New Posts For Thread: Broodmares - A cautionary tale.https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29041875/broodmares---a-cautionary-taleA few years ago after a couple of seasons of good sales - aah, it was easy back then I went shopping for a few new mares. I bought 3 mares in Ireland at different sales over a 12 month period, a maiden a 1st pregnancy and an 11 yo. if memory serves.I'm trying to quantify performance in relation to opportunity. Both would have had the opportunity for their mares to go to decent sires put on average didn't take it.https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29041875/broodmares---a-cautionary-tale?post_id=518332731#518332731I'm trying to quantify performance in relation to opportunity. Both would have had the opportunity for their mares to go to decent sires put on average didn't take it.Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:43:54 -0500thanks for the reply Proxygene, i wont pretend to understand the scoring system, but many thanks for the response.i am suprised to see Groom dQANCER AND iN THE wINGS ON THE LIST, I would have thought there were many worse ones than them. (Note that Ihttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29041875/broodmares---a-cautionary-tale?post_id=518332619#518332619thanks for the reply Proxygene, i wont pretend to understand the scoring system, but many thanks for the response.i am suprised to see Groom dQANCER AND iN THE wINGS ON THE LIST, I would have thought there were many worse ones than them. (Note that IFri, 06 Apr 2012 14:39:30 -0500proxygene, what a rogues gallery!!!I am interested to see Groom Dancer as the very worst as anecdotally I would have had him as having some success. The other one who you would expect to have a result or two perhaps would be Spectrum as his pedigreehttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29041875/broodmares---a-cautionary-tale?post_id=518332399#518332399proxygene, what a rogues gallery!!!I am interested to see Groom Dancer as the very worst as anecdotally I would have had him as having some success. The other one who you would expect to have a result or two perhaps would be Spectrum as his pedigreeFri, 06 Apr 2012 14:33:12 -0500Excellent, my late one and only mare was an Anita's Prince.. She bred winners so I'm not bothered. Fingers crossed she gets 1 more.https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29041875/broodmares---a-cautionary-tale?post_id=518331561#518331561Excellent, my late one and only mare was an Anita's Prince.. She bred winners so I'm not bothered. Fingers crossed she gets 1 more.Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:07:36 -0500and I guess a top 5 isn't too much of a giveaway, since few are still about32970 912 Mill Reef25825 691 Ahonoora23039 1662 Habitat23026 317 Rousillon22680 1927 Shirley Heightshttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29041875/broodmares---a-cautionary-tale?post_id=518323243#518323243and I guess a top 5 isn't too much of a giveaway, since few are still about32970 912 Mill Reef25825 691 Ahonoora23039 1662 Habitat23026 317 Rousillon22680 1927 Shirley HeightsFri, 06 Apr 2012 09:33:17 -0500Here's a reply to Truehoncho's early post. Being a stato I do hold broodmare sires as important, if only due to the volume of data. My toxic twenty broodmare sires 1983 to 2011 are-11679 568 Taufan-11936 78 Coquelin-12566 207 Jalmoohttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29041875/broodmares---a-cautionary-tale?post_id=518323087#518323087Here's a reply to Truehoncho's early post. Being a stato I do hold broodmare sires as important, if only due to the volume of data. My toxic twenty broodmare sires 1983 to 2011 are-11679 568 Taufan-11936 78 Coquelin-12566 207 JalmooFri, 06 Apr 2012 09:27:16 -0500I did get out the enigma sire codebreaker book for 1997, to decrypt a message and it was great to look through what would have happened...I do remember being at the yearling sales and thinking that looks nice, that looks nice, ok it may have been inhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29041875/broodmares---a-cautionary-tale?post_id=518295543#518295543I did get out the enigma sire codebreaker book for 1997, to decrypt a message and it was great to look through what would have happened...I do remember being at the yearling sales and thinking that looks nice, that looks nice, ok it may have been inThu, 05 Apr 2012 12:02:31 -0500No proxygene I'm happy to say that the dreg mare is now out of the industry,I sold her in foal to a stallion that was popular at the time.She was bought by a breeder in NMKT since the sale she has now been retired and is kept I understand as a ridinghttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29041875/broodmares---a-cautionary-tale?post_id=518293099#518293099No proxygene I'm happy to say that the dreg mare is now out of the industry,I sold her in foal to a stallion that was popular at the time.She was bought by a breeder in NMKT since the sale she has now been retired and is kept I understand as a ridingThu, 05 Apr 2012 10:55:37 -0500He'll let you know!Ooh, another thought to give comfort to those with stillborn foals and the like out there.My first maiden mare.Year 1. Went to be covered by an older slightly mad stallion. She was a bad shape and the stallion well endowed, got hishttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29041875/broodmares---a-cautionary-tale?post_id=518291253#518291253He'll let you know!Ooh, another thought to give comfort to those with stillborn foals and the like out there.My first maiden mare.Year 1. Went to be covered by an older slightly mad stallion. She was a bad shape and the stallion well endowed, got hisThu, 05 Apr 2012 09:54:53 -0500Perhaps our first non stillborn foal can teach the HMRC. Don't suppose I ended up with PD's dreg mare did I?https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29041875/broodmares---a-cautionary-tale?post_id=518288399#518288399Perhaps our first non stillborn foal can teach the HMRC. Don't suppose I ended up with PD's dreg mare did I?Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:23:40 -0500