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Originally Posted by Danzig
amazing the impact bold ruler and northern dancer had on the breed, when you consider how incredibly small their books were--especially compared to this day and age. some cover over 200 mares--without shuttling. it's insane.
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Didn't Man O' War have a pretty big impact with just his first crop of 13? Sam Riddle just didn't wanna share too much so just imagine if he'd had crops of 30 some mares of the best in Kentucky. It's actually quite amazing to consider the quality of offspring he was able to get with the level of mare support over time (which gradually decreased for various reasons unrelated to his ability as a sire) and War Admiral was a later foal in the scheme of things.
Let's not even go into Domino with his handful of foals, 14 or so. His son Commando sire Colin and we see his male line even today through horses like Include. He sure packed a major punch without much time to do it.
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Originally Posted by Rileyoriley
I read it a few years ago. Good read.  |
Yeah I read "Stud" too. Very interesting and I learned some things about the stallions personally, not just the process. It feels so unfair when we lose one like Hennessy. You follow a career for awhile and you feel like you know them a little.