Stallion Headshots Collection

mariasmon · Tue Sep 02, 2014 11:30 am

And Thunder Gulch:

tachyon · Thu Sep 04, 2014 10:58 am

So You Think(NZ)

standing at Coolmore

mariasmon · Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:06 am

tachyon wrote:So You Think(NZ)

standing at Coolmore

<3 him.

tachyon · Tue Sep 09, 2014 10:20 am

Orfevre(JPN)

He covered 220 mares this year (at Shadai Stallion Station)

tachyon · Sat Sep 13, 2014 12:01 pm

Exceed and Excel(AUS)

at Darley

Private Thoughts · Sat Sep 13, 2014 2:14 pm

tachyon wrote:Orfevre(JPN)

He covered 220 mares this year (at Shadai Stallion Station)

Wow, that is a busy boy there. But he is gorgeous! Love the light almost flaxen tail on him.

tachyon · Sat Sep 13, 2014 6:50 pm

Private Thoughts wrote: Wow, that is a busy boy there. But he is gorgeous! Love the light almost flaxen tail on him.

It sounds like Orfevre is much less mischievous at stud than what he used to be at track.

He gained a lot of weight, too, after his retirement from racing.
I would think that the golden boy now has the look of a stallion.

Orfevre in September 2014 (this is not an official conformation pick)

tachyon · Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:26 pm

Mastercraftsman(IRE)

photo: breednet.com

hadrianmarcus · Sat Sep 13, 2014 11:35 pm

tachyon wrote:Mastercraftsman(IRE)

photo: breednet.com

Kingston Hill wins the St. Leger and hours later, The Grey Gatsby wins the QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes. That's
quite the feat for a new stallion....and without level of quality in his book of mares as compared to Sea of Stars.
Mastercraftsman is here to stay as a stallion.

Twingo · Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:36 am

Archipenko (USA)

tachyon · Fri Oct 10, 2014 1:29 pm

Dubawi(IRE)

pick@collingsberry

TBird · Fri Oct 10, 2014 2:03 pm

What a wonderful expression he has.

BaroqueAgain1 · Fri Oct 10, 2014 3:28 pm

I think he's going to be Treve's first date, and continuing the late, great Dubai Millennium's bloodline with such a classy mare is wonderful.

Northport · Fri Oct 10, 2014 4:14 pm

He looks a little bashful in that picture

serenassong · Fri Oct 10, 2014 9:20 pm

It almost looks like he is a bit sleepy in the sun.

tachyon · Sat Oct 11, 2014 2:57 pm

War Emblem(USA)

photo courtesy of @win027

mariasmon · Sat Oct 11, 2014 3:15 pm

War Emblem looks pretty youthful in that pic.

islandgirl45 · Sat Oct 11, 2014 5:06 pm

Was Shadai able to coax War Emblem to cover any mares this year?

Flanders · Sat Oct 11, 2014 5:34 pm

islandgirl45 wrote:Was Shadai able to coax War Emblem to cover any mares this year?

He wasn't on the list of mares bred for Shadai stallions that uma_nosuke posted at the end of September.
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=118&p=65554&hilit=shadai#p65554

tachyon · Sat Oct 11, 2014 10:42 pm

mariasmon wrote:War Emblem looks pretty youthful in that pic.

Yes, that's exactly what I thought, too, Mariasmon..

islandgirl45 wrote:Was Shadai able to coax War Emblem to cover any mares this year?

I'm 99% certain that he failed to cover any mare again this year, islandgirl45.. (to be 100% certain, we may need to check out Japanese Studbook's official numbers which will be released shortly)
In 2012, he covered two mares but none of them were pregnant.