Crozier
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There is a grandson of Crozier, by Sportful - (who I have been told is still alive/pensioned in Colorado) standing at stud in New Mexico: Indian Runner.
As C.A. Michael points out in his earlier post this stallion exhibits the classic "inbreeding to Olympia" that Fred Hooper so liked and in this stallion it is sex balanced (RF) inbreeding via Miss Olympia, Crozier's dam and I'm For More a sire-son of Olympia and grandsire of the stallion's dam. Indian Runner only made modest earnings and I do not know if his career was cut short by injury to - in part - explain that or not but he is one of the last "Crozier" sireline stallions active that I know of in the US.
If I remember correctly from earlier research Olympia was a tremendous speed horse on the track and proved to be every bit the source for speed in a pedigree. (A question for someone with more historical knowlege on this Board: Didn't Fred Hooper even offer to race him against 'all comers' in a challege match, such that he took on and bested a top QH runner or two, before being retired to stud?) Olympia's son Crozier exhibited his sire's sort of blinding speed over the sprint distances but could also stretch out at the classic distances against good company and acquit himself well. I attribute that 'classic capability' to the Byerly Turk sireline influence in his pedigree. Also agree that such bloodlines may well be the source of some "attitude" in the descendants. Again as C.A. Michael points out the Boussac bred horses were often known to be 'a handful' and then some. He bred them for performance and considered such temperment to be a demonstration of the horse's inner fire and competitive spirit. I read somewhere a really marvelous bit of journalism describing the 'terrible visage' of the great Boussac bred and raced chamion FR racehorse, TOURBILLION, as he was led out to be saddled/mounted for one of his last races - the author made no bones about the fact that this stallion cast such a baleful eye on every human about him, requiring two handlers, one on each side to keep him under control, that he was both awesome and fearsome to look upon and of no surprise that the jockey who was to ride him seemed half afeared to get on him.
Loads of speed in Indian Runner's pedigree as viewed from every angle.
As C.A. Michael points out in his earlier post this stallion exhibits the classic "inbreeding to Olympia" that Fred Hooper so liked and in this stallion it is sex balanced (RF) inbreeding via Miss Olympia, Crozier's dam and I'm For More a sire-son of Olympia and grandsire of the stallion's dam. Indian Runner only made modest earnings and I do not know if his career was cut short by injury to - in part - explain that or not but he is one of the last "Crozier" sireline stallions active that I know of in the US.
If I remember correctly from earlier research Olympia was a tremendous speed horse on the track and proved to be every bit the source for speed in a pedigree. (A question for someone with more historical knowlege on this Board: Didn't Fred Hooper even offer to race him against 'all comers' in a challege match, such that he took on and bested a top QH runner or two, before being retired to stud?) Olympia's son Crozier exhibited his sire's sort of blinding speed over the sprint distances but could also stretch out at the classic distances against good company and acquit himself well. I attribute that 'classic capability' to the Byerly Turk sireline influence in his pedigree. Also agree that such bloodlines may well be the source of some "attitude" in the descendants. Again as C.A. Michael points out the Boussac bred horses were often known to be 'a handful' and then some. He bred them for performance and considered such temperment to be a demonstration of the horse's inner fire and competitive spirit. I read somewhere a really marvelous bit of journalism describing the 'terrible visage' of the great Boussac bred and raced chamion FR racehorse, TOURBILLION, as he was led out to be saddled/mounted for one of his last races - the author made no bones about the fact that this stallion cast such a baleful eye on every human about him, requiring two handlers, one on each side to keep him under control, that he was both awesome and fearsome to look upon and of no surprise that the jockey who was to ride him seemed half afeared to get on him.
Loads of speed in Indian Runner's pedigree as viewed from every angle.
Olympia won a match race against the famous Quarter mare Stella Moore, at one of the major Florida tracks, I think this was early in his three year old season. I saw a picture of the finish once ( in an ad on the back cover of a Quarter Horse Journal), I think he won by a neck. Stella Moore is in the All Breed Database.
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Crozier
If you check with Byerly Turk line expert Jellac, you'll find that Crozier was a descendant of this line. Precisionist was infertile but he has indeed recently arrived at Old Friends Equine http://www.oldfriendsequine.com . Check out the pictures of his arrival. At 25 he is still absolutely gorgeous.