Matings 2018

[Ridan_Remembered]

Adrian Gonzalez @CheckmateRacing
4h4 hours ago
R Sunday Surprise (full sister to California Chrome) has been booked to visit DANZING CANDY for 2018.

This is cool. The California breeding industry needs a potentially excellent regional sire, and I hope DC develops that way. The DC to R Sunday Surprise mating introduces linebreeding to the direct female family of Unbridle's Song and Lucky Pulpit. Their dams were 3/4ths sisters. Kentucky breeders seem to have been trying a similar pattern with some mares sent to Chrome for his first crop. Will be interesting to see how it works out. Unbridled's Song was the paternal grandsire of DC's dam.

Lucky Pulpit was bred to be a good one, but an early illness left him with life-long respiratory issues. He actually was a pretty good sire in the Cal market considering his very limited opportunities. And Love The Chase has produced two winners from four named foals (to date), one of whom is Chrome. That's a good produce record for any mare. So I would think her daughter has a shot to produce something decent from this mating.

[lurkey mclurker]

Maddy P @mp_horseracing
5h 5 hours ago

Winter, Minding and Promise To Be True all off to see Deep Impact. Coolmore mean business with that sire after the success they had with him last year. Great to see.

[Treve]

Maddy P @mp_horseracing
5h 5 hours ago

Winter, Minding and Promise To Be True all off to see Deep Impact. Coolmore mean business with that sire after the success they had with him last year. Great to see.

That's excellent news! Although I thought Winter might race another year.

[Flanders]

Maddy P @mp_horseracing
5h 5 hours ago

Winter, Minding and Promise To Be True all off to see Deep Impact. Coolmore mean business with that sire after the success they had with him last year. Great to see.

That's excellent news! Although I thought Winter might race another year.

They announced in November that Winter and most likely Roly Poly would retire. They also said Hydrangea and Rhododendron may stay in training but they were not 100% decided at that time.
https://www.racingpost.com/news/winter- ... get/309392

[Northport]

I can't believe I missed the memo on Winter being retired. What a vote of confidence for them to send their best (and Europe's best) fillies of 2017 and 2016 to Deep Impact.

[mariasmon]

Amour D’Ete (full to Irap, 1/2 to Speightstown) --> Gun Runner
Love This Kitty (1/2 to Hootenanny) --> Quality Road
Miss Besilu --> Into Mischief
Pure Clan --> Gun Runner
Quiet Giant --> Curlin
Quiet Temper --> Gun Runner
R Gypsy Gold --> Pioneerof The Nile
Shook Up --> Curlin
Stopchargingmaria --> Tapit
Uptown Twirl --> Pioneerof The Nile
Wapi (CHI) --> Gun Runner

https://www.racingpost.com/bloodstock/b ... ner/315723

[mariasmon]

Lady Eli --> War Front

[starrydreamer]

Lady Eli --> War Front

Doing a happy dance over here.

[Treve]

Lady Eli --> War Front

Very excited for this baby! I believe they'll be selling her in the Fall as well, if she is IF to War Front I expected nothing less than fireworks!

[Sparrow Castle]

Pin Oak 2018 Matings

ALTERNATE to Gun Runner
ALWAYS IN MY HEART to Lord Nelson
ANOTHER WORLD to First Samurai
BACHATA to Into Mischief
BEDANKEN to Broken Vow
BROWNIE POINTS to Mastery
CONSCRIPTION to More Than Ready
DANCE WITH RON to Violence
DON’T LEAVE ME to Uncle Mo
GOLD MEDAL DANCER to Into Mischief
INTERRUPTED to Distorted Humor
LET’S GET MARRIED to Dialed In
MOVING AWAY to Union Rags
NO USE DENYING to Flatter
OVERHEARD to Curlin
PROCLIVITY to Practical Joke
REALLY AND TRULY to Candy Ride
STRIKE IT UP to Sky Mesa
SWEET RELISH to Twirling Candy
TELL ALL to More Than Ready
TELL ME EVERYTHING to Flatter
WHIMSICALITY to Ghostzapper
WHIMSY to Shackleford
WHISPER TO ME Kitten’s Joy
WINSOME WAYS to Runhappy
YOU’RE WELCOME to Street Boss

MUCH OBLIGED – resting
RUMORS ARE FLYING – to retire

[mariasmon]

Pin Oak 2018 Matings

ALTERNATE to Gun Runner

OOOH!

[Sparrow Castle]

Pin Oak 2018 Matings

ALTERNATE to Gun Runner

OOOH!

Gutsy, and I see why they're doing this. No inbreeding in first four generations. I hope it's successful! Mrs. Abercrombie just had her I think 91st birthday.

[Sparrow Castle]

Jeremy Balan Verified account@BH_JBalan
6m6 minutes ago
Tommy Town farm manager Mike Allen says grade 1 winner It Tiz Well has been retired from racing. She came out of her last work Dec. 30 with a sesamoid fracture. She arrived at Brookdale Farm yesterday and will be bred to Tapit.

[Starine]

Miss Sky Warrior --> American Pharoah

[lurkey mclurker]

(via Twitter)

Vegas Showgirl (NZ), dam of Winx ---> Deep Impact (JPN)

[Treve]

(via Twitter)

Vegas Showgirl (NZ), dam of Winx ---> Deep Impact (JPN)

I'm salivating.

[Twingo]

Hill 'n' Dale & Partners

Taris (Flatter) --> Curlin

[Summer Bird]

Plum Pretty-Arrogate
Rhumb Line (dam of Zazu and Flashback)-Arrogate
Havre de Grace-Tapit
Groupie Doll-Tapit
Betterbetterbetter-War Front
Aloof-War Front
Dance Quietly-Medaglia d’Oro
Princesa Silvia-Tapit
Unrivaled Belle-Tapit
Miss Empire (half to Bordonaro)-Medaglia d’Oro
I’ll Take Charge (half to Will Take Charge and Take Charge Indy)-Tapit
Silvery Starlet (half to El Corredor and Roman Ruler)-Gun Runner
Speed Succeeds (dam of Brilliant Speed)-Gun Runner

[mariasmon]

Courtly Choice (dam of Wild Dude) --> Speightstown

Disposablepleasure --> Speightstown
Distinta --> Mastery

Fortune Pearl --> Speightstown
Frolic's Dream --> Runhappy

Gone Purrfect (1/2 to Speightstown) --> Bayern

Heart Stealer --> Super Saver

Joint Return --> Medaglia d'Oro

Pursuit of Glory (IRE) (o/o Sophisticat) --> Flintshire

Rosalind --> Speightstown

Shriek (dam of Paid Up Subscriber) --> Mastery
Sumthingtotalkabt (dam of Lady Shipman) --> Speighster
Sweet Destiny (1/2 to Graydar) --> Bayern

Unfold the Rose (dam of Stephanie's Kitten) --> Lea

Zipessa --> Medaglia d'Oro

[Ioya Two]

So glad to see Mastery getting good mares. He's really a case of what could have been..