SPINOFF: Sales chat

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I liked that Dixie Union but I didn't like the Birdstone.

May I ask what you didn't like about hip 352?

[The Bid]

352 was an above average horse and sold for a fair amount. There wasnt really thing not to like about the Birdstone, other than he was a Birdstone

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by The Bid

352 was an above average horse and sold for a fair amount. There wasnt really thing not to like about the Birdstone, other than he was a Birdstone

What's wrong with Birdstone as a sire, Bid?

[The Bid]

Unproven, and didnt care for him as a racehorse. Not saying he cannot be a good sire, just there was nothign wrong with that particular hip besides the unproven sire.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

What's wrong with Birdstone as a sire, Bid?

Although I am a Zito fan... If I had a rifle I would have shot Bstone in the Belmont.. I cried when he passed SJ..

Birdstone was a slight colt wasn't he? I would think you need a decent sized mare and one with a bit of early foot..

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Although I am a Zito fan... If I had a rifle I would have shot Bstone in the Belmont.. I cried when he passed SJ..

Birdstone was a slight colt wasn't he? I would think you a decent sized mare and one with a bit of early foot..

Birdstone is about average size... 15.3 hands. He isn't big, but he isn't that small either. I believe he was a late bloomer, was he not? I think at two he was only around 15 hands, but I could be wrong. Either way, that wouldn't bother me as long as I had a mare that wasn't too small.

As for him passing Smarty... yeah, that sucked, but it wasn't his fault.

Here he is now (more filled out IMO):

Probably my favorite Belmont. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


*redboard of the decade*

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Probably my favorite Belmont. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


*redboard of the decade*

I think I spent a total of $10 in that race betting Royal Assault WP.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Probably my favorite Belmont. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


*redboard of the decade*

I was at some golfing resort near Brainard Mn I think its called the Pines.. Watched it on 25" BS TV hammered on Saphire...Cried and Passed Out Drunk.. Not a good result

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

What's wrong with Birdstone as a sire, Bid?

I have a hard time believing that he will be a good sire simply based upon Grindstone. That coupled with the fact that he was not particularly nice from a physical standpoint is a lot to overcome. The ones that I actually looked at as yearlings were mostly uninspiring.

[The Bid]

The Bernstien had a bad throat.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

May I ask what you didn't like about hip 352?

I didn't like anything about her. I didn't think she could run. I didn't like her stride.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I didn't like anything about her. I didn't think she could run. I didn't like her stride.

352 was a colt. Perhaps we're thinking about two different horses.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

352 was a colt. Perhaps we're thinking about two different horses.

There was only one Birdstone in the sale. The other two scratched. You are right that he is a colt and not a filly. He is hip #352. He just didn't look like a runner to me. I didn't like the way he moved.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

May I ask what you didn't like about hip 352?

When I look at the Birdstone colt's video on-line, it looks alright. But you just don't get the same clarity on-line. When I watch the DVD on my television, I think he hits the ground really hard and his stride is just too much up and down instead of forward.

I can't even tell you how big the difference is watching the DVD on televsion. The clarity is just much better. There are horses who look good to me when I watch the videos on-line, but when I see the actual DVD, I don't like the horse at all.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

When I look at the Birdstone colt's video on-line, it looks alright. But you just don't get the same clarity on-line. When I watch the DVD on my television, I think he hits the ground really hard and his stride is just too much up and down instead of forward.

I can't even tell you how big the difference is watching the DVD on televsion. The clarity is just much better. There are horses who look good to me when I watch the videos on-line, but when I see the actual DVD, I don't like the horse at all.

Makes sense... I don't have the DVD, so I am only going off what I see online. He did look pretty 'turfy' (which is probably why I liked him.)