ATR Hall of Fame Debate: Gio Ponti?

OldDog · #31 11-02-2011, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

He's probably worth more on the track than in the breeding shed. Our turf races are a joke -- and breeders don't fall for late running American turf horses as stallions.

Gio Ponti RNA'd real cheap as a 2yo (I believe at the FT Calder 2yo sale) -- I doubt his offspring will be prime candidates for pinhookers at yearling sales either.

I appreciate your response. Would it be reasonable then to say that turf horses typically race more years than dirt horses?

View Poll Results: GIO PONTI.. Hall of Fame?
Yes.. Hall of Famer	46	60.53%
No.. Didn't win the ones that put him over the top	17	22.37%
Maybe.. Let's see how his career finishes	13	17.11%
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