U.S. Stallion With German Pedigree Influences and Sharp First Crops -- $3,000 Live Foal

German-Blooded Thoroughbred Stallions With Sire Potential for 2010

The Five-Cross Files — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:55:48 GMT

Descending from a full sister to the sire of German stallion great Surumu is Lauro, a graded-winning son of Monsun who's set to enter stud duty in 2010. Here's some more information on him as well as five other potential stallions with German bloodlines

It's International Night at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga

The Five-Cross Files — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:06:45 GMT

Bernardini's big numbers might steal the headlines, but rare appearances by sires from Germany and Australia are worth a second look.

re: U.S. Stallion With German Pedigree Influences and Sharp First Crops -- $3,000 Live Foal

LSutton — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:36:10 GMT

And for $2500 Cetewayo, from a 7 times Stakes Horse Producer and a Million dollar+ race career to age 10 with the highest earnings as an 8 year old isn't exactly chopped liver. We have 4 with the three year old Grayawayo in training and looking sharp. Stay tuned....LLS

Scot's reply: I wondered if anyone would mention Cetewayo (SRO). He's on my list of stallions to profile. As you said, his dam is a phenomenal producer -- and with just about any bloodline cross possible. Take a look at Cetewayo next to Raffie's Majesty... the His Majesty duplicate is a no-brainer, but it's interesting to see that in both stallions' pedigrees, their damsires both had Reliance II as a damsire.

re: U.S. Stallion With German Pedigree Influences and Sharp First Crops -- $3,000 Live Foal

MikeM — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:34:30 GMT

He ran a Very close 3rd to Coronado's Quest and Victory Gallop in the Travers.If my memmory serves me correctly,a head separated all three of them.

re: U.S. Stallion With German Pedigree Influences and Sharp First Crops -- $3,000 Live Foal

FourCats — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:55:38 GMT

I have not studied Raffie's Majesty. But, (and strictly from memory), I think that many of his offspring run in NY-bred restricted races which are notorious for paying high purses to lower-quality horses. This may partially explain the high $75,000 earnings per start number (which is not really that good when you consider that it barely covers 2 years of expenses).

And, while a $3,000 stud fee may seem a bargain, it pales in significance to the cost of keeping a horse in training (about $30,000 to $40,000 per year on average). I would much prefer to spend more on a stud fee if I thought that I had a greater chance of getting a faster horse.