Zenyatta to Bernardini = ZENFANDINI

It sounds a bit Kendall-Jackson. but, it lingers nice on the palate.

Who knows? Moss is an old dude with a lot of money.

How about

thegr8fraudini

I like BLAMEVASOR for the foals name.

Any thoughts as to why they didn't go with A.P. Indy? Why might Bernardini be a better match?

I still think it's because Bernardini is passing along speed to his offspring, but then again he is a risk as a young sire who hasn't proven it over a period of time. Indy is aging (didn't have a great year this year) and his fertility is down...........I also read that Zenyatta's half by Bernardini is very well regarded, so that could have something to do with it.

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Sounds better than Lame Insor I suppose.

Many :tro:s

Why not breed her to Blame. At least she will be in front this time.

A P Indy is supposedly falling off in fertility, and Bernardini is an A P Indy son?!~

But Blame will come out on top still...

Dynaformer's a piece of work. They probably have a number of reasons for trying to avoid maiden mares, but his temperament combined with Zenyatta's size? I think they'd absolutely think twice about allowing it. What if he hurt her? What if he got hurt because of something she did? It's unnecessary drama. I'm sure they have an idea about his fertility, and if it's reasonably strong and he's in good health, it's worth suggesting they come back next year (if they plan to go at all).

I doubt Dynaformer was even their first pick anyway. They went to a promising stallion with a good female family, a nice conformation, and a nice cross with her dam already. Makes sense. I'm skeptical that we'd see a Zenyatta yearling go through the sale. Not that they'd never part with a colt, but she's their queen, and they're not exactly poor. I'm sure Darley would make them a generous offer in the future if they liked what came out of this mating.

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The real reason they don't take many maidens to Dynaformer is that he gets large foals. Large foals are very tough on maidens. Small, previously unused hole + large foal = holy shiit on foaling day. No one would subject a mare this valuable to the increased risk of damage or death to her or the foal.

I think an Invasor-Anabaa's Creation foal would beat the Bernardini-Zenyatta foal by about 6 lengths.................

More :tro:'s than I can post for Blamevasor.

By the by, and I'm completely not following this, but has anybody decided where Rachel is going? I say this because A., I'm curious, and B., it wouldn't be a Zenyatta thread if someone didn't mention her name.

Yeah, about eight seconds after I posted that, Curlin came to mind. So really I just wanted to get Curlin and RAchel in a thread on Zenyatta.