It's funny, btw, that you should mention Courtly Dee.
There was a colt that broke his maiden in Monmouth's 6th on Sunday. It was his 4th career start, and 2nd going 9f on the turf. His name is They Call Me Giant, by Giant's Causeway out of an Alydar mare named Aishah. She in turn was produced by none other than Courtly Dee, which makes her a full sister to Althea.
The only reason I know this is because I saw Alydar's name as the damsire of this colt, and for some reason got intrigued.....wanting to know where Alydar's offspring are in terms of timeline, so I decided to find out more about her. When Courtly Dee's name popped up as her dam, I just went, "WOW"!
I did find out that Aishah was an aged mare of 20 years when They Call Me Giant was foaled (born in 1987), and that Alydar's last foal crop arrived in 1991 (which most folks who have half a memory would know). They are, or would be 19 years old this year. It would seem pretty likely that They Call Me Giant is among the last young horses we will see with him as their broodmare sire.
Anyway, I thought it was funny that, after doing that little bit of research, Courtly Dee should come up in this thread. Kinda cool!
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