Grindstone as a sire.

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I was glad to see Kid Grindstone win that 9f stakes race at Arlington on Saturday, for the second stakes win of his 4yo campaign. I sort of think that Grindstone has a somewhat undeserved reputation of being a huge disappointment at stud. Everyone thinks he produces nothing but unsound claimers, with the lone exception of Birdstone, who people also like to disrespect.
Now certainly nobody is going to confuse Grindstone with AP Indy, but Miss Grindstone was winning graded stakes races at age 5. Colita is still hitting the board in graded stakes races at age 6. Organ Grinder was a nice graded stakes winning colt, and Kid Grindstone appears to be hitting his best stride at age 4. And although people LOVE to talk about how lucky Birdstone got in the Belmont, he still won the race AND the Travers (not to mention a very good 2yo campaign).
Grindstone has a wonderful pedigree, was a very good horse on the track, and I think he deserves a little more respect as a stallion.