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Originally Posted by Doonior1
Apalachee had a great pedigree (Round Table-Moccasin) and was a champion 2-year-old, but only won at distances no further than a mile. He produced primarily sprinters as a sire. Cinco Charlie comes from a family who produces mostly speed. Maybe he can outrun his pedigree like Fleet Indian and Presious Passion did, but the odds are definitely stacked against him if you were to use his pedigree as a guideline.
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Apalachee was indeed a miler at most in his brief career, I believe going four for five. His sire record was also mostly short distance, but man, being by Round Table, I think it was reasonable to expect more distance out of him. Moccasin was a speed influence no doubt, but I still found it pretty surprising how Apalachee turned out.
Indian Charlie himself, he would have had no issues staying a classic distance had he been sound. I believe he mostly sired shorter distanced horses due to the types of mares that were bred to him through most of his stallion career.
The mares he got for maybe that first eight to ten years were mostly dreadful.