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PM, thank you. As I recall it was reasonably early, well before her 1st Oct scan. I think as early as June, but don't quote me on that.
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The good news is that her 42 day scan was fine, and all is looking good.
Waiting for the 60 day scan and then all systems go until October and beyond, I hope. Wishing all you breeders out there similar success with your mares. BBC |
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60 day scan done and all looking good.
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For those of you are interested, Elite have had the following foals born this year:
b.f. Makfi-China Tea (Dam is a full sister to MADAGAN) b.c. Exceed and Excel-Ffestiniog (Dam of several group winners inc BORDER PATROL and EISTEDDFOD) Ch.c New Approach-Sister Act (Dam is a full sister to SOVIET SONG and dam of FTO 2yo winner RIBBONS) b.f. Duke of Marmalade-Affinity (Dam is a SADDLERS WELLS half sister to SOVIET SONG) b.f. Acclamation-Marlinka (Dam listed winning sprinter, closely related to SOVIET SONG) b.f. Pour Moi-Sistine (Dam is 3 parts sister to the dam of CAMELOT) Ch.c. Lemon Drop Kid-Oceans Apart (Dam is a useful winning daughter of FFESTINIOG) The stand outs here are the NEW APPROACH colt who has been described as 'exceptional', and who's dam has made a very good start at stud, and of course the POUR MOI filly who is pretty closely related to CAMELOT! I think the club has a pretty tidy breeding operation these days. I have been a member for about 15 years and certainly the quality of the mares we have has improved markedly. I hope this is of interest to some. All the best BBC |
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Thanks for sharing BBC :)
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90 day scan complete and everything looking normal. Good News.
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If anyone is interested, this years coverings as follows:
BARALINKA (half sister to Soviet Song) in foal to SEPOY CHINA TEA(Full sister to Madagan) in foal to KYLLACHY SISTER ACT (full sister to Soviet Song) in foal to EXCEED AND EXCEL AFFINITY (half sister to Soviet Song) in foal to CAPE CROSS FFESTINIOG (Dam of several group winners) in foal to LAWMAN MARLINKA (closely related to Soviet Song) in foal to EXCELEBRATION SISTINE (3 parts sister to the dam of Camelot)in foal to LAWMAN OCEANS APART (daughter of Ffestiniog) in foal to PROUD CITIZEN SOVIET SONG in foal to SPEIGHTSTOWN KALINOVA (half sister to Soviet Song) in foal to IFFRAJ BBC |
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Great news, hope you end up with a live foal next year.
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Thanks for placing those matings BBC.
I love to read what others are doing so I can go 'what on earth' and 'why didn't I'? I have joined Elite with one foaling and one mating using your stallions Sadly, the rest are largely too grand for little me. I wonder if poor Soviet Star will be allowed to stay out in the field now and quit with the seemingly never ending pregnancy tests! I am sure I won't be the only one who hopes she can come up with a live foal with a bit of a shot. |
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She is fit and well PM/Jezebel thanks, looking very 'in foal' I am told and enjoying the Kentucky grass!
No more scans until September now, so she can incubate in peace one hopes.... Of course, we would love her to produce a top notcher like herself, but I honestly think that her sister (Sister Act) will prove to be a much better broodmare and she has made a great start at stud with Ribbons and a very fine New Approach colt foal. Good luck with your matings this year PM. Hope you breed a good'un or two. We are very fortunate to be able to use some very nice stallions, and our broodmares are of a pretty good quality, which helps! |
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Just out of interest BBC what was the story with Soviet Dream. I note he was tailed off in both his starts.
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EuropeanBob
Sadly Soviet Dream was not very good! He is now being retrained with a view finding a more suitable fulfilling career than his intended one. Its brings up an interesting conundrum for the Club however. Obviously we generally breed to race, but I am assuming a colt with Soviet Dream's pedigree (OASIS DREAM-SOVIET SONG) would have fetched a shilling or two at public auction? Of course, we hoped he would live up to his breeding, or somewhere close to it, but he didn't. It would maybe be tempting to consider then sending the progeny from this mating to the sales, as this foal would also presumably be worth a pretty penny at public auction? Would be interested to hear your thoughts on this you breeders out there. (Of course as someone who doesn't have to pay the bills I say keep it and race it whatever!) Cheers BBC |
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BBC are you being incredibly naive or am I missing something?
As I understanmd you don't own a hair on the tail of any Elite RC horse but merely have "rights" to a miniscule amout of racing prizemoney? If or when the "owners" of the Elite stock start selling foals or yearlings it will be to feather their own nest and no part of any grander plan? |
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All correct RA, I have sod all influence in what happens, and have no rights at all.
I was just putting myself in 'their' shoes by saying that if you had a foal that was potentially worth several hundred thousand pounds at public auction before it stepped on a racecourse, would you not consider flogging it to pay the bells (or feather your own nest?)Or would you let Soviet Dream mark 2 happen? I disagree however about the grander plan aspect. If you sell all your crown jewels from your breeding programme, then you go back to the days of moderate horses. No one wants to be in a club full of moderate horse. No members-no funds, no investment etc... Before Soviet song the Club was bumbling along with less than 10000 members. When she appeared as a 2 yo and won the Fillies mile, membership doubled over the winter, because everyone wanted a chance to 'own' a guineas winner... The better the quality of the horses-the bigger the number of members I think you'll find as a rule of thumb. |
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SOVIET SONG has been confirmed in foal to SPEIGHTSTOWN, so we are looking forward to a foal on the ground in Feb/March 2014.
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Great news BBC, hope the rest of her pregnancy goes smoothly and she has a nice trouble-free foaling. The fillies tend to be better than the colts from that family so fingers crossed for a pink one for you to join the broodmare band in due course.
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Thank you Jezebel, I am hoping for a safe foaling first and foremost and a nice healthy foal. A filly would be nice, but we do have her full sister SISTER ACT, who has made a very promising start at stud, with her first runner RIBBONS being listed placed.
I am very encouraged to see SPEIGHTSTOWN is having another excellent season with his runners in 2013 as well. Best regards BBC |
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Delighted to report that SOVIET SONG foaled a filly by SPEIGHTSTOWN recently. Mother and daughter are doing well.
SOVIET SONG will visit ELUSIVE QUALITY in 2014. |
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This is my first reading of this thread.
I did a test mating of Speightstown and Soviet Star on my software. My thoughts were - a filly could be nice, a colt not so much. Then I got to the end of the thread and saw she produced a filly.  |
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Kincsem-I am sure that all of the members and management are delighted with a filly given the mare's breeding history, and the recent devastating loss of her sister whilst foaling. There's something to carry the line on now from a breeding point of view. And who knows, this lady may be nearly as good as her mum....
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SOVIET SONG has now been covered by ELUSIVE QUALITY.
And so the cycle begins, again.... Good luck to all the breeders out there...... |
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Great news BBC. I've just been looking at the photos on Oak Lodge's FB page and she looks a smashing strong little filly. Let's hope this has cracked the problem and she goes on to have a few more foals.
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They are very pleased with her Jezebel, thank you. We have seen some photos but I will go and have a look on FB. Thanks for the tip.
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There's a nice picture of SOVIET SONG and her SPEIGHTSTOWN filly foal on the RP Bloodstock section(in the foal gallery)
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And the great news is that SOVIET SONG is in foal to ELUSIVE QUALITY on her first covering.
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Well done BBC.
It seems like the mare has done a bit of corner turning. Hopefully she can do a few decent models still and assemble a bit of a career. One more filly in 2015 and all at Elite can rest easy! |
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I sincerely hope so PM, many thanks although I fear my only contribution to this pregnancy was crossed fingers.
Yes, one more filly would be nice, we have two from her sister who sadly died foaling this year. A colt like Frankel would be nice as well, of course, although I am probably not the only one with such ambitions on here. Good luck with your own plans this year too. BBC |