Regional Differences - By Dan Liebman

re: Regional Differences - By Dan Liebman

JS — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:50:29 GMT

Ann, you are so right regarding Unusual Heat. People tend to negate his pedigree, especially the female family, but any of the "experts" out there could easily see what a great racemare Rossard was.

re: Regional Differences - By Dan Liebman

trebloc — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:08:37 GMT

Get Lucky is also the granddam of 2009 Grade 2 winner Super Saver.

re: Regional Differences - By Dan Liebman

Ann in Lexington — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:49:35 GMT

You may have been too tough on the beaten field in the Kentucky Derby, if you are basing 'success' on raw statistics (which rewards quantity over quality).

Dixieland Heat may not have sired a lot of SWs but he did sire millionairess Xtra Heat and a number of solid winners.

Kissin Kris sired a champion colt in Canada, G2 winner Hasty Kris, G3 winner Cellars Shiraz (7 stakes wins at Calder), etc.

Wallenda got better results in NZ than the US (as one would expect from his stamina-laden female side); also better in Japan than in the US.

By the way, Unusual Heat was very well-bred, being by a champion sire from a mare who had been Horse of the Year in two countries and a G1 winner in the US. YOU may be unfamiliar with his antecedents, but that alone doesn't mean his pedigree is inferior. What you meant was that Not for Love had a more COMMERCIAL pedigree, which does not equate to better.

re: Regional Differences - By Dan Liebman

Ranagulzion — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:04:52 GMT

IMO Montbrook is one of the most underrated sires around. He throws runners that are precocious, durable and classy when they are good. Shake You Down, Chapel Royal and Big Drama come readily to mind. Dan can you say in your opinion which of the three has done best relative to the quality of mares covered?