Best Broodmare

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by Bold Brooklynite

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.

Excuse me? Bull Lea was a terrific sire, the reason that Calumet rose to the heights it did. His son Citation was a bust as a sire.

As to Plucky Liege's sons, Sir Gallahad III was leading US sire (4 times to Bull Dog's once) and leading broodmare sire (12 times to Bull Dog's 3), sired a Triple Crown winner and two other Kentucky Derby winners, while Bull Dog sired no winners of Triple Crown races. Bull Dog was not nearly as good a racehorse as Plucky Liege's other 3 sons. Bois Roussel and Admiral Drake stood in Europe and sired classic winners there, had minimal impact on this continent.