I've seen him up close and he is stunning, the farm believes in him.
I was wondering if anybody has gotten a chance to see his foals and how they look.
I've seen him up close and he is stunning, the farm believes in him.
I was wondering if anybody has gotten a chance to see his foals and how they look.
I've liked the ones I've seen which is an admittedly small sample. I think he could turn out to be a very interesting stallion and it would be nice for his sire to have a good son to pass the torch to.
He is a splitting image of his papa. I've only seen him and interested in breeding to him but haven't seen any of his babies. I'm not a fan of breeding to unproven sires but he and Kitalpha were two horses that when I left Lexington I kept saying these studs have to be on my short list.Originally Posted by TBird
My agent absolutely loves the Purims and bought a few shares in the horse as well. He's a terrific looking guy and I think he has all the positive physical traits of his sire without some of the coarseness.
He's going to have to be like his sire and make his own way in the commercial marketplace. People just take a wait and see approach with this line, regardless of their individual accomplishments.
Speaking of Dynaformer, Spendthrift just retired their homebred Temple City. He's a Dyaformer son out of a Danzig half-sister to Malibu Moon. They haven't released it yet but they should soon. They've already started telling clients about the horse and he's suppose to be an awesome looking individual. I believe he'll start out at 5k.
Nobody said giving Kirstie Alley a colonic would be easy.
The few that I have seen have been extremely nice as well. We bred McCaskill to him his first year; unfortunately the filly died at birth but she was the spitting image of him. Purim is absolutely gorgeous!
"My occupational hazard is my occupation is just not around". Jimmy Buffett
I can offer a couple of photos of one baby since we bought one as a short yearling at KeeJan this past year. We got him for 4k, which I think was a steal. We did try to spin him around in September and RNA'ed around 17k, but I'm happy to take a shot at racing him. The cross has certainly been successful with his dam, Sharp Tradition
Photos at this link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/AJ-Sui...07716879253327
DRF had the story yesterday: http://www.drf.com/news/temple-city-...endthrift-farm
No fee listed, but it says he's already in KY.
First rule: Try always to do what's right for the horse. The people part will work out. -- Josh Pons, Merryland, 2007
Good luck with your colt! He looks like he's going to be a big one when he's done.
I have a Purim due in March. The nick is A++ 40+ points. 34% foals of racing age are stakes winners when crossed with the Sharpen Up and his sons.
I think the knock against him is going to be late maturing because the market still wants the ready to run two year old and that line is not known for precocity. That is one reason why I would be afraid to send my mare to him. It's a nice match on paper but the foal might be six before it would be ready to race.
I think he is a 2009 colt out of Sharp Tradition. He is a Rabicano as you can see the white hair at the base of his tail otherwise known as a skunk tail.
You got yourself at great deal.
I don't know about all that... the Dynaformer's aren't exactly useless as late two year olds and 3 year olds, and Purim had a lot of speed.
He may not have started at 2, but he did break his maiden in his first outing going 6f in April of his 3 yo year. He was a very good miler (big plus in my book) who could stretch it out a bit.
If you really like him with your mare, Tap, I wouldn't let any perceived stoutness in his pedigree put you off. I'd be more concerned with the gigantic horse you'd probably get... he's all of 17h and I know your mare is on stilts...
Nobody said giving Kirstie Alley a colonic would be easy.
Thanks Tbird! And Todd, that's him there indeed...cleaned up nicely, haha. I wouldn't say I generally go too crazy over nicks but when you start getting statistics like the cross has produced, it's certainly hard to ignore completely. When you can take a shot at it for 4k, it's even harder!
He might be a little on the later maturing side, though that's probably partially due to the dam being 20 years old or so. I'm anxious to see how it all plays out.
I really do like Purim in general, though, and I was glad we had a chance to take a little gamble on his success by getting a first cropper.
BTW, I heard he was a ridgling.
Hey Jas - Oh believe me the size IS a major part of it too. If there was a 16 hand PC descendant or one with His Majesty in the first 3-4 generations I would absolutely look at it seriously. It's the size that line is also known for that is generally one of the reasons why they take longer to mature. I'm not breeding commercially, but I do need to be cognizant of the fact that I don't know what will happen a year from now. Being one instead of two does sort of change things.
One has to wonder (I am generalizing !!! ) whether His Majesty throws so much bone that he is the one people with somewhat fragile mares (or maybe US's) should be considering. If Pleasantly Perfect were also not over 17 hands I'd consider him too.
Colonel John is another I really liked but I'm not breeding for a cross country olympic horse, although maybe if I got a foal that looked like that's where it belonged I might get more money for it.
Outside of Pleasant Stage there isn't much that line has done in terms of precocity. Maybe others don't equate late maturing with size but I do. GiGi did not run until she had literally turned four. She won her debut at 4.5 furlongs which is also surprising because I would think all 16.2 of her would need at least that much distance to get moving.
Last edited by Tappiano; 12-22-2010 at 12:55 PM.
Yeh, Zenyatta was too big to race too. She must have been a freak.
I love 17 hand horses.
I missed the comment in the thread that said 17 hand horses don't race, can you point that out?
She didn't race til late in her 3 year old year so that made Tap's point?
We bred two mares from the farm to him his first year. We love both of them. Sold the first one for our clients in Sept, and kept the other to race.
What a good looking yearling.
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