another full bro to barbaro

[Danzig]

was born early friday morning, both colt and dam are doing fine. la ville rouge will be bred back to dynaformer. this little guy joins nicanor as full siblings to the derby winner. he also has a couple half brothers, one by quiet american, and one by saint ballado. they would love to have a filly from the breeding. good luck to the jacksons!

[Riot]

Cool! Another foxhound name for a bay colt <g>

Actually, my dogs are named after foxhound names ... Risk, Havoc, Keen, Reign and, of course, the troublemaker, Riot <g>

[sundaysilenceforever]

Here is the story and a pic. He is one handsome boy!

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/break...r_is_born.html

[Buffymommy]

Originally Posted by sundaysilenceforever

Here is the story and a pic. He is one handsome boy!

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/break...r_is_born.html

Thanks for posting the link. He really is all legs.

[Riot]

Wow, thanks for that, he's beautiful - those big, heart-shaped white stars on the forehead

[Scav]

The bad thing about this is that sadly, these horses will never live up to the expectations of the public.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Scav

The bad thing about this is that sadly, these horses will never live up to the expectations of the public.

i don't know that anyone has high expectations so much as good wishes.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Scav

The bad thing about this is that sadly, these horses will never live up to the expectations of the public.

Hey, you never know...

[sumitas]

"Find yourself...before someone else does."
Robert Hunter

[Merlinsky]

I figured there were plenty of threads about Barbaro siblings so I just grabbed this one. Barbaro full sibling #4...

Another brother. http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...o-barbaro-born They're considering going back to Dynaformer again. I had a feeling it was a colt, based on the lack of news after she got in foal. When they had a filly in the womb, they shouted it from the rooftops.

Since she foaled in May, unless she was pretty late, that sounds like a June breeding. If I recall correctly, she aborted the filly in December of 2009. Makes you wonder if she had issues getting in foal this time around. At 26, Dynaformer's no spring chicken. She's 15 this year. Not that many more tries for that full sister I wouldn't think.

[Riot]

Thanks for the update. Good for them. I know they wanted another filly, but they appear to have gotten a healthy foal. Always a good thing

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by Riot

Thanks for the update. Good for them. I know they wanted another filly, but they appear to have gotten a healthy foal. Always a good thing

He's 138 lbs, is that a good size for a TB? Not exactly my area of expertise. I googled and found some link that said 50kg is average, but 138 lbs = 62.6 kg so that makes it sound like a massive foal, unless 50 kg is just wrong.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

He's 138 lbs, is that a good size for a TB? Not exactly my area of expertise. I googled and found some link that said 50kg is average, but 138 lbs = 62.6 kg so that makes it sound like a massive foal, unless 50 kg is just wrong.

Yes, that's a perfectly-normal-good-sized baby Your calculation to kgs is right on. Another way to estimate is neonatal birthweight roughly 10% of mothers weight.