Mocha Joe at Slate Hill Farm

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Sheepish
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Thu Sep 25, 2014 2:52 pm

He's a bit of a mystery, obviously he wasn't much of a racehorse and hasn't been much of a breeding stallion (pretty much a backyard breeder). The last report of mares bred submitted for him was for the 2013 foal crop, and no foals were ever registered, but yesterday I found four foals of the five mares he bred up for sale on Dreamhorse, unregistered. I know I'm probably the only person on the planet that noticed (because he's a son of MDO). I just wonder if he had any foals this year, since those breeding were never reported. I wonder what sort of fees a person would have to pay to register a yearling, or a foal whose breeding wasn't even reported. Again, I know this is probably only interesting to me. I did try contacting the seller of those foals, but don't expect to hear anything since I'm not looking to buy, I'm just ever curious for info for my blog.
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Sheepish
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Thu Sep 25, 2014 8:59 pm

Well, some digging has revealed that Mocha Joe has passed away.
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Psychotic Parakeet
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Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:05 pm

Strange. He is listed to have had a Mares Bred Report from 2010 to 2012, nothing for 2013 and 2014. There isn't a 2013 on record with the Jockey Club.

He has three foals from the 2012 crop, but nothing from the previous two years. Colts from Lively Lita and Pretty Quiet, and a filly from Girl of Mine.
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Sheepish
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Sat Sep 27, 2014 1:23 am

He's basically had three foal crops.

2011 - 1 foal, who died the same year
2012 - 3 foals
2013 - 5 mares were bred, I've found that at least 4 foals were born but not registered

Assumingly Mocha Joe died in 2012 or early 2013, as I understand it the 2013s are his last foals. It would be nice if they would be registered, because at least then there'd be a slight chance of following them. Sometimes I wish I had more space, in my dreams I'd own a whole bunch of MDO descendants.
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