Cherokee Run and Rahy -- A Blushing Groom Nick

re: Cherokee Run and Rahy -- A Blushing Groom Nick

Debra Hughes — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:46:31 GMT

I have a grandaughter of Arazi out of a mare with Never Bend and Northern Dancer in her pedigree that I am considering mating to Janak, a son of Rahy. Are you against inbreeding to Blushing Groom?

re: Cherokee Run and Rahy -- A Blushing Groom Nick

Alan Porter — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:49:51 GMT

Cherokee Run as a broodmare sire-

Cherokee Run has so far been broodmare sire of six stakes winners, none of them graded. It's not an exceptional performance, but it is interesting that there are already some marked trends.

Two of the stakes winners are by Lemon Drop Kid (I think they may be the only starters on the cross); two are by sons of Carson City (Five Star Day and City Zip), which gives inbreeding to Blushing Groom; another is by Freud (again inbreeding to Blushing Groom, and via Rahy). The other is by War Chant.

My feeling is that he is not a broodmare sire that I would be seeking, but that if I had a nice broodmare prospect by him, I would not be dismayed. It also looks as if he is a horse who is likely to be particularly helped by the right mating.

re: Cherokee Run and Rahy -- A Blushing Groom Nick

Trulyours — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:37:44 GMT

Dear Mr. Porter

We have a Cherokee Run daughter still racing, she is from a Seattle Slew dam. What is your opinion of Cherokee Run as a broodmare sire? She is correct and has a good race record though not stakes placed.

re: Cherokee Run and Rahy -- A Blushing Groom Nick

Will J. Gachassin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:09:55 GMT

Dear Mr. Porter, what do think about a Housebuster mare named Bull Buster (99) to cross with a blushing groom line stallion!

re: Cherokee Run and Rahy -- A Blushing Groom Nick

trevor — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:51:32 GMT

Hi a son of Rahy named janak his Dam is Promise of gold janak G1winners is Fresh milk her dam is Madam ambassdor the cross of Rahy/Sandford prince,s prince Sire is Tap on wood y is Fresh milk Cross so good.

re: Cherokee Run and Rahy -- A Blushing Groom Nick

Alan Porter — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:11:51 GMT

Sorry, it took a while to work my way round to this one.

You would have to think that Princequillo would be a good influence, given how well he worked with Nasrullah (and that Nearco/Prince Rose is good in general), and the predominance of those strains in Kafwain.

Relaunch might be interesting. The Axe II turned out to be a very influential horse. More of his sire Mahmoud can't hurt with Nasrullah either.

re: Cherokee Run and Rahy -- A Blushing Groom Nick

Alfred Nuckols, Jr. — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:07:53 GMT

Alan,

Since I have Kafwain here at Hurstland this coming year, I appreciate your breeding insights. Due to the amount of Nasrullah and Nearco in Kafwain's pedigree, what do you think about adding more Princequillo on the dam side to balance the Nasrullah out?

Also, with Hatchet Man in the pedigree, what about bringing in Foggy Note through Relaunch as a balancing factor for The Axe II?

re: Cherokee Run and Rahy -- A Blushing Groom Nick

serena's song — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:37:44 GMT

I'm glad to see this focus on Rahy, who I have followed since watching my beloved Serena's Song. He has sired some wonderful filles , and believe his niche will be a damsire. I find the Cherokee Run angle interesting, and was a fan of his when he was running. The torch is being passed to Lewis Michael, but I think that Grand Reward and Harlington will be fun to watch as well- since they are sons of Serena's Song. Thanks for the interesting article

re: Cherokee Run and Rahy -- A Blushing Groom Nick

NEVERKICKYOURDOG — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:44:52 GMT

PREDICTION--IT WILL TAKE LEWIS MICHAEL TO MAKE RAHY A TRUE SIRE OF SIRES!