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Bill from WA
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Irish Derby

Postby Bill from WA » Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:25 pm

Soldier of Fortune easily won the 12 furlong Budweiser Irish Derby today. If there was ever a horse bred for distance of ground, it was this guy.
The Galileo son has a conduit mare profile of 3-3-3-10-8 (6/18) (0.41) (9-16-21), and traces to the great conduit mare, Pretty Polly (an influence for stamina). He just ran away from the field in the stretch.

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Postby LaTroienne » Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:13 pm

I was lucky enough to attend the race and was right near the finish when the horse galloped home. It was an extremely impressive race, but, as expected, he was sweating heavily in the final strides of the race.
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irish derby

Postby jagger » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:24 am

Is this race exactly 12 furlongs? Is 2:36 a good/bad/average time? The course is undulating although it is not easily recognizable on TV.
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Re: irish derby

Postby LaTroienne » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:01 am

jagger wrote:Is this race exactly 12 furlongs? Is 2:36 a good/bad/average time? The course is undulating although it is not easily recognizable on TV.


Per Wikipedia:

run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs (2,414 metres)
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Postby Bill from WA » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:06 am

The time was a little slow, but the turf was soft for this running. Soldier of Fotune's sire, Galileo, won the same race in 2:27.10, but It was the ease in which Soldier of Fortune drew off in the stretch that impressed me.

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Postby LaTroienne » Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:27 am

Bill from WA wrote:The time was a little slow, but the turf was soft for this running. Soldier of Fotune's sire, Galileo, won the same race in 2:27.10, but It was the ease in which Soldier of Fortune drew off in the stretch that impressed me.

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I agree. I stood by the rail, watching him gallop down the stretch, with Seamus Heffernan hardly asking him for more run. Coolmore is doing an excellent job with propelling classic racehorses into classic siredom: Soldier of Fortune is one example of that.
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Re: Irish Derby

Postby LaTroienne » Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:31 am

Bill from WA wrote:Soldier of Fortune easily won the 12 furlong Budweiser Irish Derby today. If there was ever a horse bred for distance of ground, it was this guy.
The Galileo son has a conduit mare profile of 3-3-3-10-8 (6/18) (0.41) (9-16-21), and traces to the great conduit mare, Pretty Polly (an influence for stamina). He just ran away from the field in the stretch.

Bill


The Pretty Polly family is a conduit for stamina and classic quality, but can also contribute to high-class sprinter-milers.

From Thoroughbred Heritage, some top sprinter-milers from the line include:
Nearctic, sire of Northern Dancer
Italian champion juvenile Donatella
Top British juvenile Arabella
Middle Park Stakes victor The Cobbler
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Postby Bill from WA » Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:55 am

I agree LaTroienne. She was a very versatile sort.

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Postby Maven » Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:04 pm

Bill, would you say that the most RECENTLY influential line of Pretty Polly in America is that of the Nangela branch?
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Postby Bill from WA » Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:20 pm

I would agree with that assessment. The interesting thing about Nangela's pedigree is the duplication of Pretty Polly both tail male and tail female.
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