A Nick in the Making? Indian Charlie and Storm Cat

re: A Nick in the Making? Indian Charlie and Storm Cat

Alan Porter — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:28:30 GMT

Hi Trevor,

Happy New Yaer. I can't see any reason for Horse Chestnut working with Northern Dancer/Habitat in general, so it would really depend on what the Northern Dancer is.

re: A Nick in the Making? Indian Charlie and Storm Cat

Alan Porter — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:24:50 GMT

Re Storm Cat as a broodmare sire. Firstly, it is worth remembering he started very inexpensively, so a lot of his first daughters didn't have great female families which say, as a comparable, his own broodmare sire Secretariat did.

Secondly, he is already broodmare sire of nine grade one winners, including Champion Sprinter Speightstown (now a very promising young sire), Champion Two-Year-Old Folklore, Sky Mesa (another promising young sire), as well as Jump Start (a promising, good value sire). They may not be classic horses, but this isn't a bad start.

re: A Nick in the Making? Indian Charlie and Storm Cat

todd — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:56:10 GMT

to M Palmer, Woke Up Dreamin is outta a Storm Cat dam and all he did was win back to back Grade II's. True North, The Smile... He finished number 8 on the broodmare sire list, Storm Bird finished number 18. Storm Cat still draws attention in the sales ring as well. Point taken about the triple crown, he gets some of the best mares every season...

re: A Nick in the Making? Indian Charlie and Storm Cat

m palmer — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:24:18 GMT

APorter, Storm Cat is one of the worst broodmare siring grandson of Northearn Dancer. The Northern Dancer broodmare line is one of the most successful in Triple Crown history. Storm Cat is the poorest extension of of this potent broodmare line.

The 2007 issue of the Blood-Horse Stallion Register reflects Storm Cat as siring 328 dams of 1188 foals with 686 runners. None of these dams have produced the winner of a Triple Crown race. Storm Cat's 110 sons are no better in this department as well.

re: A Nick in the Making? Indian Charlie and Storm Cat

trevor — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:30:15 GMT

Hi Alan,

Is the Cross of Horse Chestnut over a mare bred on the Northern dancer/Habitat cross a good Nick? A Happy New Year 2u Alan.