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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
I know a trainer on a major circuit that said they were the underbidders on her as a 2 yo in training. I told them that since she sold for 5k I understood why they just couldn't just wreck the budget on one horse. The person did not think it was funny.
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Hilarious.
Yeah I heard she wasn't the looker you'd be hoping for with achievements like that. I mean she got the Storm Cat,etc. bookings based on really only those right? The speed aspect is what got her those achievements so I include that indirectly. Not the conformation or the pedigree although we all know some stallions will get booked to nags with one tooth if they can pay the farm hundred thousand dollar fees for the privilege. Not sure where they get off sending her to Storm Cat though with those knees of his and her physical issues. I'm drawing a blank a bit but doesn't Rahy have pretty good legs? I say send her to him not just for that but the more I look at the cross the better it seems. Go to the Stallion Register and do a hypo for Rahy/Xtra Heat. There's actually a mare by Blushing Groom out of a Hatchet Man mare (Rahy's sire over Xtra Heat's BMS) named Erimo Symphony that was sent to Japan, didn't rock the racing world herself, but was bred to horses like Brian's Time and Sunday Silence, one of whom won 100K+ and a G3. Of course the cross with SS adds the Halo that Rahy brings in via his BMS and look what they got out of it. Just putting that out there. Food for thought...not that they care what I think. Oh and a possible smaller horse may not go for the $$ at the sales but it's easier on the frame for starters if the frame's kinda warped plus the offspring aren't selling as well as they could anyway so the worst that could happen is they spend a little less and get a similar sort of crooked-thanks-to-his-mama foal with a top sire. A mare built like this is breed to race IMHO. Wasting $500,000 may be possible for some folks but it makes me fidget just thinking about it. I sure hope he turns into something. She was a blast to root for and I really want them to make it.