Keeneland November Sale

[bare it all]

Looking through the stallion/colt offerings...

Hard Aces
Dads Caps
Maimonides
Hyper
General Quarters
Swipe
Bent On Bourbon
Top Billing
Kid Cruz
Neck n Neck
Skylab - unraced 2YO Tiznow o/o full sister to Tapit

I forgot this is the sale that Conquest will disperse through. SO MANY CONQUEST HORSES.

[BaroqueAgain1]

I hope Maimonides lands in a decent spot. ATM, the son of Vindication is listed as standing in Ohio for only $2,500.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/stallion-regi ... maimonides

[Izvestia]

Looking through the stallion/colt offerings...

Hard Aces
Dads Caps
Maimonides
Hyper
General Quarters
Swipe
Bent On Bourbon
Top Billing
Kid Cruz
Neck n Neck
Skylab - unraced 2YO Tiznow o/o full sister to Tapit

I forgot this is the sale that Conquest will disperse through. SO MANY CONQUEST HORSES.

And Norumbega and
And Reload! Don't forget Reload!

[Starine]

Ah, I had been wondering what had happened to Norumbega, what with all the success his siblings have had -- particularly these past two seasons.

[Retrospectiv]

I hope Maimonides lands in a decent spot. ATM, the son of Vindication is listed as standing in Ohio for only $2,500.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/stallion-regi ... maimonides

Interesting. Think the last time I looked him up he wasn't even standing at stud but was just 'on the farm'.

Unrelated.....but I had reason to look up Parading the other night. Does anyone know why he was pensioned in 2014, when his 1st crop was jut 3? Is he still at Claiborne?

[Ioya Two]

Parading was pensioned due to lack of interest I believe.

[Flanders]

I hope Maimonides lands in a decent spot. ATM, the son of Vindication is listed as standing in Ohio for only $2,500.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/stallion-regi ... maimonides

Interesting. Think the last time I looked him up he wasn't even standing at stud but was just 'on the farm'.

Unrelated.....but I had reason to look up Parading the other night. Does anyone know why he was pensioned in 2014, when his 1st crop was jut 3? Is he still at Claiborne?

http://www.drf.com/news/parading-pensioned-claiborne

[Retrospectiv]

Thanks guys!

I'd searched on BH and didn't see any articles.

This part made me smile:

"“I think what we’ll do is put him up at the Marchmont stud barn and keep Lure company, and if something hits, he’s still around. That’s the plan for him.”

I'm glad they had the space to just keep him there, vs shipping him off to a Regional market to breed lower end mares. Even with that pedigree, not everything needs to be bred for the sake of being bred....

[LostADream]

Thanks guys!

I'd searched on BH and didn't see any articles.

This part made me smile:

"“I think what we’ll do is put him up at the Marchmont stud barn and keep Lure company, and if something hits, he’s still around. That’s the plan for him.”

I'm glad they had the space to just keep him there, vs shipping him off to a Regional market to breed lower end mares. Even with that pedigree, not everything needs to be bred for the sake of being bred....

Also makes me smile to see that Lure is still kicking. I got to meet and get pictures with him many years ago at Marchmont, seems an impossibly long time ago for him to still be around now. So grateful they take such amazing care of their pensioners; Parading has many happy years ahead of him.

[BlindLucky]

Also makes me smile to see that Lure is still kicking. I got to meet and get pictures with him many years ago at Marchmont, seems an impossibly long time ago for him to still be around now.

He's 27, so hopefully he has a few years of green grass left!

[Bold Carma]

Horses I've been following that now look like they are done racing... Kid Cruz, Norumbega, Top Billing. All had good careers, were more promising than their record shows, but had injuries. All could be nice stallions regionally.
Someone in Ontario should buy Reload - his half brother Philanthropist was an absolute stand-out stallion there, and Reload would fit well in Ontario's breeding program.
Also, Bedford Land - Casse did a great job of doing nothing with her.

It's my understanding that Sheri Maclean of Northern Dawn Farm has acquired Reload to stand in Ontario

[Izvestia]

That is awesome

[mariasmon]

I'm excited about this Tapit 1/2 brother to Honor Code.

[Starine]

Good grief. Does the mare have a lot of chrome too?

[Flanders]

Good grief. Does the mare have a lot of chrome too?

I've only been able to find headshots of her.

http://sporthorse-data.com/d?showpic=10 ... 1439125103

[Katewerk]

My own vet is hesitant to buy a horse with four white feet -- for pleasure riding. Is this apparent drift towards flashy white markings being influenced by the breed to sell culture? Or is it just a by-product of the current crop of top stallions? A combination of the two?

[Treve]

My own vet is hesitant to buy a horse with four white feet -- for pleasure riding. Is this apparent drift towards flashy white markings being influenced by the breed to sell culture? Or is it just a by-product of the current crop of top stallions? A combination of the two?

Markings are kind of unpredictable, you can't really breed for them unless you're breeding to a horse with a specific gene like splash, sabino, etc. I think it's just a by-product. Bodemeister has been throwing a ridiculous amount of Chrome (Southern Phantom anyone?) for one, but there are others too. Just look in the foaling thread

[Treve]

Disappointed that 1064 (Cairo Prince x Tesoro de Amor - Medaglia d'Oro) is an OUT, was really curious to see the little guy and how he'd do.

[Treve]

Sale goes live at 11 am EST... anyone here watching?
http://www.keeneland.com/livevideo/sale ... ithcat.php

[Treve]

First from the Conquest dispersal by Tapit out of My Conquestadory went for 410 000 (weanling colt, hip 20)
Missed My Conquestadory's hammer price.