Best broodmare (revisited)

[Cajungator26]

The Bid was another example of a good broodmare sire.

If you wanted to bid you would have to open up a line of credit with the auction house, etc.

The Bid, in my opinion, is a very underrated broodmare sire. I love to see him in that spot. And trust me, I will never take away from Secretariat's accomplishments with his daughters! Love him...

[slotdirt]

What were the progeny earnings of Secretariat? Also remember that he didn't get to stand quite as long as a lot of great stallions did (Storm Cat or Cozzene, for example). Secretariat was the same age as Pleasant Tap or Red Ransom or Royal Academy are now when he passed in 1989.

[miraja2]

Balletto,

Holy crap! I just clicked on your myspace link. Are you seriously just 18? If so, how the hell do you know so much about racing and pedigree stuff? I'm impressed.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by miraja2

Balletto,

Holy crap! I just clicked on your myspace link. Are you seriously just 18? If so, how the hell do you know so much about racing and pedigree stuff? I'm impressed.

I'm impressed too. She knows her stuff and it takes years to get that kind of knowledge.

Originally Posted by miraja2

Balletto,

Holy crap! I just clicked on your myspace link. Are you seriously just 18? If so, how the hell do you know so much about racing and pedigree stuff? I'm impressed.

haha yeah. I dont know, pedigrees just intrigue me. They're my "thing". Its almost a sick passion.

I think its fair to say that me, you and Cajun are all on the same page with Sec. We're just wording our arguments a lil differently.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by Balletto

haha yeah. I dont know, pedigrees just intrigue me. They're my "thing". Its almost a sick passion.

I think its fair to say that me, you and Cajun are all on the same page with Sec. We're just wording our arguments a lil differently.

Yeah I think you are right about that. I am still freaked out by the fact that at 18 years old you know about 1000 times more than I do about this. But hey, that's cool.

God, I just realized I may be socially retarded.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by Balletto

God, I just realized I may be socially retarded.

Well then Derbytrail.com is definitely the place for you!!!

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

The Bid was another example of a good broodmare sire.

Yes, but my point was simply that he is not in the same league as Sec in terms of being a broodmare sire even though he also saw the top mares. Sec also sired a HOY in Lady's Secret and a multiple classic winner in Risen Star, while The Bid never approached that.
My point wasn't really that the Bid was a complete failure or anything like that, but simply that Secretariat's remarkable success wasn't just due to the quality of the mares he was seeing.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by miraja2

Yes, but my point was simply that he is not in the same league as Sec in terms of being a broodmare sire even though he also saw the top mares. Sec also sired a HOY in Lady's Secret and a multiple classic winner in Risen Star, while The Bid never approached that.
My point wasn't really that the Bid was a complete failure or anything like that, but simply that Secretariat's remarkable success wasn't just due to the quality of the mares he was seeing.

I'm not arguing with that. I agree completely.