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Old 03-16-2021, 05:47 PM
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Old 03-16-2021, 06:40 PM
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The first 6 sires on that list had an average career length of 8 races.

Only one of them (Liam's Map) won a Grade 1 race beyond the juvenile year.

Not convinced it's a good sign when an Into Mischief shows up in a 2yo-in-training sale to begin with...
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Old 03-16-2021, 07:10 PM
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The first 6 sires on that list had an average career length of 8 races.
It’s almost like breeding to unsound horses and then making their offspring work too fast early is a bad strategy.
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Old 03-16-2021, 07:32 PM
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It’s almost like breeding to unsound horses and then making their offspring work too fast early is a bad strategy.
The scariest part of that list is that most of the sires on there aren't even particularly successful.

There were high hopes for Violence initially, but he's done little to validate the early promise. Likewise with Munnings; although he had a standout year last year, he wasn't looking too hot in recent seasons. Liam's Map has been modest at best after some decent juvenile performances from his first crop. Cairo Prince has done nothing as far as I know.

Unified is a first crop sire, but by the fact that he has 2 high dollar horses in just this one sale right off the bat pretty much tells you that the KY breeding mafia will promote him like he's the second coming at least for the time being. A couple of years ago they pulled that "payola"-type scam with the Tapit sire He's Had Enough (look at his pathetic PPs) and lo and behold none of those sales darlings or 2yo winners ever did a thing (he's now in the Philippines apparently).
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Old 03-16-2021, 08:19 PM
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There were high hopes for Violence initially, but he's done little to validate the early promise.
After a lull with his 2nd crop, Violence finished 2020 as the #1 Third Crop Sire. 3 G1 winners last year and 18 SW's overall in his first 3 crops.
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Old 03-16-2021, 08:32 PM
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After a lull with his 2nd crop, Violence finished 2020 as the #1 Third Crop Sire. 3 G1 winners last year and 18 SW's overall in his first 3 crops.
Should have done my research on that one. I forgot about Volatile; he came and went like a bullet.

Somewhat surprising those Grade 1 wins were all sprints (although Gold Beauty is deep in his female family).
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