Pedigree Query

It's going around the UK now, too -- same ad, with a UK phone number substituted. I saw it on the Facebook walls of a bunch of Facebook friends, though usually someone comments that it's "a hoax from the USA."

Mary MMM

It's going around the UK now, too -- same ad, with a UK phone number substituted. I saw it on the Facebook walls of a bunch of Facebook friends, though usually someone comments that it's "a hoax from the USA."

Mary MMM

I think TVG is going to have the Dubai races on Saturday.

Mary MMMM

dublino wrote:Imperial Commander, Kauto Star and Denman in a three way thriller.

I like this one, and wish them luck and safety!

Mary MMM

I honestly just never heard of a stallion being mated to the mother and daughter, that's all. Man o' War was mated to three generations of mares -- grandmother, mother, daughter -- named Bathing Girl, Annette K., and Brushup. The last one was the dam of War Admiral. Annette K. and Brushup also had ...

Yes, it was referring to her pre-race 'war dance.' There was also a lot of claptrap about horse racing being animal slavery. I think I 'tie up!' And believe me, no one can run like that. It was fascinating to watch all those videos because Zenyatta appears also to be stretching out her back end. Sh...

Thanks PZ.

I was hoping if the teaser didn't get a little, then Legendra maybe had a Quarter Horse foal and she might have QH descendants, like Secretariat's granddam Imperatrice does (she was an ancestress of Dash for Cash.) But if there's no more information, we'll never know.

Mary MMM

Yes, those would have the same mtDNA. Are you talking about really tight inbreeding, or someone that has lots of the same family in the broodmare band, and sent everyone to the same stallion? Also would you be willing to share the name of the family, I'm looking into something else and this might b...

One of the chapters in the second "Matriarchs" book (by Edward L. Bowen) is on Legendra, the 5th dam of Zenyatta and Balance. On the page with her offspring listed by year, 1968 has a curious entry: "Bred to non-Thoroughbred." Does anyone know anything else about this, such as what kind of non-Thoro...

One of the chapters in the second "Matriarchs" book (by Edward L. Bowen) is on Legendra, the 5th dam of Zenyatta and Balance. On the page with her offspring listed by year, 1968 has a curious entry: "Bred to non-Thoroughbred." Does anyone know anything else about this, such as what kind of non-Thoro...

Wow, it's quite a "colorful" pedigree!

http://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedig ... &x=38&y=14

Mary MMM

I was reading about Iron Liege last night, and found out his dam Iron Maiden left racing and gave birth to a filly as a 5 year old, then went back into training and won the Del Mar Handicap in 1947 as a 6 year old. The filly she gave birth to in 1946 was Iron Reward, the future dam of Swaps. Mother ...