New Posts For Thread: Green Deserthttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/23995381/green-desertI really dont think he gets the credit he deserves considering his own record as his record as a sire of sires. He's been nowhere near as heavily marketted or used as some of the Coolmore/Darley sires yet the figures stack up.Well we covered a mare with Excellent Art and i'm awful happy with the resulting foal. Excellent Art and Lawman entered stud the same year and both for €25000 we did not cover that year but last year we did and we looked at both horses buthttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/23995381/green-desert?post_id=448230701#448230701Well we covered a mare with Excellent Art and i'm awful happy with the resulting foal. Excellent Art and Lawman entered stud the same year and both for €25000 we did not cover that year but last year we did and we looked at both horses butWed, 19 May 2010 16:16:48 -0500Yes Ballylinch does seem to be quite likely as they have seemed to be able to outbid the other independents recently don't they. Sadly though, that is reflected in the advertised fees for their horses which always seem to be 25% over the odds tohttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/23995381/green-desert?post_id=448227765#448227765Yes Ballylinch does seem to be quite likely as they have seemed to be able to outbid the other independents recently don't they. Sadly though, that is reflected in the advertised fees for their horses which always seem to be 25% over the odds toWed, 19 May 2010 15:59:21 -0500Rip Van,Those are all very good points,and I agree with them,I will be looking at him if he does go there.https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/23995381/green-desert?post_id=448184145#448184145Rip Van,Those are all very good points,and I agree with them,I will be looking at him if he does go there.Wed, 19 May 2010 11:25:02 -0500I could see him at Ballylinch Stud myself because they need a stallion to catch the eye of the breeder again Whipper did at the start but hasn't really been great at stud, Lawman has alot to live up to his foals sold ok not very good though. Andhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/23995381/green-desert?post_id=448164069#448164069I could see him at Ballylinch Stud myself because they need a stallion to catch the eye of the breeder again Whipper did at the start but hasn't really been great at stud, Lawman has alot to live up to his foals sold ok not very good though. AndWed, 19 May 2010 08:57:42 -0500I don't know about 10k,that seems a touch high imo.I agree with your other points,he is the sort who if he stays in England I can see him at a stud like Whitsbury or with David Redvers,if he had a more fashionable pedigree and if he keeps improvhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/23995381/green-desert?post_id=445774773#445774773I don't know about 10k,that seems a touch high imo.I agree with your other points,he is the sort who if he stays in England I can see him at a stud like Whitsbury or with David Redvers,if he had a more fashionable pedigree and if he keeps improvWed, 19 May 2010 01:39:49 -0500I remember seeing Desert Style at Corbally out of training and thought he was a tough looking wirey type, not particularly impressive. I also remember some really nice stock appearing at the sales from his early crops, very typey. I have a hankeringhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/23995381/green-desert?post_id=442261001#442261001I remember seeing Desert Style at Corbally out of training and thought he was a tough looking wirey type, not particularly impressive. I also remember some really nice stock appearing at the sales from his early crops, very typey. I have a hankeringTue, 18 May 2010 15:52:22 -0500I ment by using him when he retireshttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/23995381/green-desert?post_id=441672901#441672901I ment by using him when he retiresTue, 18 May 2010 14:14:25 -0500He's kind of like that is going to make or brake your season by getting good tough sorts or being a disaster hopefully the first one as there are to many of the last onehttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/23995381/green-desert?post_id=441670349#441670349He's kind of like that is going to make or brake your season by getting good tough sorts or being a disaster hopefully the first one as there are to many of the last oneTue, 18 May 2010 14:13:54 -0500Rip Van,Yes I think your namesake will be VERY commercial,I can almost see the hype,thats not to say he wont be on fire because like you say he will be.Paco Boy is one of those sound and tough runners that breeders seem a bit shy to use,I do understahttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/23995381/green-desert?post_id=441025249#441025249Rip Van,Yes I think your namesake will be VERY commercial,I can almost see the hype,thats not to say he wont be on fire because like you say he will be.Paco Boy is one of those sound and tough runners that breeders seem a bit shy to use,I do understaTue, 18 May 2010 12:26:36 -0500He wouldn't hold much appeal commercially to me but if i was breeding to race which one or two of ours are then yes i prob would use him but not for the sales ring. For the sales ring i think Rip Van Winkle will hold plenty of appeal.https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/23995381/green-desert?post_id=440474729#440474729He wouldn't hold much appeal commercially to me but if i was breeding to race which one or two of ours are then yes i prob would use him but not for the sales ring. For the sales ring i think Rip Van Winkle will hold plenty of appeal.Tue, 18 May 2010 11:00:01 -0500