Horse Racing Forum - USA Thoroughbred Races

Flanders wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 6:40 pm Aron's Rod, 2yoc (Epiphaneia - Almond Eye, by Lord Kanaloa) video of him entering Mr. Kunieda’s stables at Miho Training Center He is a really nice looking colt.

https://twitter.com/LongBallToNoOne/sta ... 8660031557

ngl i squealed when i saw him... he looks so good!!! and quite the bushy mane & tail too. can't wait for his debut!

Lull’s 3 year old by Curlin, named Timeout is entered in the last race on Derby day.

Sidamara (Arrogate x G1W Spring In the Air) wins race #2 at CD over Sedona (Curlin x GSW America)

Scylla [Tapit x Close Hatches] just romped in race #2 at CD. Juddmonte is 2 for 2 so far at CD

Scylla joins Tacitus and Batten Down as winning foals from Close Hatches. And Tapit, of course.

BaroqueAgain1 wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 1:16 pm Scylla joins Tacitus and Batten Down as winning foals from Close Hatches. And Tapit, of course.

She's actually 4-for-4 with Tapit, counting Maximus Aurelius! He only won one race but it counts.

Close Hatches has also been bred to Malibu Moon once and Curlin once but neither horse has started. Her 2022 filly is named Resurge, by Constitution, so maybe that one will inherit the Tapit magic lol.

Gun Pilot takes the G1 Churchill Down S.
His dam is a half to GSW Global View and Fusaichi Samurai (remember him!?!). 3rd dam is dam of GSW A P Warrior.

Izvestia wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 5:36 pm Gun Pilot takes the G1 Churchill Down S.
His dam is a half to GSW Global View and Fusaichi Samurai (remember him!?!). 3rd dam is dam of GSW A P Warrior.

Same name but not the same horse. The Fusaichi Samurai that was the 4.5m yearling was by FuPeg - Hidden Storm. Unless you are talking about the 2nd one, I only remember the first.

1000 Guineas winner Elmalka is a half-sister to MG1W Benbatl. They're out of MG1W Nahrain.

ThreeMustangs wrote: ↑Sat Oct 06, 2018 3:25 pm Call The Wind won the Prix du Cadran (G1) at Longchamp today. He’s by Frankel out of In Clover, who has produced G1 winners We Are and With You and two listed SWs. I’m pleasantly surprised to see Frankel get a G1 winner over 2 1/2 miles.

Another SW for In Clover today: Friendly Soul won the Pretty Polly S at Newmarket. If I'm counting right, that makes 7 SWs for her.

stelladaniella wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 9:58 pm Lull’s 3 year old by Curlin, named Timeout is entered in the last race on Derby day.

3rd!

Flanders wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 5:40 pm

Izvestia wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 5:36 pm Gun Pilot takes the G1 Churchill Down S.
His dam is a half to GSW Global View and Fusaichi Samurai (remember him!?!). 3rd dam is dam of GSW A P Warrior.

Same name but not the same horse. The Fusaichi Samurai that was the 4.5m yearling was by FuPeg - Hidden Storm. Unless you are talking about the 2nd one, I only remember the first.

What the hey, there were 2 of them?!?!?!?

Izvestia wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 2:48 pm

Flanders wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 5:40 pm

Izvestia wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 5:36 pm Gun Pilot takes the G1 Churchill Down S.
His dam is a half to GSW Global View and Fusaichi Samurai (remember him!?!). 3rd dam is dam of GSW A P Warrior.

Same name but not the same horse. The Fusaichi Samurai that was the 4.5m yearling was by FuPeg - Hidden Storm. Unless you are talking about the 2nd one, I only remember the first.

What the hey, there were 2 of them?!?!?!?

Surprisingly there are. A 2002 and a 2012 The 2012 is a stakes winner and a half brother to MGSW Global View.

Sieze the Gray (Arrogate x Smart Shopping) won the G2 Pat Day Mile on Derby day!

Dam is the half-sister to G1W Power Broker, SW Fierce Boots. 2nd dam Shop Again is a SW and a full-sister to G1W Miss Shop, G2W Trappe Shot.

Baby Bird '22 (Songbird x Curlin) has posted his first workout for owners Grandview Equine. He went 3F in 37.00 on the dirt at WinStar. Still unnamed.
The other Baby Birds (Rumours Have It '21, Magical Song '20) have not posted workouts for a good while.

George Washington's only offspring, Date With Destiny, passed. colic complications, one of our top 2 least fave words to read.
pretty broken up abt her death, more than i expected to be.

https://twitter.com/newsellspark/status ... oQAPsVrL5Q

stelladaniella wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 2:04 pm Baby Bird '22 (Songbird x Curlin) has posted his first workout for owners Grandview Equine. He went 3F in 37.00 on the dirt at WinStar. Still unnamed.
The other Baby Birds (Rumours Have It '21, Magical Song '20) have not posted workouts for a good while.

sort of expecting her to have zenyatta's record as a broodmare.
i know it's not our business, but i would really love to know why so many of these very well bred horses never even make it to the gate. i assume they're either wildly unsound, or show zero speed, but the curiosity always gets me.

Carina Mia's First Foal to Race Is a Colt to Watch
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... t-to-watch

sweettalk wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 5:49 pm

stelladaniella wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 2:04 pm Baby Bird '22 (Songbird x Curlin) has posted his first workout for owners Grandview Equine. He went 3F in 37.00 on the dirt at WinStar. Still unnamed.
The other Baby Birds (Rumours Have It '21, Magical Song '20) have not posted workouts for a good while.

sort of expecting her to have zenyatta's record as a broodmare.
i know it's not our business, but i would really love to know why so many of these very well bred horses never even make it to the gate. i assume they're either wildly unsound, or show zero speed, but the curiosity always gets me.

I've always guessed that it's because "unraced" looks better on a catalog page than "unplaced."

Diver52 wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 7:23 pm

sweettalk wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 5:49 pm

stelladaniella wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 2:04 pm Baby Bird '22 (Songbird x Curlin) has posted his first workout for owners Grandview Equine. He went 3F in 37.00 on the dirt at WinStar. Still unnamed.
The other Baby Birds (Rumours Have It '21, Magical Song '20) have not posted workouts for a good while.

sort of expecting her to have zenyatta's record as a broodmare.
i know it's not our business, but i would really love to know why so many of these very well bred horses never even make it to the gate. i assume they're either wildly unsound, or show zero speed, but the curiosity always gets me.

I've always guessed that it's because "unraced" looks better on a catalog page than "unplaced."

Could be what you said or what sweettalk said or that they like to breed to the hot commercial sires over what fits the mare the best. I don't care how great a stallion is, he isn't going to be the perfect fit for every mare. And the top stallions are used as perfect fits for every mare that is willing to pay the stud fee. There is nothing I hate more than a mare going to the same stallion over and over and over and over. I'd rather they do 1 or 2 years, then come back later if they really want something. I get Tapit is fabulous stallion, I'm not saying otherwise. But when I saw Mandy say the main reason she uses him is because she likes grey horses, it was kind of a knife twist in my stomach.