Well Armed

Heidilady · Postby **Heidilady** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:36 pm

Ooh we got us some buzz for a Tiznow 3yo colt

http://news.bloodhorse.com//viewstory.asp?id=31795

He was sent to England due to some 'minor physical issues' which I'd love to know about but I got the impression he's still owned by WinStar. Did I understand this right? Well anyway he's in Dubai at the moment but they wanna put him on the TC trail so maybe we'll get a Dubai trained horse that comes to America like they wanted and wins the Derby, just not owned by the Dubai guys for millions of dollars. I still like that he's a son of Tiznow but get this, he's run 1 1/4 (I presume on turf but I dunno) as a 2yo in Nov. so he can get the distance. Of course other horses have run that far before but not quite gotten to the Derby and run well in it so this might be nothing but it's interesting. Can a Tiznow out of a Notebook mare do the job? Thoughts?

The name rocks which's totally irrelevent but it's fun that it's not a goofy one. Not so crazy about 9 starts, 2 wins, 1 show. I mean only 2 wins? Are we pulling a Wilko here with long on seasoning and a big race but several losses? How did he run when he was off the board?

FOS · Postby **FOS** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:54 pm

hello Heidilady

You ask "Can a Tiznow out of a Notebook mare do the job?"

Why not?

Respectfully

Heidilady · Postby **Heidilady** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:12 pm

FOS wrote:hello Heidilady

You ask "Can a Tiznow out of a Notebook mare do the job?"

Why not?

Respectfully

I like hearing that FOS

Makes me happy to think that he'll do well as a stallion. Can you wax equine on Well Armed's female family? See I was more concerned on the Notebook thing because he seems to get milers and Delaware Township ran that way. He did sire Three Ring though. Oh well anyway back to the female family. I'd love a horse legitimately bred to win the Classics to win them and shut up the critics about how the breeding down (milers running in the classics instead of routers) taking place will inevitably lead to a TC winner. Like are there good family members of the mares? I saw that the only other Notebook mare bred to Tiznow just produced an allowance winner.

chicago78 · Postby **chicago78** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:44 am

I would say that a Well Armed can be a top horse at the classic distances. Notebook hasn't had much opportunity as a broodmare sire as of yet, but I don't see any reason to discount a horse because it is out of a Notebook mare.

Tiznow is a grandson of Relaunch, and Relaunch has crossed well with Notebook a few times. Achilles of Troy, the horse that won so impressively last weekend in New York is by Notebook out of a Relaunch mare. One of Notebook's more successful horses, named Effectiveness, was out of a Relaunch mare, and she was a pure distance horse, so Notebook has had some success at longer distances.