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Originally Posted by Linny
In part because his sire Danzig was a great sire of turf milers.
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Coincidentally, this was on display this afternoon.
The winner of the First Lady (Forever something) is by Belong To Me, who as a racehorse was a sprinter and I don't believe ever tried the turf. However, he is a son of Danzig, and sure enough this horse improved significantly with a switch in her last 5 starts to turf.
Also, the multiple grass stakes winning 3yo contesting the Canadian International tomorrow (forgot the name) is by Langfuhr, another non-turf starting son of Danzig.
Other sons of Danzig that never started on turf but got their share of grass runners were Honor Grades, regional sire Game Plan (CA), Polish Numbers, Polish Navy, and Pine Bluff.
Shug McGaughey practically made a career out of resurrecting highly-touted sons of Danzig by putting them on turf, namely Lure, Furiously, and Strolling Along. War Chant is another good example from Neil Drysdale's barn.
It wouldn't have been hard to imagine Hard Spun following in those footsteps (up to a mile anyways).