Next Big Stallion? What is your opinion?

I don't think anyone from this crop is the next big stallion. I do think that next years crop will be very good though, maybe they won't both hit but at least one of the tandem of Empire MAker and Mineshaft will hit. The nice part is that both should sire stayers instead of 5 furlong freaks. We sorely need that right now.

[Thunder Gulch]

Agree that Monjeu is the next great one from the Northern Dancer line. How about Forestry? Discreet Cat and the $16 million dollar Monkey. Now he'll see some classier mares.

Out of every horse that has been mentioned only Mineshafter ran past the age of three, and he ran until he was a nice ripe age of four. No wonder why horses are so fragile these days. I think you might see the next stallion to make the bigest mark in horse racing is going to come from New York. Say Florida Sandy. He ran for seven yers 98 races 1-3 over 60% of the time. 41 times he had a speed number over 100. I had an opertunity to see jis baby's. His yearlings look like two year olds. They are all images of him, colts and fillies alike. Many of them foal at 145 and up. there was just one reported at 210lbs in Maryland. Do yourselves a favor and don't count him out b/c he is a NY bred.