Big Brown has Quarter Crack

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

I'm tired of hearing this. Secretariat was a darn good stallion;

If you bred his book of mares to Cozar - he would be a very accomplished stallion.

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

If you bred his book of mares to Cozar - he would be a very accomplished stallion.

Not certain what this means, but the 'elite' mares he received were, many of them, the wrong mares for this particular stallion. Just as Winning Colors was sent to stallions who made the most economic sense rather than to the stallions that would suit her best (and may have been totally non-commercial). An example - After Cee's Song produced 4 SWs including a Horse of the Year with Cee's Tizzy, proving this is a dynamite cross, a genetic goldmine, her owners' heirs sent her to Storm Cat repreatedly and got 2 minor winners, one SP, and one unraced. By most measures Storm Cat is a better stallion than Cee's Tizzy, BUT not for this particular mare.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

An example - After Cee's Song produced 4 SWs including a Horse of the Year with Cee's Tizzy, proving this is a dynamite cross, a genetic goldmine, her owners' heirs sent her to Storm Cat repreatedly and got 2 minor winners, one SP, and one unraced. By most measures Storm Cat is a better stallion than Cee's Tizzy, BUT not for this particular mare.

I would have to think mating Cee's Song with Cee's Tizzy was hardly some decision based upon any "dynamite cross" that had the look of a possible genetic goldmine - It probably had everything to do with the fact that the two horses raced for the same owners.

Storm Cat didn't get a piece of Cee's Song until she already had like 10 or 11 foals.

[Slewbopper]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

If you bred his book of mares to Cozar - he would be a very accomplished stallion.

Bernie?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Slewbopper

Bernie?

He was a son of Cozzene who went 4-for-31 - earned no blacktype - and ran for a tag near the lower end of claiming levels at the end of his career. He's sired several winners at PID.