Good Vision

re: Good Vision

Dennis milligan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:45:18 GMT

I have a More Than Ready mare in foal to Pollard and my phone has been ringing some. He is quickly becoming a now horse and we all know that alot of this game is being at the right place at the right time!!

Dennis

re: Good Vision

Dennis — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:49:32 GMT

I am a Breeder and I have a Pollards Vision filly out of a Storm Bird Mare,"StarFire". The Market for Pollards Visions have not been great. Should I keep her and run her or sell her as a 2yo

Byron's Reply: Dennis, obviously any advice given here would be dependent on your own personal finances. You are right in some respects, this year, despite the efforts of his progeny on the track, the Pollard's Vision yearlings have probably undersold in the marketplace relative to this performance. I like the way the pedigree is put together (Storm Bird and Nijisnky II have combined very well in the past), she has a decent enough family to her and she is an A+ rated filly on TrueNicks.
For mine, what makes you feel that you can't do both? If you got her up and going for a two year old sale next year and didn't get what you wanted you are not that much worse off if you were going to race her anyway as the filly would have undergone all the breaking, education and the like that she is going to need to go on to the track anyway. You never know, if you picked a later 2yo sale to aim her at like say Keeneland or FT Midlantic, Pollard's Vision may look like the next Tapit or Medaglia d'Oro and you would be in a great spot.

re: Good Vision

Equineal — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:24:23 GMT

Robert--Who is your mare?

re: Good Vision

Equineal — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:23:29 GMT

Cats--As Mr. Porter correctly points out, Pollard's Vision wasn't your typical Carson City. A two-year-old of some ability, he really blossomed at three, earning his way into the Kentucky Derby with a good performance in the Louisiana Derby prior to winning the Illinois Derby. Unlike many 3yos who are over the top and unable to reproduce their form later in the year, he went on to win the Leonard Richards and the Lone Star Derby while running with credit in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. He was also a Grade 3 winner at four and stayed 10 furlongs well enough to be third in the Grade 1 Suburban Handicap. Given the success of Blind Luck, it's reasonable to assume distance is going to be a virtue and not a hindrance. Would be a tremendous mistake to pigeon-hole this stallion.

re: Good Vision

Alan Porter — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:31:43 GMT

Hi Robert,

He's got three crosses of Northern Dancer, so I would think the sister would be a good addition.

re: Good Vision

FourCats — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:22:13 GMT

Always hard to generalize on new sires. However, it is relatively rare that the top 2yr sires are also the top sires on the general sire list. Pollard's Vision is off to a good start, but I would be very hesitant to think of him as anything but a good 2yr old sire (especially being by Carson City) unless and until he shows that his offspring can improve with age and distance.

re: Good Vision

ROBERT — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:57:54 GMT

Pollard's Vision is on my top 5 list of stallion choices for 2010. He wasn't before this article, but he is now. Thanks for the eye opening article. I wonder with his crossses to Northern Dancer sons, how he would work if you threw in some blood of N.D's full sister Arctic Dancer?