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Flanders
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Fri May 05, 2023 9:59 am

I know this isn't news, since it happened in 1928, but I have to share cause well someone else needs to be tortured with the knowledge. You are welcome. Also the past is the worst.

Rabelais, 1900 stallion (St. Simon - Satirical, by Satiety) was 28 years ago and they decided he need to have fertility treatment. This treatment involved grafting another stallions testicles onto his own. We all know how it ended, it took 2 days. So yeah, instead of just pensioning a 28yo stallion, they did horrific things to him and then he died from it after suffering for 2 days. Courtesy of the Names in Pedigree book that I have now put down.
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Fri May 05, 2023 10:52 am

Flanders wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 7:47 am
stelladaniella wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 7:06 am Stradivarius to race again..? :shock:
https://twitter.com/charles_hunt12/stat ... dsxu8Uujjw

Can’t find an official article, tho
There is no way its real.
I hope it’s just a joke or misunderstanding. Nothing to back it up yet..
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Fri May 05, 2023 11:46 am

stelladaniella wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 7:06 am Stradivarius to race again..? :shock:
https://twitter.com/charles_hunt12/stat ... dsxu8Uujjw

Can’t find an official article, tho
99.9% sure that's a joke about how bad the stayers' division is right now.
Strad has always loved the mares (he let everyone know he was a stallion every time he entered the paddock) and everything I've seen of him from the National Stud indicates he's had no trouble adapting to his new job.
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Fri May 05, 2023 12:15 pm

Miss Woodford wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 11:46 am
stelladaniella wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 7:06 am Stradivarius to race again..? :shock:
https://twitter.com/charles_hunt12/stat ... dsxu8Uujjw

Can’t find an official article, tho
99.9% sure that's a joke about how bad the stayers' division is right now.
Strad has always loved the mares (he let everyone know he was a stallion every time he entered the paddock) and everything I've seen of him from the National Stud indicates he's had no trouble adapting to his new job.
Relieving to know.
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Mon May 08, 2023 6:01 pm

Back on the topic of "lol wtf," the original Preakness was killed because he became indignant during breeding.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preakness_(horse)
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sweettalk wrote: Tue Apr 11, 2023 3:48 am
Northport wrote: Sat Apr 08, 2023 3:50 pm
sweettalk wrote: Fri Apr 07, 2023 10:51 pm i thought i read it was a left front hoof injury but i could be mixing that up w another horse. if i did read that, it definitely makes me worry for him.
glad they aren't forcing him to breed anyway, like at least 2 farms off the top of my head woulda...
That is definitely true. Considering how many stallions specifically WinStar and Spendthrift stand (and Coolmore depending on the year) and how huge the books are, statistically speaking at least a couple of stallions must have a hard time with the workload. If Laoban hadn't dropped dead, I wouldn't have even known that such slippery tactics were needed to keep a stallion physically able to cover mares.

So yes, definitely glad Sumbe is giving Mishriff the rest he needs, but interested to know what the not so minor setback was. But I don't own a broodmare in France so I guess I don't really need to know.
"The 6-year-old son of Make Believe's stud career was initially delayed at the start of the breeding season with a non-life threatening benign pathology, and he was expected to start covering mares in March."

this was a quote from the paulick report article, did i miss that or is that new info they added later?. i'm... not sure what that means. a growth? an illness? it does look like i mixed him up w another horse regarding the injury tho.
Nick Luck interviewed Tony Fry, the manager of Sumbe, today on his podcast. He said Mishriff had a hiccup in his box that resulted in a “digital fracture in the foot”. I don’t know if that’s something in the digital flexor tendon or what.
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Mylute wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 6:01 pm Back on the topic of "lol wtf," the original Preakness was killed because he became indignant during breeding.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preakness_(horse)
That sure is a wtf?
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Ziggypop wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 2:45 pm
Mylute wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 6:01 pm Back on the topic of "lol wtf," the original Preakness was killed because he became indignant during breeding.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preakness_(horse)
That sure is a wtf?
Me too
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stelladaniella wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 10:52 am
Flanders wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 7:47 am
stelladaniella wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 7:06 am Stradivarius to race again..? :shock:
https://twitter.com/charles_hunt12/stat ... dsxu8Uujjw

Can’t find an official article, tho
There is no way its real.
I hope it’s just a joke or misunderstanding. Nothing to back it up yet..
It was a joke

Of course this wasn’t true. For those of you thought that a horse that’s been retired 6 months could come back into work just over a month before the Gold Cup. Hang your heads in shame 🤣

https://twitter.com/charles_hunt12/stat ... 66339?s=20
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Retrospectiv wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 8:26 pm
stelladaniella wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 10:52 am I hope it’s just a joke or misunderstanding. Nothing to back it up yet..
It was a joke

Of course this wasn’t true. For those of you thought that a horse that’s been retired 6 months could come back into work just over a month before the Gold Cup. Hang your heads in shame 🤣

https://twitter.com/charles_hunt12/stat ... 66339?s=20
The most unbelievable part of the tweet wasn't the time frame, it's the thought of Stradivarius of all horses not being interested in mares :lol:
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My bad, I’m sorry. I’ll delete the post if I can. Sorry
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Miss Woodford wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 11:34 pm
Retrospectiv wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 8:26 pm
stelladaniella wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 10:52 am I hope it’s just a joke or misunderstanding. Nothing to back it up yet..
It was a joke

Of course this wasn’t true. For those of you thought that a horse that’s been retired 6 months could come back into work just over a month before the Gold Cup. Hang your heads in shame 🤣

https://twitter.com/charles_hunt12/stat ... 66339?s=20
The most unbelievable part of the tweet wasn't the time frame, it's the thought of Stradivarius of all horses not being interested in mares :lol:
S E R I O U S L Y

:D
The most studdish of all entires to have been racing.... LOLOL
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Wed May 10, 2023 10:05 pm

Retrospectiv wrote: Wed May 10, 2023 5:48 pm
Miss Woodford wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 11:34 pm The most unbelievable part of the tweet wasn't the time frame, it's the thought of Stradivarius of all horses not being interested in mares :lol:
S E R I O U S L Y

:D
The most studdish of all entires to have been racing.... LOLOL
Now, now, give some credit to him, he focused on business as soon as he was in the starting gate and he gave 100% of his effort every race. He never got too aggressive or unruly while he was...showing off...either, unlike some stud colts *cough* Lani *cough*
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Thu May 11, 2023 9:16 am

New Approach has been moved from Dalham Hall Stud to trainer Jim Bolger’s Redmondstown Stud in Ireland:

“New Approach has been good to me both on and off the track,” says Bolger with some understatement. “He’s suffered a decline in fertility in recent years and it was becoming expensive sending mares to Newmarket and not getting them in foal, so Darley kindly said that if I still wished to use the nominations I’m entitled to, I could take him home and cover the mares there. I’m delighted to have him back.”

Dawn Approach also stands at Redmondstown Stud now.

(From the Racing Post: https://www.racingpost.com/bloodstock/n ... vE8W5wLjH/)
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Thu May 11, 2023 9:46 am

It’s a really interesting article on Bolger’s career as a trainer and breeder, if anyone is interested

https://www.racingpost.com/bloodstock/n ... tid=Zxz2cZ
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Thu May 18, 2023 11:14 am

Creative Cause, who has stood at Airdrie Stud since 2013, has evidently moved to Mapleton Thoroughbred Farm in Ohio.
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Mylute wrote: Thu May 18, 2023 11:14 am Creative Cause, who has stood at Airdrie Stud since 2013, has evidently moved to Mapleton Thoroughbred Farm in Ohio.
Is it cause he's old or people aren't interested in him? Shame he didn't come to new York
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SukiSatsuki wrote: Thu May 18, 2023 11:30 am
Mylute wrote: Thu May 18, 2023 11:14 am Creative Cause, who has stood at Airdrie Stud since 2013, has evidently moved to Mapleton Thoroughbred Farm in Ohio.
Is it cause he's old or people aren't interested in him? Shame he didn't come to new York
You think a 14YO stallion is old?
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mariasmon wrote: Thu May 18, 2023 12:35 pm
SukiSatsuki wrote: Thu May 18, 2023 11:30 am
Mylute wrote: Thu May 18, 2023 11:14 am Creative Cause, who has stood at Airdrie Stud since 2013, has evidently moved to Mapleton Thoroughbred Farm in Ohio.
Is it cause he's old or people aren't interested in him? Shame he didn't come to new York
You think a 14YO stallion is old?
I thought he was older 😂 might have been thinking of macho uno
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Fri May 19, 2023 12:38 am

Does anyone know if Protonico has moved? I no longer see him on Castleton Lyon's website. He's still listed there according to the stallion register, but I know those can be slow to update.
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