Versatile mare
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wilf
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Versatile mare
I was just thinking the other day about a 9yr old mare that I have who is a great looker and should be bred next spring and my thoughts turned to how I could interest a breeder into giving her a chance as she has ground out over $100,000 the hard way and even though she is 16.2 hands and her 2nd dam made $940,000 she is still hard to place. Then it occurred to me that she has the distinction of having won at 7 different tracks and surfaces. My mare has won on the turf, on the Presque Isle Tapeta, on the Mountaineer hard highway, on the Tampa beach sand maintrack , on the Thistledown sandy loam, on the Woodbine Polytrack and the Hoosier maintrack. Now that's a versatile mare.!
Re: Versatile mare
wilf wrote:I was just thinking the other day about a 9yr old mare that I have who is a great looker and should be bred next spring and my thoughts turned to how I could interest a breeder into giving her a chance as she has ground out over $100,000 the hard way and even though she is 16.2 hands and her 2nd dam made $940,000 she is still hard to place. Then it occurred to me that she has the distinction of having won at 7 different tracks and surfaces. My mare has won on the turf, on the Presque Isle Tapeta, on the Mountaineer hard highway, on the Tampa beach sand maintrack , on the Thistledown sandy loam, on the Woodbine Polytrack and the Hoosier maintrack. Now that's a versatile mare.!
And for the $64,000 question...what is her name?
Hi Wilf,
Winning at all those different tracks and surfaces sure is a positive in this day and age....but 2nd generation Love Sign! That was a super mare who could do it all, kinda like your mare:>)....She won the GR I Beldame two years in a row as a 3 and 4YO....when it was run at 1 1/4 miles.....she won at Saratoga and showed her versatility by winning the Test and the Alabama.....trained by Sidney Watters of Hoist The Flag fame. I have to wonder how many mare's have Love Sign in the 2nd generation. It's hard to understand how anyone would balk at breeding any stallion to her? TJ
Winning at all those different tracks and surfaces sure is a positive in this day and age....but 2nd generation Love Sign! That was a super mare who could do it all, kinda like your mare:>)....She won the GR I Beldame two years in a row as a 3 and 4YO....when it was run at 1 1/4 miles.....she won at Saratoga and showed her versatility by winning the Test and the Alabama.....trained by Sidney Watters of Hoist The Flag fame. I have to wonder how many mare's have Love Sign in the 2nd generation. It's hard to understand how anyone would balk at breeding any stallion to her? TJ