Domo Arigato & Sayonara! I'll Have Another to Japan..

[Merlinsky]

Speaking of Birdstone, for those who like to follow the select sales, the yearlings born of the broodmare bump following the success of his first crop at age 3 (including Mine That Bird's Kentucky Derby and Summer Bird's Belmont/Travers/JCGC/3yo Eclipse) are coming up this year. Probably won't do that well since freddy's convinced he's a bum. I bet the auctioneer will even announce it from the podium. "Ladies and gentleman, an addition to the catalog...The Freddymo Seal of Sire Disapproval is missing from the page of Hip #..."

[Linny]

Parsix is correct. All of those stallions have been very good/useful horses but none were horses being hollered for by breeders. The best of them, with the best breeding, Empire Maker is himself in Japan now.

If you held a share in any of those listed (VG, AA, TG) you'd be well ahead today on your investment. No, not has reached stratospheric levels but none has been a disaster either.

My point is that breeders are not looking to Belmont winners as stallion prospects.

[my miss storm cat]

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