Discreetly Mine retired

NTamm1215 · #1 12-09-2010, 07:46 PM

I forgot to include that Discreetly Mine was Mineshaft's first (and only) Grade I winner to date. Remember when he stood for 100k?

randallscott35 · #2 12-09-2010, 07:49 PM

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I forgot to include that Discreetly Mine was Mineshaft's first (and only) Grade I winner to date. Remember when he stood for 100k?

A better ride and he would've had 2 in an hour on Fly Down

NTamm1215 · #3 12-09-2010, 07:50 PM

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A better ride and he would've had 2 in an hour on Fly Down

And that would have enabled him to best his Lane's End colleague Pleasantly Perfect 2-1 in terms of Grade I winners produced.

Dahoss · #4 12-09-2010, 08:16 PM

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Remember when he stood for 100k?

Overrated on and off track?

randallscott35 · #5 12-09-2010, 08:23 PM

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Overrated on and off track?

Dahoss · #6 12-09-2010, 08:38 PM

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NTamm1215 · #7 12-09-2010, 08:24 PM

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Overrated on and off track?

In all fairness, he didn't have THAT bad a year with Fly Down and Redding Colliery in addition to Discreetly Mine. That being said, when your fee is 1/4th of what it started at after four crops it says a lot about your productivity.

I always thought he was overrated on the track as well.

The Indomitable DrugS · #8 12-09-2010, 08:26 PM

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I always thought he was overrated on the track as well.

Not really - there have been a whole lot worse who got a whole lot more hype.

Neil Howard was his trainer for crying out loud - Neil Howard.

NTamm1215 · #9 12-09-2010, 08:33 PM

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Not really - there have been a whole lot worse who got a whole lot more hype.

Neil Howard was his trainer for crying out loud - Neil Howard.

I heard he was the best horse since Spectacular Bid.

The Indomitable DrugS · #10 12-09-2010, 08:49 PM

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I heard he was the best horse since Spectacular Bid.

Maybe on Thoro-Graph figures - for about six weeks...until the first of about 38 horses to surpass his all-time record figure came along.

cmorioles · #11 12-09-2010, 08:50 PM

Shocking news.

NTamm1215 · #12 12-09-2010, 08:53 PM

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Maybe on Thoro-Graph figures - for about six weeks...until the first of about 38 horses to surpass his all-time record figure came along.

It was tongue in cheek, a member of this forum has espoused the theory that Mineshaft was the best horse since the Bid and I was breaking his balls a bit.

If only the four or five best handicap horses of 2003 could have gotten in the gate together at some point it would have been interesting. Medaglia d'Oro had a good year and was walloped by Candy Ride, so those three would have certainly made for an interesting race along with Pleasantly Perfect and Dynever of course.

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He's been a heckuva lot better than Ghostzapper in the shed, that's for sure.

You can't compare a 4th crop sire to a 2nd crop sire. That being said, GZ has been horrendous, even if his production of GI winners matches Mineshaft.