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Old 08-15-2007, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie
aint no way an offspring of pat copelan is going to 'relish' more distance.

i dont care if they bring vaguely noble back from the dead and breed her to him, aint gonna happen.
Of course you could be right, but I don't think it is out of the question that one of her offspring could like more distance than today's race at 5.5f. She was a speedy 6f-type filly to be sure, but look at her pedigree.
She is by Copelan and out of a Dr. Fager mare. Those horses were both fast horses and good sprinters to be sure, but Copelan was able to stretch out a little (graded stakes winner at 8.5f) and Dr. Fager was of course able to stretch out a lot. If she is bred to a pretty good router (like Include) she might produce a horse that could stretch out a little.
And by the way, I'm not exactly saying this horse is going to be winning the Belmont Stakes next year, but that he might improve when stretched out to 7f-8.5f, which are the distances of most of the big 2yo stakes races.
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Old 08-15-2007, 10:49 PM
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Include has to be the most underrated sire out there right now, performance vs. fee. I'm REALLY impressed with his results so far in two crops.
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