Proven Stallions Keep On Proving

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Slew.em.All — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:49:12 GMT

Here's to a speedy recover for Sky Mesa.

Do you know if Colic is hereditary?..it seems like the Slew' bloodline has had more than it's fair share of it's bouts.Landaluce,Capote,Vindication and Seattle Shamus to name a few..thx.

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trevor — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:40:13 GMT

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ROBERT — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:29:34 GMT

Indygo Shiner seems to be making a name for himself. I saw one of his daughters win over in Dubai, and they are pointing her for KY. The stouter bred A.P. Indy sons seem to be the ones who are siring the distance horses. For my money, I don't look at stallions who have not won at a mile or longer. Milers have the tag of making the best sires, but in this country, milers get bred to sprinters and then they try to stretch out the babies and it doesn't work. I prefer stallions who consistantly won at 1 1/8 mile and LONGER. Sprinters have led to less stamina and as we all know, 3 year olds who can't go a distance of ground. A.P. Indy is one sire you cannot go wrong with.

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Alan Porter — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:49:45 GMT

It's hard to guess exactly what he was trying to do, possibly to build a pedigree with stout strains close up, but with a lot of Nasrullah (and daughters of Nearco - relatively rare) in the pedigree, and then bring in horses with multiple Mahmoud (like Gold Trojan and Southern Halo to get zip with a heavy Mumtaz Begum/Mahmoud background.

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Abbie Knowles — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:39:20 GMT

A very interesting article. i love reading about stallions and the "nicks" etc. Also very interested to read Mr Fernando's comment. Indygo Shiner's son My Indy is one of my favourite racehorses this year. A very handsome and classy horse with lots of ability! It was good to hear a little of the background and the family "nick" to Southern Halo a horse I also liked!

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Sid Fernando — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:36:52 GMT

In my post above, i meant Indygo Shiner, not A.P. Indy, his sire.

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Sid Fernando — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:02:09 GMT

It's not quite so odd that Magnum and My Indy are related: both families were developed by La Quebrada, the farm that stood Southern Halo, A. P. Indy, El Compinche (by Southern Halo), and Rainbow Corner. This family has had a tremendous affinity for Southern Halo. As you noted, it's a "nick" with the family, not sire lines, and this is one of the elements to breeding that the late Hernan Ceriani of La Quebrada looked for.