My Happy Face

[my miss storm cat]

I was much more impressed with this girl than the other (some of them much-anticipated) 2 year olds this weekend.

Thoughts on this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpEmKyZrGbE

[Calzone Lord]

I was a big fan of her sire Tiz Wonderful and 21 length wins going 5.5 furlongs are impressive -- but the only two horses who could run in that race both scratched.

The 3rd place finisher (beaten about 27 lengths) was a first-time starter who I knew couldn't run. I put her on the bums list as a 1st time starter.

[Indian Charlie]

Tiz Wonderful was probably the best horse in his crop, and will probably be the best sire from that crop.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Tiz Wonderful was probably the best horse in his crop, and will probably be the best sire from that crop.

Curlin, Hard Spun, Street Sense, Any Given Saturday, Nobiz Like Shobiz.

It was a good crop and Tiz Wonderful got hurt before he could prove his place in it.

He will have an uphill battle as a sire compared to some of those -- the first four all got much better support.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Curlin, Hard Spun, Street Sense, Any Given Saturday, Nobiz Like Shobiz.

It was a good crop and Tiz Wonderful got hurt before he could prove his place in it.

He will have an uphill battle as a sire compared to some of those -- the first four all got much better support.

It was a good crop, but one that was also vastly overrated. Obviously his career was not as good as those others, but talent wise, he was the clear leader.

As for being a sire, if he gets 1-2 more early winners like this one, people will go to him.

He reminds me a lot of two other short careered horses from the 90s, that went on to become pretty good stallions.

[northeastbound123]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

It was a good crop, but one that was also vastly overrated. Obviously his career was not as good as those others, but talent wise, he was the clear leader.

As for being a sire, if he gets 1-2 more early winners like this one, people will go to him.

He reminds me a lot of two other short careered horses from the 90s, that went on to become pretty good stallions.

Up early today?

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

It was a good crop, but one that was also vastly overrated. Obviously his career was not as good as those others, but talent wise, he was the clear leader.

As for being a sire, if he gets 1-2 more early winners like this one, people will go to him.

He reminds me a lot of two other short careered horses from the 90s, that went on to become pretty good stallions.

Maybe if he had been in the 2008 crop, but he was not the most talented 2YO (Street Sense) nor the most talented 3YO (Curlin, Hard Spun).

Was he mis-managed? Sure, running him in the Jim Dandy off an 8 month layoff so he could get his brain bashed in was a terrible idea.