Sire lines on Polytrack

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Balletto

It was brought to my attention that results during the Keeneland meet are in. It was stated that there was 136 races on poly. Of those 136 races, the stallions with the most winners are as follows--

Tale of the Cat-- 4 winners
Grand Slam-- 3
Smart Strike-- 3
Skip Away-- 3
Storm Creek-- 3
Rahy-- 3
El Corredor-- 3

With the theory that turf runners do better on the polytrack, these results are interesting. As its been stated before, anything from the Storm Cat line and Mr. Prospector/Gone West line had to be expected to fair well on the poly since they tend to do well on the turf. Further more, its a no brainer that Rahy would do well being a Blushing Groom line stallion and having produced top turf runners.

Breaking down the the list... you have Tale of the Cat, Storm Creek falling into the Storm Cat line, El Corredor, Grand Slam falling into the Gone West line, and Smart Strike falling into the Mr. Prospector line. The only stallion that doesnt fit the mold is Skip Away, who has been throwing very versatile foals from the start.

So 6 out of the 7 stallions with the best polytrack results all excell at producing foals who are either more turf than dirt, or who handle the two surfaces equally well. Some interesting food for thought with a very limited sampling.

Smart Strike... sire of the soon to be Breeders Cup Turf champ, English Channel.

[paisjpq]

did you compile that list yourself or was it pulished some place? I am curious about the numbers of runners each of those sires had in the races...it would stand to reason that a horse like grand slam would have far more entries than rahy or skippy...thus making their 3 winners perhaps more significant. I had noticed Skip Away seemed to be doing well on the poly and was pleased to no end since he was one of my favorites on that track and has been less than dominant in the shed.

I didnt compile it... I got it off a friend who had made the list. I took it at face value and found the results to be at least interesting. I would imagine though that the Hill n Dale and Ashford stallions had more runners...

Skip Away is a real solid stallion. Im hoping to get a daughter of his in November. She's on my radar.

It should also probably be noted that Buddy Got Even by Stephen Got Even and Pyramid Love by Fusaichi Pegasus both won twice during the meet and they were counted as "one win" for each of their sires.

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Balletto

I didnt compile it... I got it off a friend who had made the list. I took it at face value and found the results to be at least interesting. I would imagine though that the Hill n Dale and Ashford stallions had more runners...

Skip Away is a real solid stallion. Im hoping to get a daughter of his in November. She's on my radar.

it is interesting. Hope you get that daughter. Skip Away does well from limited opportunity, but he gets little respect IMO.

Yeah, im looking for him to be a good broodmare sire too. I like the versatility he brings to a pedigree, not to mention the soundness. If nothing else i'll take some pics of her and she gets out of my budget (which is probably likely) and share them with you. We can reminisce together!

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Balletto

Yeah, im looking for him to be a good broodmare sire too. I like the versatility he brings to a pedigree, not to mention the soundness. If nothing else i'll take some pics of her and she gets out of my budget (which is probably likely) and share them with you. We can reminisce together!

I took a mare over to hopewell a couple of years ago (for another horse) and they let me go back and say hi and feed him mints...it was a huge thrill, even if he has gone all white and lost that gorgeous dappled color from when he was running.