Post by Knightmare on Jul 16, 2010 15:54:09 GMT -5
Its been a while and I am sort of in the breeding sim horses mood ;D
I like the looks of Graeme Hall as a bargain sire. I really like the fact in real life he has produced two graded stakes winners in each of the last two years and has produced six graded stakes winners from five crops of racing age. Its not like he has big 100 foal crops. On the high end he has had a 70 foal crop and on the low end a 31 foal crop so I think he is getting solid production from smaller crops.
Another thing I like about him is that he was a solid runner at two, three and four. He ran second in a G2 as a two year old, won the then G2 Arkansas Derby and G2 Jim Dandy as a three year old. Then won G2 Eclipse at four also was second in the G1 Cigar mile at four. A lot to like about the way he ran and how his real life crops are doing.
In the sim of course it is a different story. One stakes winner in last 5 crops but his average sim crop is about 8 foals so hard to do well stat wise when getting used 8 times a year.
Another plus is he is stands in Florida so with two tracks there state bred options might be a little better. I do find it interesting that in real life and in his better sim runners obscure dam sires have produced his top runners.
I may breed to him this week he gets down into the 40 point range at the end of the week.
What do you guys think?
I like the looks of Graeme Hall as a bargain sire. I really like the fact in real life he has produced two graded stakes winners in each of the last two years and has produced six graded stakes winners from five crops of racing age. Its not like he has big 100 foal crops. On the high end he has had a 70 foal crop and on the low end a 31 foal crop so I think he is getting solid production from smaller crops.
Another thing I like about him is that he was a solid runner at two, three and four. He ran second in a G2 as a two year old, won the then G2 Arkansas Derby and G2 Jim Dandy as a three year old. Then won G2 Eclipse at four also was second in the G1 Cigar mile at four. A lot to like about the way he ran and how his real life crops are doing.
In the sim of course it is a different story. One stakes winner in last 5 crops but his average sim crop is about 8 foals so hard to do well stat wise when getting used 8 times a year.
Another plus is he is stands in Florida so with two tracks there state bred options might be a little better. I do find it interesting that in real life and in his better sim runners obscure dam sires have produced his top runners.
I may breed to him this week he gets down into the 40 point range at the end of the week.
What do you guys think?
