Thread: Best Broodmare
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Old 07-20-2006, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann
Plucky Liege is a mare a lot of you haven't heard of, but she produced 3 classic winners - Sir Gallahad III, Bois Roussel, and Admiral Drake - all of whom became influential sires. So did Sir G's little brother Bull Dog, sire of Bull Lea, et. al.
You mention Bull Dog as almost an afterthought ... but for a while he was by far the most important of Plucky Liege's offspring ...

... though it all went bad when Bull Lea turned out to be the worst sire of sires in world history.
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