John Henry taught us not to judge a book by its cover, folks.Originally Posted by Miss Woodford
It's what's inside that counts.
John Henry taught us not to judge a book by its cover, folks.
It's what's inside that counts.
Last edited by Blue Jeans; 01-16-2012 at 07:02 AM.
Horse sense is the thing a horse has that keeps him from betting on people. ~~W. C. Fields
No one knows what is inside until they actually race, so how do you value that in advance? In JH's case, it took a while to bring forth the talent to boot, and he was mean as a snake.
John Henry finally got lucky! His sire, Ole Bob Bowers, was lucky that he was not gelded! We're lucky we got John Henry! Have you ever wondered how many JHs were overlooked because of their looks?
Horse sense is the thing a horse has that keeps him from betting on people. ~~W. C. Fields
No.John Henry finally got lucky! His sire, Ole Bob Bowers, was lucky that he was not gelded! We're lucky we got John Henry! Have you ever wondered how many JHs were overlooked because of their looks?
Thats just retarded. She gets bred, travels to WA, drops the foal, has to travel back to KY, unless he has plans of breeding her to umm, He's Tops?
Lots of state breeders breed back in KY every year, just usually not that far away. I bet Dr. D has enough left over to pay you to not call him "retarded" again, though.
Last edited by Epiphany; 01-16-2012 at 05:42 PM.
My Typhoon and In the Gold are just 2 of Live Oak's mares who get shipped back and forth between KY and FL every year.
If he decided to keep her in WA and just van her to a California stallion every year, people would think that was crazy, too.
I believe Live Oak does that mainly for the FL bred awards n stuff
Did Ned Evans do it to get VA breds? Do NY breeders do it for the van rides? If he can fly her, there really isn't much difference to her. So, he wants his horse with him. He bought her, he's entitled and he has one of the nicest barns in the world to house her in.
Was that referencing what I think it was?
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Blindini becomes first filly to win the Triple Crown!
I sure hope not - sorry, Matt, that's an awful name, lol
snort! good one matt
This discussion made me think about Free Vacation, who was a Canadian turf champion filly in the 90s. She was a BC bred (not WA, but, y'know, sort of close enough) by a KY stallion, and since I vaguely remembered reading something about her breeders choosing to breed to KY stallions at the time, I went to Equineline to sort out her dam's record. Her dam, Miami Vacation, foaled out in Ontario, went to Kentucky to be bred, then went to BC to foal Free Vacation, didn't have a foal the next year (whether by accident or design, I have no idea), and then foaled out most of the rest of her foals, all by KY sires, in Ontario, but did do the foal in Ontario-->bred in KY-->foal in BC-->no foal the next year circuit one more time. And her last foal in 2009 is an Ontario-bred, but I found a picture of her and said foal on the breeders' farm in BC, so she is/was a very well-traveled mare. My head hurts trying to sort it out. (And, yes, this was for all the same breeder.)
Er. Not quite the same situation, but I found it interesting. Anyway. My point. It's not unprecedented--just Blind Luck is probably the highest profile mare it's been tried with. For a number of reasons, the TB breeding industry is very geographically restricted. People who live outside that area have to make choices, and sometimes they attempt compromises to make it work. I didn't make it to Pegasus last month as I wanted, but everything I've heard about it says it's outstanding. If he wants her near, can afford to ship her, has this outstanding facility, and can minimize stress on her (the big question), why not?
I'd be very curious to see whether the geography of TB breeding changes if the JC ever allows AI. I suspect that's one of the things they fear!
So did Seattle Slew.John Henry taught us not to judge a book by its cover, folks.
It's what's inside that counts.
Rachel Alexandra, Zenyatta and Black Caviar.
They could name the offspring Dumb Luck..
How about Blind Ambition?
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Love it! Sounds like a winner to me.
Horse sense is the thing a horse has that keeps him from betting on people. ~~W. C. Fields
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