Freshman sires

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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

There's a lot of goofy things that happen with stallions.

In general... it seems like horses who are both well bred and were excellent milers are least likely to be total busts.

The type of super race horses who sell cheaply at 2yo sales are often downright dismal sires.

Skip Away, Formal Gold, and Silver Charm all sold for 100K or less at a 2yo sale .... were all amazing race horses ... and neither one can sire anything.

From this years freshman group - Afleet Alex was a damn good race horse and he sold for 75K at a 2yo sale - I doubt he can be any worse of a sire than SA, FG, or SC ... but I wouldn't expect a great deal.

Sons of Skip Trial, Black Tie Affair and Silver Buck would not be ideal sire of sire types especially when all three were out of pretty weak female families.
Northern Afleet is decidedly better than those others but I dont think AA will have much lasting impact.