Uncaptured Canadian HOY

TJ · Postby TJ » Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:18 am

First two year old to be named Canadian horse of the years since 1986. TJ

http://www.drf.com/news/sovereign-award ... horse-year

Mac · Postby **Mac** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 5:33 pm

Wow good for him. Cooincidentally I owned his grandmother, Andrea Ruckus. Bought her off the internet fo $5k when she was 17, and I barely knew enough at the time to be dangerous. After hypomating and asking for advice on pedigreequery for weeks, I settled on In Excess iand shipped the poor old mare all the way to California. She did have the foal. He was okay, made us a small profit, won a $40k maiden claiming at Hollywood and one or two races after that I think.

Arch is turning into a heck of a broodmare sire it seems. He is the broodmare sire of I'll have another and a few other graded stakes winners in the past year.

Cree · Postby **Cree** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:58 pm

Glad to see they didn't forget about the Queen's Plate winner, Strait of Dover, who's campaign was cut short by a tendon injury.
Anyone know if he's going to be back?

Mac · Postby **Mac** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:01 pm

I was just wondering the same thing. Whether Strait of Dover would come back, and how good was / is he anyway? He did set a track record when he won the Queen's Plate. English Channel got better as he got older, and it begs the question if Strait Of Dover has a lot more upside to offer.

Cree · Postby **Cree** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:27 am

He was very immature at 2, and didn't handle the dirt at Hastings.

Once they switched tracks and he figured it out, the horse didn't lose a race (except the DQ when he broke his maiden). I think he will improve with age, as long as he makes it back from the injury. I have heard or seen nothing. I was looking forward to seeing him run on the grass.

Cree · Postby **Cree** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:32 am

http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/qu ... 5d024bf2ea

Mac · Postby **Mac** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:15 pm

thanks Cree, that is good news. Trainer seems high on him and thinks he's 110%. I'm thrilled. I'm really supporting the stallion. My partners and I have a 3 yr old and a 2 yr old in training by English Channel. The 3 year old shows potential but too early to tell yet. Also we have a mare in foal to English Channel.

Strait Of Dover did strike me as being potentially a grade one type. I'm no handicapper but it seems to me he might really be talented...