Bloodstock & Breeding
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I ask as a curious ignoramus ...What decides whether a sire is to become mainly or solely an NH sire and how soon after starting would the change happen ?
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As a rule of thumb,Colts who are winners of races of a mile and a half plus, usually end up in the NH stallion ranks, unless they are exceptional and sire winners over shorter distances ( e.g. Galileo, Sea The Stars).Stamina is obviously a good trait for NH horses.
Middle distance colts may wwwell start off as flat sires, but inevitably, if their progeny are undistinguished on the flat, they get shuffled off to the NH breeders, or worse! Incidentally, whilst Galileo is a spellbinding sire on the flat, then dozens of his sons stand as NH sires as well as horses like Gleneagles who's first crop is hitting the racecoursethis year. It's not entirely as simple as that. Alflora was a miler and sired some decent NH horses, and was seen as a NH sire. |
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Thanks for that BBC.
Breeding must be great fun if you have deep pockets and can afford to experiment but it's probably as volatile as the stock market in the normal course...I doubt it follows any neat mathematical pattern. I'm a long-standing punter who follows form but lately I've started to pay more attention to pedigrees to add an extra dimension. It found me a few winners in bumpers -a few FTO runners by Fame And Glory stood out and duly delivered. What a sad loss he is. On the other hand I laid a hurdler by Choisir who hosed up over 2 miles on heavy ground. So -yeah !  |