Originally Posted by Danzig (Post 755135)

federico tesio said breed the best to the best, and then hope for the best. there's no telling what rachel will produce, or any horse will produce for that matter. it's a crap shoot. i remember that genuine risk was bred to secretariat, everyone was excited about two derby winners producing a foal. it didn't end well, with the foal stillborn. and of course genuine risk ended up star-crossed as a broodmare, producing only two foals.

the thing is, i think it's a shame that we have so few horses sticking around racing that some are reduced to cheering on the breeding process.

Originally Posted by Kingturf (Post 755411)

Seattle Dancer- half to Seattle Slew(Nijinsky II) went for 13.1 million as a yearling. Made something like 100k on the track...never produced

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind (Post 755418)

It would have been VERY impressive if he did produce.

Originally Posted by Kingturf (Post 755420)

Damn dude, are you gay? Every post I make you got to come back with a corny ass comment on my post like you want suck my BBD.

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 755448)

Personally I'm really surprised no one has mentioned the what if as in what if these two race against the Sea the Stars / Zarkava baby. :D

As an aside, the first "See Rachel" day...:)

http://stonestr.net10.net/info/?page_id=139

Originally Posted by freddymo (Post 755463)

That's a horse that is going to race in Europe on grass

Originally Posted by Linny (Post 759039)

Speaking of champions being bred to each other, Euro HOY and US HOY Giant's Causeway and Azeri have a winning filly in Arienza. That's some nice breeding. I'm pleasantly surprized that Azeri is 2 for 2 with winners as many big tough type mares are not as successful in the shed. Ofc ourse Take Control (Azeri's other starter) has yet to run back after his Dec '09 MSW.:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Linny (Post 759056)

Azeri? She looked like a beast when I saw her at Saratoga.

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop (Post 759057)

That's where I saw her, next to Sightseek and Stormflag, well she was never really next to them:), I thought she looked smallish.

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie (Post 759115)

Yeah, I hear Sightseek has a large rear area.

Originally Posted by Sightseek (Post 759188)

Round and firm.



I mean the horse of course.

Originally Posted by Danzig (Post 755135)

federico tesio said breed the best to the best, and then hope for the best. there's no telling what rachel will produce, or any horse will produce for that matter. it's a crap shoot. i remember that genuine risk was bred to secretariat, everyone was excited about two derby winners producing a foal. it didn't end well, with the foal stillborn. and of course genuine risk ended up star-crossed as a broodmare, producing only two foals.

the thing is, i think it's a shame that we have so few horses sticking around racing that some are reduced to cheering on the breeding process.

Originally Posted by AeWingnut (Post 759239)

I think we all know you are a huge fan of the breeding process