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Originally Posted by miraja2
Had I heard of Slewacide? No, but I had heard of Distorted Humor.
Listen, you know a LOT more about this stuff than I do, but wouldn't you agree with me that being by Perfect Mandate and out of a Flying Sensation mare isn't exactly an overwhelming pedigree?
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Oh, definitely, not overwhelming. Wouldn't be surprised to see it on a Cal-bred SW, or maybe the winner of an open stakes in the Bay Area, probably not in SoCal, though.
But, of course, Silver Buck out of a Poker mare (Silver Charm), At the Threshold out of a For the Moment mare (Lil E. Tee), or Buckaroo out of a Speak John mare (Spend a Buck) didn't exactly score very high on the blue-blood meter, either. And then there is 'by Saggy out of Joppy, by Star Blen', the obscurest of obscure pedigrees that belonged to a Derby winner - Carry Back (winner of 21 of 61, champion at 2, won Kentucky Derby, Preakness,, etc. at 3, Met Mile, Whitney, etc. at 4). Actually all these stallions I've named were good performers (well, Star Blen wasn't) on the track but had unfashionable pedigrees, or average stud performance, or both. So people discounted them out of hand. I try not to make that mistake.