Tiznow's first crop was OK ... but they didn't give the impression that they were the type of superior group that great stallions produce. Another year or two will tell us more.

Valid Appeal did a wonderful job of keeping the line going ... but I'm not very sanguine about his sons' long-term prospects.

It's very, very early in Officer's stud career ... but the signs are hopeful.

I've often repeated the story of the St. Simon line ... which was thought to be dead in the 1930's after the failure of Mieuxce as a stallion ... but from out of nowhere came Princequillo, Ribot, and Gallant Man ... from three different branches ... to pump new life into the line.

Where there's life ... there's hope.