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Fri Jan 23, 2015 5:57 pm

New Juddmonte pics from their revamped site:

Bated Breath
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Cacique
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Champs Elysees
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Dansili
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Frankel
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Oasis Dream
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Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:30 pm

Those Juddmonte boys are shiny. Such thick necks (seriously HOW thick is Dansili's neck? he is a tank), and such healthy boys!
Oasis Dream is looooong in the back.
My favourite is Bated Breath.
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Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:38 pm

Della wrote:Pinfiring on that left fore? I didn't realize that was still done -- really?

Am I the only one that notices quite a few Pletcher horses have those marks? (and they just give me the squirms) El Padrino off the top of my head was another who had it done.

Verrazano has some fat ugly ankles.
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Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:40 pm

Izvestia wrote:Those Juddmonte boys are shiny. Such thick necks (seriously HOW thick is Dansili's neck? he is a tank), and such healthy boys!
Oasis Dream is looooong in the back.
My favourite is Bated Breath.

Same here. Frankel still doesn't do it for me. He has quite the rear and it just doesn't seem to go with the rest of him.
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Sat Jan 24, 2015 12:18 am

mariasmon wrote:
Della wrote:Pinfiring on that left fore? I didn't realize that was still done -- really?
It's freeze firing.
He's had it since before the Kentucky Derby.
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Sat Jan 24, 2015 12:27 am

Stephanie's Kitten has freeze firing on her left front, pretty much the same spot as Verrazano. It's apparently not as uncommon as we might've thought, but perhaps certain trainers favor it more than others.

I think Verrazano may have injured that leg more than once, based on the look of it. It seems they are doing something farrier-wise to compensate, as that hoof is trimmed differently from his other front hoof, which exaggerates the angle of his pastern a bit. Having said that, his right front hoof also looks like it has had some trouble. It's not overly apparent from the photo posted, but it appears to have had a lot of farrier work done to it. I think it's one of those soft, shelly hooves and Equilox is its friend right now. I'll be interested to see him a year from now. They've done wonders with Lookin at Lucky's clubfoot.
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Sat Jan 24, 2015 6:17 pm

Kay16 wrote:
Della wrote:Pinfiring on that left fore? I didn't realize that was still done -- really?

Am I the only one that notices quite a few Pletcher horses have those marks? (and they just give me the squirms) El Padrino off the top of my head was another who had it done.

Verrazano has some fat ugly ankles.
A few years ago we had a few horses stabled in Pletcher's barn at Monmouth. A lot of the horses in the barn had firing marks.
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Sat Jan 24, 2015 8:48 pm

I know Juddmonte is a top breeding operation, but...man, Cacique is homely. :oops:
Not the first...or 20th...stallion I would choose for my mare, based just on looks. ;)
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Sat Jan 24, 2015 8:59 pm

Cacique is quite good looking in person. I think those photos are mostly awful.
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Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:59 pm

BaroqueAgain1 wrote:I know Juddmonte is a top breeding operation, but...man, Cacique is homely. :oops:
Not the first...or 20th...stallion I would choose for my mare, based just on looks. ;)
Not even remotely in person. Drop dead gorgeous. He had a whole group of us drooling years ago when he was at Keeneland.
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Sat Jan 24, 2015 11:57 pm

BaroqueAgain1 wrote:I know Juddmonte is a top breeding operation, but...man, Cacique is homely. :oops:
Not the first...or 20th...stallion I would choose for my mare, based just on looks. ;)
I think Cacique, Dansili and Champs Elysees all look very similar in those pics. Can definitely see a strong family resemblance.
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Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:35 am

Flanders wrote:
BaroqueAgain1 wrote:I know Juddmonte is a top breeding operation, but...man, Cacique is homely. :oops:
Not the first...or 20th...stallion I would choose for my mare, based just on looks. ;)
I think Cacique, Dansili and Champs Elysees all look very similar in those pics. Can definitely see a strong family resemblance.
I totally agree. Their builds are all quite similar.
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Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:52 pm

Flanders wrote:
BaroqueAgain1 wrote:I know Juddmonte is a top breeding operation, but...man, Cacique is homely. :oops:
Not the first...or 20th...stallion I would choose for my mare, based just on looks. ;)
I think Cacique, Dansili and Champs Elysees all look very similar in those pics. Can definitely see a strong family resemblance.
That's true but I like Champs Elysees best.
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Mon Jan 26, 2015 12:33 pm

mariasmon wrote:Cacique is quite good looking in person. I think those photos are mostly awful.
They're almost painful to look at, and it isn't because of the horses. Someone got a little trigger-happy on the sharpness.
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Tue Jan 27, 2015 2:36 pm

It's not a conformation shot, but it's really lovely. He was foaled 8 yrs ago today :)

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Wed Jan 28, 2015 5:22 pm

Not official obviously, but:

Ruler of the World

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and Australia

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Watched a video of them parading, and much more impressed by ROTW than Australia, who appears quite small and slight at this point. Not going to be a big horse even when he's done growing I don't think.
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Wed Jan 28, 2015 6:30 pm

They have some similarities, but, ho boy, does Ruler have a more attractive head than Aus.
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Wed Jan 28, 2015 6:36 pm

ROTW is definitely more of a hunk. Australia still looks a bit awkward.
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Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:01 pm

Maybe it's the photo, but Australia's head looks too big for his body...makes him look like a pony.
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Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:08 pm

Here is the video that the ROTW/Aus still photos were taken from:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85BOFhr ... l=84924572

ROTW @ 5:20

Australia @ 10:32
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