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Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

Based on my knowledge of breeding, he has a long way to go to get to a breeding level that will be satisfactory to Lael Stable....look at Silver Charm and Skip Away...they were both better horses than Showing Up but they both suffered in the breeding shed because they both had inferior pedigrees,,,

...Showing Up has a poor and noncommercial pedigree and won't be priced well in the market until he accomplishes far more than he has at this point....that is just a fact....by the way, Silver Charm and Skip Away were busts at stallions, obviously....

even if he runs incredibly well from here on out, he won't get the draw a lot of other horses as far as a stud career. maybe that will keep him on the track longer.

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Originally Posted by Danzig188

even if he runs incredibly well from here on out, he won't get the draw a lot of other horses as far as a stud career. maybe that will keep him on the track longer.

The Jacksons don't have a connection with him like they did Barbaro. I think the plan is to run him at 4. He is the grandson of Mr Prospector and a derby placed horse, so his stud career could be ok. I hope his price never gets too high because I might consider him.

he's got some decent horses further back, but it's not a 'commercial' pedigree. kind of like the horse he beat, kip deville. you can see some promise, but not many are going to rush the barn door, mare in tow, trying to get to these guys.