Dominican breeding?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Curlin is another one with stamina in the tail-femail line...there's nothing in his breeding to suggest the 10 furlong distance will be his undoing.

His 2nd dam Barbarika, was 5-for-8 routing, including multiple Graded Stake wins. Not to legitamize BRIS figs too much, but, she once ran a 112 BRIS figure routing--which is equal to Holy Bull's career top on those style figs. Several other good male horses, A. P. Indy among them, never ran that fast.

A Smart Strike out of a Deputy Minister, with that kind of tail-female line, shouldn't be hindered by a 10 furlong distance.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Curlin is another one with stamina in the tail-femail line...there's nothing in his breeding to suggest the 10 furlong distance will be his undoing.

His 2nd dam Barbarika, was 5-for-8 routing, including multiple Graded Stake wins. Not to legitamize BRIS figs too much, but, she once ran a 112 BRIS figure routing--which is equal to Holy Bull's career top on those style figs. Several other good male horses, A. P. Indy among them, never ran that fast.

A Smart Strike out of a Deputy Minister, with that kind of tail-female line, shouldn't be hindered by a 10 furlong distance.

yeah, i don't see any red flags in curlins pedigree that say can't get 10f. stormello as well--nice bottom half, dams sire is seattle slew, and the second dam is sired by coastal, who won the belmont against spectacular bid. but i think stormellos running style (supposedly going to rate all of a sudden, we'll see) will keep him out of the money.