Horse Racing Forum - USA Thoroughbred Races

He seems to be doing rather well for a small ish crop. From 79 foals he has 22 runners and 11 winners! He also has a stakes winner and has $420,119 in progeny earnings thus far ranking him 5th on the Freshman sires list! Not bad for $6,500 I'd say

Any thoughts on him?

I normally wouldn't favor a stallion who only ran once, but apparently his retirement was caused by unexpected complications from splint surgery.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... ill-n-dale
Not wonderful, since it makes me think about his dam sire's propensity for passing along soundness issues, but that one 114 Beyer run was pretty special. Clearly had a load of talent.
And clearly is passing that talent along, so I'm glad that he was given a chance at stud. Maybe breeders should get in now, before Hill 'n' Dale raises his fee.

And now he's a classic sire! Cloud Computing wins the Preakness!

I wonder if Cloud Computing takes after his dam, Quick Temper, physically? CC is gorgeous; MM isn't.
He may have been smokin' fast, but he's not exactly smokin' hot in the looks department.

BaroqueAgain1 wrote:I wonder if Cloud Computing takes after his dam, Quick Temper, physically? CC is gorgeous; MM isn't.
He may have been smokin' fast, but he's not exactly smokin' hot in the looks department.

I don't know, I've seen Maclean's Music twice at Hill 'n' Dale, once right off the track and again last year. He's definitely matured quite a bit and I actually really liked him physically, but he's not big or overly striking.

BlindLucky wrote:

BaroqueAgain1 wrote:I wonder if Cloud Computing takes after his dam, Quick Temper, physically? CC is gorgeous; MM isn't.
He may have been smokin' fast, but he's not exactly smokin' hot in the looks department.

I don't know, I've seen Maclean's Music twice at Hill 'n' Dale, once right off the track and again last year. He's definitely matured quite a bit and I actually really liked him physically, but he's not big or overly striking.

Didn't we see him immediately after Midnight Lute? So not fair to any other studs...

Insane Crazy wrote:

BlindLucky wrote:

BaroqueAgain1 wrote:I wonder if Cloud Computing takes after his dam, Quick Temper, physically? CC is gorgeous; MM isn't.
He may have been smokin' fast, but he's not exactly smokin' hot in the looks department.

I don't know, I've seen Maclean's Music twice at Hill 'n' Dale, once right off the track and again last year. He's definitely matured quite a bit and I actually really liked him physically, but he's not big or overly striking.

Didn't we see him immediately after Midnight Lute? So not fair to any other studs...

Yeah, I think they sandwiched him between Midnight Lute and Stormy Atlantic, so he seemed a little bit like a shiny pony

UPDATE

Maclean's Music is second on the Second Crop sires list (to Bodemeister). 48 runners, 19 winners, 4 SWs, 1,983,000. His other three SWs are ungraded. Stud fee now $8,500 ... sure to climb to double digits next year ... and he'll get much better quality broodmares.