The Green Monkey

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

I think he had only the two crops.

Correct, sir. Bold Reasoning had two crops, in 1974 and 1975, and had champion colts in each one - Seattle Slew from 1974 and Super Concorde (top 2yo in France) from 1975. Aside from those two, he was sort of an average good stallion, sort of what was expected of him. He wasn't a glamour sales stallion, despite standing at Claiborne; when Slew sold for $17,500, it was probably about average. A decent runner from a not-too-inspiring crop (after Hoist the Flag was hurt) -

1968 BOLD REASONING,Dk B/,c,Boldnesian 2 12 8 2 0 189,564 32.25
DP = 13-10-11-2-0 DI = 3.80 CD = 0.94
At 3 Won Jersey Derby (100,000), Withers S (50,000)
At 4 2nd Metropolitan H (100,000)

a good miler, but not championship material.

[Pedigree Ann]

1985 DYNAFORMER,Dkbbr,c,Roberto 30 7 5 2 671,207
North America 2 YO Record 5 1 2 1 27,640
North America Turf Record 7 2 0 1 53,923
North America Dirt Sprints 4 1 2 0 23,920
North America Dirt Routes 19 4 3 1 593,364
North America Muddy/Sloppy 3 1 0 0 36,300
At 3 Won Jersey Derby -G2 (500,000), Discovery Handicap -G2 (150,000),
Lucky Draw S. -L (100,000), 2nd General George S. -L (100,000),
Gallant Fox Handicap -G2 (85,000)
At 4 3rd Dixie Handicap -G2 (150,000)

He never really got to run much at his best distance/surface, which was 12f on turf (he set a track record for 12fT)

It is surprising, but horses with this kind of record - good but not outstanding - succeed at stud as often as the stars. The giants of the last 20 years, Storm Cat and Mr. Prospector, were good horses, but not quite at the championship level on the track. The horse who beat SC in the BC Juvie and won the 2yo championship was Tasso, whose stud career is better not mentioned.