Shakespeare

flytpthestars · Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:15 am

Found out he bred 4 mares this year, no longer on LE's list and BH stallion register list him as pensioned. Did I miss something?

Sheepish · Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:33 am

He may have bred them, but they may not be in foal, or he bred several more and four was ALL he got in foal.

Flanders · Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:17 pm

He wasn't listed on the 2014 report of live foals. So if he got no mares in foal 2 years in a row its possible they pensioned him. I can't look right now to see how many mares he covered last year.

luvthesales · Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:41 pm

Sheepish wrote:He may have bred them, but they may not be in foal, or he bred several more and four was ALL he got in foal.

If he is on the "Report of Mares Bred" as having bred four, that's all he covered. It has nothing to do with pregnancies.

Flanders · Thu Oct 23, 2014 2:22 am

For some reason he isn't listed on the report of live foals on Bloodhorse but is listed on the one on the Jockey Club's webpage.

He bred 6 mares last year and had 2 foals this year.

He really hasn't done anything as a sire. Its not a bad thing for them to pension him. Kudos to them actually.

flytpthestars · Fri Oct 24, 2014 3:38 pm

Thank u for the updates... Will be seeing if I can see him at dell ridge... He's always a good looker.. Too bad theatrical line aren't attractive to breeders

Flanders · Fri Oct 24, 2014 5:37 pm

flytpthestars wrote:Too bad theatrical line aren't attractive to breeders

I think they have been given a fair chance considering they are awful sires. They have also stood all over the world, Northern and Southern Hemisphere with these results:

Threatical's G1 winning colts:

Broadway Flyer - 255 foals, 0 Stakes Winners
Geri - 291 foals, 5 Stakes Winners
Hap - 79 foals, 0 Stakes Winners
Portland Player - 127 foals, 0 Stakes Winners
Royal Anthem - 519 foals, 5 Stakes Winners
Shakespeare - 124 foals, 1 Stakes Winner
Startac - 75 foals, 1 Stakes Winner
Vaudeville - 155 foals, 0 Stakes Winners
Winchester - no foals of racing age
Zagreb - 959 foals, 2 Stakes Winners

10 Stallions - 2584 foals - 14 Stakes Winners
You have a .009 chance of getting a Stakes Winner from a son of Theatrical.

BlindLucky · Fri Oct 24, 2014 6:48 pm

Just to sort of file this under the Shakespeare thread, I'm reposting from the Stallions thread:

Shakespeare has been pensioned. No official story or anything on it, but a friend of mine sent in a request for info to Lane's End and received this:

Shakespeare has been retired and moved to his owners farm '' Dell Ridge'' farm. He is doing very well there. The lack of interest from breeders ( 4 mares bred in 2014) prompted his move.