The problem with stallion prospects like Defer and Patriot Act is that they were both very slow plodding horses...I wouldn't expect a whole lot from either one.
City Zip was the perfect stallion you'd look for in a region like New York.
* He was a brilliantly fast early developing horse
* He was very sound and accomplished (made 23 starts in 2 years of racing, won 6 Graded Stakes, fired on short rest)
* Figued to be the kind of sire who would be above average with turf runners.
City Zip stood in NY and started covering mares in 2002 (before his half brother Ghostzapper ever debuted)
The combonation of him doing a solid job while standing for $7,500 in NY and with Ghostzapper developing into a Horse of the Year and hot stallion prospect - is what got him out of NY and into Ky I would think.
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