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Originally Posted by stonegossard
If Harlem Rocker doesnt get the distance up in Canada one would think that they might turn back and go for those 3 yr old sprints up at Saratoga.
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That's a fair concern, until they do it you just don't know...I believe Harlem Rocker will get a route due to his sire's pedigree, "Macho Uno" who won the Suburban, Ohio Derby, BC Juvenile just to name a few races, plus he is a half brother to Awesome Again. There's plenty of stamina influences in his pedigree. Though his dam Freedom Come was primarily a sprinter, and HR is her first foal there is not much information to conclude if she can produce stamina ladened horses. The second dam however, "Zee Lady" did produce a horse named Boozeboom who won the Affirmed Handicap and placed in the Swaps stakes.
Though it is premature to even mention HR to great horses, I see alot of simularites in this mating as to the one with Ghostzapper. Ghostzapper was out of Baby Zip(who also produced City Zip) and sired by Awesome Again. Stamina on top and speed on the bottom pedigree, there was a time it was thought GZ might be stretched to go beyond his miler's pedigree but we all know what he did in the BC Classic. Which makes HR an exciting horse to follow with the possible simularities.