"We don't need these superstars that came along and fall by the wayside in the breeding shed. We've got to think about this sport and what we as individuals can do to help it and promote it. I'm glad I gave Ce Ce that extra year."
I am also glad he kept her in training. She was a lot of fun to watch. What a great attitude he has for the sport. Looking forward to her babies!brunanas wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 2:04 pm a bit early, but:
Ce Ce → Constitution
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some cool words from Hirsch:"We don't need these superstars that came along and fall by the wayside in the breeding shed. We've got to think about this sport and what we as individuals can do to help it and promote it. I'm glad I gave Ce Ce that extra year."
Oh, there will be plenty. Most owners just haven’t announced who their mares are visiting yet, the ones mentioned above have gone through the sales ring and their new owners have done interviews.
We all know just how much she looooves Tapit. I'd love to know how much of her broodmare band she'll now be diverting from Tapit to Flightline.
I can't see Chasing Yesterday going to him...that's a little too close on the family tree! LolKatieK101 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 09, 2022 11:06 amOh, there will be plenty. Most owners just haven’t announced who their mares are visiting yet, the ones mentioned above have gone through the sales ring and their new owners have done interviews.
But I would be surprised if much of Flightline’s book has even been finalized yet since a fee still hasn’t been enough. I’m sure the only mares guaranteed to visit him rn are the ones that the shareholders own….
Which means it’s entirely possible that Littleprincessemma, Chasing Yesterday, etc, will be visiting him! Jane Lyon owns quite the broodmare.
First of all, I definitely forgot that Chasing Yesterday and Flightline are both sired by Tapit. Yeah, might be too in the family, lol.Retrospectiv wrote: ↑Fri Nov 11, 2022 6:10 pmWe all know just how much she looooves Tapit. I'd love to know how much of her broodmare band she'll now be diverting from Tapit to Flightline.
It's fun to hypothesize what you'd do yourself if you had the money and the mares.
Would I take a $200,000 gamble on an unproven stallion? Maybe for one or two mares but that would be it.
There's not been a recent stallion in the last decades who has entered at a fee like that... and ended up justifying it.
He's already a million dollar yearling and a HOTY... how astronimical are the odds that he completes the triple and also ends up a leading sire off the bat??
According to Equineline, that's a C+ match. Enicks rates her at an A cross with most of the Taylor Made roster, so why not try to get her into the very proven Not This Time? Or go to Volatile at Three Chimneys and double up on the Lucky Spell genes? She's an A+ or A++ with Palace Malice and Gun Runner as well.
They want to breed to Jackie's Warrior or like most commercial breeders they want to get in a first crop stallions book? Maybe they are going for a sprinter, since Cilla was a sprinter herself. Nicks are just a tool to use, nothing more. C+ is average, that isn't a bad cross, its 6% SW to starters. But in my opinion, the rating for this cross isn't going to hold much meaning. Chrome is too young to have starters as a broodmare sire. I highly doubt any Lucky Pulpit mares made it to Kentucky to be crossed to MacLean's Music or Cloud Computing(his only son with foals of racing age). So they have to be pulling the nick from Distorted Humor and his sons/grandsons crossed with daughters of Pulpit and his sons/grandsons.swale1984 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 11, 2022 11:50 pmAccording to Equineline, that's a C+ match. Enicks rates her at an A cross with most of the Taylor Made roster, so why not try to get her into the very proven Not This Time? Or go to Volatile at Three Chimneys and double up on the Lucky Spell genes? She's an A+ or A++ with Palace Malice and Gun Runner as well.
Help this decision make sense, someone!
