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Bernardini, also......of course he had laminitisNorthport wrote: ↑Fri Jul 15, 2022 2:54 pm The modern Thoroughbred breeding stallion doesn’t seem to live much past 23 or 24. Obviously you have your AP Indy’s and Forty Niners, but then you have your Empire Maker, El Prado, Galileo, Mastercraftsman, Kingmambo, Deep Impact, Sunday Silence, Pulpit, etc.
Maybe it’s recency bias, or I am just more personally familiar with ponies and warmbloods. Or young(er) stallions dying get more headlines.
Kingmambo was 26, not so young
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Think the difference between a 21yo stallion and other older stallions is most comparable to a 60yo human dying of natural causes and someone else still being active at the age of 90.
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Yes- my father is 95 (WW2 veteran) and lives independently and walks 3-4 miles every day. He is mentally as sharp as ever and reads 1-2 mystery novels a week. I see others in their 50’s and 60’s who look much older and have to use those motorized carts in the grocery store. Some is genetics but lifestyle has a lot to do with it too. I wonder if the overfeeding and lack of exercise of most US stallions has anything to do with it? Or is it just that they are pushed so hard so early they just wear out at 20?
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Nah its because theyre so fat. Look at how fat malibu moon was or at any of the harris farm horsesSqueaky wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 7:33 amYes- my father is 95 (WW2 veteran) and lives independently and walks 3-4 miles every day. He is mentally as sharp as ever and reads 1-2 mystery novels a week. I see others in their 50’s and 60’s who look much older and have to use those motorized carts in the grocery store. Some is genetics but lifestyle has a lot to do with it too. I wonder if the overfeeding and lack of exercise of most US stallions has anything to do with it? Or is it just that they are pushed so hard so early they just wear out at 20?
Why walk when you could ride?
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Video of G1 Carter Handicap winner Mischevious Alex (Into Mischief).
https://twitter.com/yusas/status/1542718502985154560
https://twitter.com/yusas/status/1542718502985154560
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29 y/o Ishino Sunday (Sunday Silence) at Shizunai Stallion Station. Winner of the 1996 G1 Satsuki Sho.
https://twitter.com/yusas/status/1548421221062418432
https://twitter.com/yusas/status/1546807037434433536
https://twitter.com/yusas/status/1539073764792889344
When I saw this I immediately thought "Wow what's wrong with Chrome?"
https://twitter.com/yusas/status/1548421221062418432
https://twitter.com/yusas/status/1546807037434433536
https://twitter.com/yusas/status/1539073764792889344
When I saw this I immediately thought "Wow what's wrong with Chrome?"
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That’s not a very floaty trot!Mylute wrote: ↑Sun Jul 17, 2022 11:53 am Video of G1 Carter Handicap winner Mischevious Alex (Into Mischief).
https://twitter.com/yusas/status/1542718502985154560
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I know it makes him look like he's taking little happy baby steps.Izvestia wrote: ↑Sun Jul 17, 2022 12:57 pmThat’s not a very floaty trot!Mylute wrote: ↑Sun Jul 17, 2022 11:53 am Video of G1 Carter Handicap winner Mischevious Alex (Into Mischief).
https://twitter.com/yusas/status/1542718502985154560
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Temple City, The Factor, and Twirling Candy are pretty big turf influences and knock on wood they are young. Huh. All T names.
More Than Ready is also still around but I'm sure he'll be pensioned within the next two years.
More Than Ready is also still around but I'm sure he'll be pensioned within the next two years.
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Does English Channel have any good sons at stud? I'm drawing a blank.
Maybe need more coffee.
Maybe need more coffee.
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Well yes and...no. Arguably, this best sons to go to stud don't have progeny on the track yet.BaroqueAgain1 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 17, 2022 4:24 pm Does English Channel have any good sons at stud? I'm drawing a blank.
Maybe need more coffee.
Channel Cat - will enter stud next year, possibly bred a few this year
Heart to Heart - First 2 y/o's next year
Voodoo Song - First 2 y/o's 2024 in Turkey
Blueskiesnrainbows - Sire of just winners in Oklahoma
Optimizer - Sire of several winners and one G3W
V.E. Day - ?
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War Front is still around and he's the current leading turf sire here. I'm hoping that Claiborne has extended his life by limiting his book throughout his career.
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Fed Biz had two stakes winners at Colonial Downs today - Front Run the Fed (Van Clief S.) and Change of Control (Andy Guest S.).
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Gun Runner to Cover Mares on Southern Hemisphere Time
https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/g ... here-time/
I find this a bit odd. It seems like the majority of southern hemisphere racing is turf. Does he have any winners on turf at all?
https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/g ... here-time/
I find this a bit odd. It seems like the majority of southern hemisphere racing is turf. Does he have any winners on turf at all?
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Actually i was told this year is his last when i visited
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3 winners including one stakes winner (Red Run, Texas Turf Mile S.). His sire being Argentinean champion Candy Ride probably plays a bigger role in this though. And Gun Runner's damside is relatively turf-y (damsire Giant's Causeway, dam is a 1/2 to turf G1 winner Funtastic).Mylute wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 11:46 am Gun Runner to Cover Mares on Southern Hemisphere Time
https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/g ... here-time/
I find this a bit odd. It seems like the majority of southern hemisphere racing is turf. Does he have any winners on turf at all?
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Is he shuttling or are the mares coming to him?Mylute wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 11:46 am Gun Runner to Cover Mares on Southern Hemisphere Time
https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/g ... here-time/
I find this a bit odd. It seems like the majority of southern hemisphere racing is turf. Does he have any winners on turf at all?