I'll Have Another's pending retirement...?

[slotdirt]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

If one horse makes up for two horrible foal crops, then I guess you are right.

I would venture to day that he was given plenty of good mares to breed to, being he was a Travers winning son of Distorted Humor.

Not to mention his connections weren't exactly impoverished.

Based on the Stallion Register's numbers, Flower Alley has received better quality mares to date than his foals have produced.

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Not to mention his connections weren't exactly impoverished.

Based on the Stallion Register's numbers, Flower Alley has received better quality mares to date than his foals have produced.

There is no doubt.

One good horse doesn't do a lot for a Sire.
I don't think breeders were lining up to breed to Concorde's Tune this Winter because he got a BC winner last year. (Musical Romance)

[slotdirt]

I'm just saying, and I don't despise Flower Alley, but a Melnyk horse trained by Pletcher wasn't getting a bunch of NJ-breds sent to him in his first two crops.

[slotdirt]

I will say that at least a few of the recent potential Triple Crown horses aren't exactly by a murderer's row of stallions. Our Emblem? Silver Buck? Boundary, anyone? Name his second best horse.

Quiet American is OK, I guess. Distorted Humor and Elusive Quality speak for themselves.

I'll care if Sheikh Mo buys him.

[Travis Stone]

I find it hard to believe that, if he wins the Belmont Stakes, he won't be a hot item at stud. The marketability of his first crop as the sons/daughters of the first Triple Crown winner in 30+ years is pretty hard to pass-up. I think that offsets any question marks about his ability to become the next big sire in the short term.