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By Elaine Belval The thoroughbred breeding industry, throughout history, has had breeding sheds full of stallions that were brothers to successful stallions. But, for every high-quality set of sire brothers like His Majesty and Graustark or Sadler’s Wells and Fairy King, there were other unequal sets, such as Mr. Prospector and his mediocre brothers and Northern … Continue reading Whip and Win inbreeding
By Elaine Belval Of all the classics run over the weekend of June 4th – 6th, the most impressive was the Epsom Derby won by Workforce, ridden by Ryan Moore. Workforce won the 12f Derby by 7 lengths, and he knocked almost one full second off the Epsom course record. He was rated 132 pounds … Continue reading Workforce another Juddmonte success
By Jack Werk All of a sudden last week, on the same day in fact, Walmac Farm and Ashford Stud each announced news about a new stallion retiring to stud for 2010. What made the news fascinating for me was that both stallions were sons of Kingmambo! Kingmambo is one of the top stallions in … Continue reading The Kingmambo Effect
Well, after several blog posts on Dynaformer (Is the G1 Epsom Oaks the Next Stop on the Dynaformer Express? and Dynaformer Scores Trifecta at Belmont! and Dynaformer – The underrated Overachiever!) earlier this year, I said I was done writing about him for the rest of the year. Well, as my father also told me, … Continue reading Another Dynaformer Weekend!
The legendary filly Miesque was one of the best European milers of all time. A daughter of the outstanding stallion Nureyev, Miesque was a Group 1 winner at 2, 3 and 4, and won 12 of 16 starts lifetime, including the Breeders’ Cup Mile twice. She was also a classic winner in two countries over … Continue reading Miesque’s Last Stand!