Live Oak's amazing mare Sultry Sun passes
 

Live Oak homebred, euthanized at 28 due to agedness.. Was herself a GSW, 14/9-0-2 ($222,277) on track, but more famed as a remarkably productive dam.. Last foal, El Sultry Sun just 2nd the other day at GP..

Her produce?

Solar Splendor: 42/11-3-6 ($1,386,468)

At 3: WON Hill Prince S. (G3), Lexington S. (G3)
At 4: WON Turf Classic S. (G1), Man O' War S. (G1), Saratoga Breeders' Cup H. (G3)
At 5: WON Man O' War S. (G1)
At 6: 2ND Turf Classic Invitational S. (G1); 3RD Early Times Manhattan S. (G2)
At 7: 2ND Early Times Manhattan S. (G1)


Sultry Song: 23/9-3-5 ($1,616,276)

At 3: WON Jamaica H.(G2), Golden Beach S., Long Branch S.; 2nd NYRA Mile H.(G1); 3rd Secretariat S.(G1), Pegasus H.(G1)
At 4: WON Hollywood Gold Cup H.(G1), Whitney H.(G1), Woodward S.(G1)
Sire of 2004 Breeders' Cup Mile winner Singletary and timeless Revved Up


Sultry Allure: 10/1-1-0 ($25,760), Dam of Mass Media


Strategic Mission: 24/7-5-4 ($414,320), Sire of Showing Up

A true blue hen. One of the most impressive produce resumes around. RIP grand old lady.

An unraced son, Satellite Sun (Seattle Slew) stands in NY. RIP.

Sorry she is gone.. Her daughter tossed Mass Media to boot...

I don't know the proper term but Hendrix was from Sultry Song so without her.....

Run in peace.

Sultry Song was a really good horse. Nowadays he would be a deity.

by Sultry Song:)

Sultry Song was a male.

He also sired Breeders Cup Mile winner Singletary.

I know, I meant without Sultry Sun...

Thanks Thebby. I'm not kidding about being a pedigree moron.

Sultry Song made his name at age 4 if I remember.

His best race was no better than Chief Honcho's best race.

That would be way incorrect. He won the Whitney and Woodward back to back in 1992. He got a 112 fig in the Whitney and a 115 in the Woodward.


Stick to porn and Hysterical Lady.

That was his 4yo season.

I'm aware.....but he was a better horse than Chief Honcho.

Chief Honcho, however, was a lot better when he was running second to In Excess than the paper tigers we have these days. Didn't Smith whip him like 36 times when he won the Jim Dandy.

Chief Honcho ran a few big races...including the defeats to In Excess you mentioned- he also ran some poor ones - but I would think his best race was better than Sultry Song's best race ... but what would I know anyway, I was 10 at the time.

When he ran second to In Excess in the Suburban, which off the top of my head he lost by four lengths, he probably did run about as well as Sultry Song did in his better efforts so your original point is actually legit. However, as you said, Chief Honcho never really got it done. Unless Mike Smith tagged him over 30 times.

I liked Sultry Song. Maybe it's because I won a bunch of money on him. I also liked Chief Honcho. But, when he was second to In Excess, who was a monster at that time, there was nobody else in the field. Sultry Song beat some OK horses ( that would be mislabeled great if they were running now ).

I liked Sultry Song as well, but would have liked him a lot more if he held off Rubiano in the NYRA Mile.

Solar Splender was also extremely good. Won back to back Man o' Wars and the Turf Classic one of those years as well.

I was always a fan of Solar Splendor.. even when he was old and running way over his head..

It's hard not to like a multiple Grade 1 winner that races for 5-6yrs...

1991 Turf Classic : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPwQC1h1kqQ

Solar Splendor won the ManOWar on the same day Sultry Song won the Woodward. Wonder if that is the only time a mare has had two G1 winners on the same card.