Hard Spun ( SRO ) often played the role of runner-up during his career as a racehorse, but he leads the way in the breeding shed. I was reminded of the Darley stallion's popularity recently while reading a TBH MarketWatch article on "quality of mares bred." (This annual feature is an analytical review...
Say it ain't so. The Broad Brush sire line suffered a setback today when it was announced that his son Mongoose ( SRO ) has been sold to stand in Peru. ( Full story .) Don't get me wrong -- I hope Mongoose goes down there and wins every sire title for the next 15 years. It's great to see interest in...
Darley's got the Street to itself. In addition to standing Street Cry (IRE) ( SRO ) at its Kentucky and Australia divisions since 2003, Darley America added that sire's son Street Sense ( SRO ) to its stallion offerings for 2008. Now another son, Street Boss ( pedigree ), will join the same roster. ...
It was quite a weekend for the Danzig. First of all, Danzig himself was represented by 200th stakes winner when Olympic captured the Mataji Stakes at Calder. And a review of stakes activity around the world shows that an awful lot of Danzig-line horses were keen to get in on the act, with no less than...
About a month ago, we were discussing sire-line outcrossing and a reader suggested looking into the German stallion Monsun (GER) ( pedigree ). At the time, the 3-year-old Monsun grandson Kamsin (GER) ( pedigree ) was a group III winner -- a solid runner but perhaps not one who had yet earned international...
Sadly, every year makes it less likely that we -- in the U.S. -- will find true outcross stallions ( i.e., a completely non-U.S. 5-cross pedigree). I'm all for clever patterns of inbreeding and building on tried-and-true bloodlines... but sooner or later, you've got to add new blood. Candy Ride (ARG...
A few weeks ago, I mentioned my disappointment that the U.S. lost Judge T C ( pedigree ) from our bloodstock choices when he was exported to Saudi Arabia. I'll give credit to Prince Sultan Mohammed Saud al Kabeer and Nofa Equestiran Resort: they saw something in a stallion that was overlooked in the...
It's no secret that Seattle Slew and Mr. Prospector have been combining well in pedigrees for a considerable amount of time (and probably no coincidence that both go tail-female to the Myrtlewood branch of the family of the great tap-root mare Frizette, who is incidentally doubled in Seattle Slew's granddam...
As a grandson of Mr. Prospector, Distorted Humor ( TrueNicks , SRO ) has been given plenty of opportunity with Northern Dancer-line mares, even though he himself is out of a mare by Northern Dancer son Danzig. Some versions have proved better than others, but overall, the broad Distorted Humor/Northern...
There is no doubt about who is the early sensation amongst European freshman sires. One Cool Cat has already sired 10 individual winners, but more importantly, has three individual black type winners. His daughter Knavesmire captured the Hilary Needler Trophy at Redcar. Then the colt Icesolator captured...