population, and to sires whose progeny tend towards miserable failure on artificial surfaces.

re: Bold Over -- How Bold Ruler's Making a Comeback in the Age of All-Weather Tracks

mike williams — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:40:48 GMT

I would like to make a comment on the on something off the subject. Bold Executive is a son of Bold Ruckus who like Seattle Slew are sons of Bold Reasoning. It is these two sires that have extended the Bold Ruler line.

Sometime in the future I would like the Bloodhorse to address the success of Buckpasser and Affirmed as sires, and you will find that they each sired several Canadian Champions.

re: Bold Over -- How Bold Ruler's Making a Comeback in the Age of All-Weather Tracks

Abbie Knowles — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:08:02 GMT

A very interesting and well researched article.

As a big fan of the Bold Ruler, Bold Reasoning, Seattle Slew line, as everyone on the blog site well knows by now, I was fascinated. I love Officer so hope you are right about him.

Tiznow, Sky Mesa, Slew City Slew and Event of the Year are great favourites and was thrilled to see Event of the Year featured in the top 28!

God Bless

Best wishes

Abbie

re: Bold Over -- How Bold Ruler's Making a Comeback in the Age of All-Weather Tracks

Laura R. — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:46:29 GMT

Scott,

That's some impressive research which I know took a long time for you to compile.

I'm surprised Unusual Heat isn't on your list since he's throwing winners left and right in California. I'm assuming he didn't fit the 100 progeny starts with 40% in the money?

Scot's reply: Thanks, Laura! Unusual Heat is one of the leaders by overall progeny earnings on synthetics -- closing in on $4 million. His win rate (12.9%) is also impressive. He falls a bit short of the in-the-money percentage that I used for this study, though (his was 36.5% on all-weather and 41.7% on all surfaces).