Do you think Blame will be a great stallion?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Im far from a breeding expert, but how does he get any good mares?
There are tons of simply better more flashy sires.
He might get decent horses, but how many will have any speed and be able to win early? I think he will be standing for under 12k in 2 years.

how does he not? he stands at claiborne, who also boards the phipps broodmare band. and claiborne does know how to help make a stallion.

i don't know that blame will be a great stallion, but he'll certainly get his chances. and without having to cover close to 200 mares like he would with coolmore.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Danzig

how does he not? he stands at claiborne, who also boards the phipps broodmare band. and claiborne does know how to help make a stallion.

i don't know that blame will be a great stallion, but he'll certainly get his chances. and without having to cover close to 200 mares like he would with coolmore.

Save Seeking the Gold and Pulpit, how many terriffic stallions have they "made" in the last 20 years?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Save Seeking the Gold and Pulpit, how many terriffic stallions have they "made" in the last 20 years?

lol
seriously? you take out two consistently good stallions and then ask that? wow. yeah, if you take all the good out of anything, the comparison then becomes lame, doesn't it?

yes, commercial breeders have bypassed this farm due to sheer numbers. not sure what that has to do with whether blame will be a success. claiborne knows their job, and knows how to support a stallion. i don't think it's them causing claiborne problems, i think it's their fellow horsemen and women who have run past them and some good horses for a more commercially viable horse.
blame, any stallion, is bucking the odds. hard to say if he'll be a success or not. or any new lane's end or three chimneys stallion for that matter. look at smarty...ghostzapper. two started at six figure studs that have done much of nothing thus far.

[Thunder Gulch]

His book of mares through Claiborne will allow him a chance to be good, but how many "great" stallions are there? I'd rather have one from Arch than Blame today.