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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
He's a guy who's not exactly bred to be an iron horse either.
His sire was Tribal Rule.
If anyone doesn't remember Tribal Rule, he was a freaky Julio Canani sprinter earlier on in the decade.
Tribal Rule broke his maiden in career start #2, at Del Mar, during his 5yo season running a 108 Beyer speed figure in victory.
He only managed to have a 4 race career.
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Don't stop there. Tribal Rule also descends from one of the most unsound, albeit talented, families in modern racing.
His dam, Sown, made just 3 career starts. In addition to Tribal Rule, she also produced Grade 1 winner, Key Phrase, who made just 6 starts (and won 5).
Key Phrase in turn has dropped NY stakes sprinter, Key Deputy, a sporadic campaigner for the Live Oak Plantation (12 career starts); Key Maker, a talented, but fragile CA colt that got a triple digit Beyer breaking his maiden off a yearlong layoff before descending into low claiming races (15 starts); highly touted, but never proven sprinter and now popular sire Yankee Gentleman (10 career starts); and Zing (8 starts) who as a broodmare has produced, Half Ours (7 starts), a stakes-winning Unbridled's Song colt (and new sire) that spent more time at the ranch than he did at the track.
Sown herself was a 1/2 to top CA sire Pirate's Bounty, who made 15 career starts.
The irony of it all is that the 2nd dam, Bad Seed, made 44 career starts.