Ten Most Wanted at Magali?

[fastappy]

http://www.bloodhorse.com/NOW/Breeding/ ... California

I know BH showed Kafwain on the sires list at Tommy Town Thoroughbreds only to change it to Hurstland in KY. Did Ten Most Wanted come to Magali or maybe another mistake. Seems unlikely since you can breed to his sire for about the same.

[docjocoy]

http://www.bloodhorse.com/NOW/Breeding/SireLists/Default.aspx?Region=California

I know BH showed Kafwain on the sires list at Tommy Town Thoroughbreds only to change it to Hurstland in KY. Did Ten Most Wanted come to Magali or maybe another mistake. Seems unlikely since you can breed to his sire for about the same.

Nope, I seem to be the bearer of bad tidings again, but that deal also didn't go through.

[fastappy]

Thanks for the response! That really wasn't bad news since he is currently ranked 104th in Ca. w/34 starters w/earning less than my local stallion (Thisnearlywasmine) with only 7 starters. No loss there, unless TMW pulls a Sky Mesa on us.

[fastappy]

Ten Most Wanted stands at Magali in Ca. for 5K. They apparently like his two year olds, though he has 2 winners for 35 starters. Perhaps his foals will run later. Sky Mesa sure started out slow.

http://www.bloodhorse.com/NOW/News/Bree ... 47991.aspx

[docjocoy]

That is interesting news. Glad it went through. When I talked with them 2 weeks ago the deal was dead.

[fastappy]

[quote="docjocoy"]That is interesting news. Glad it went through. When I talked with them 2 weeks ago the deal was dead.[/quote]

So what do you think the perspective is regarding TMW fitting into the Ca. stallion ranks? He looks to be quite a specimen, but a two year old sire won't be his forte.

[docjocoy]

I would agree he is nice looking. I think if breeders liked Deputy Commander they might like Ten Most Wanted, and Deputy Commander is having breeding issues again this year so Ten Most Wanted might fill that void. But he had 85 foals in 2006, 36 in 2007, 24 in 2008, and was bred to only 23 mares in 2008. He doesn't sire precocious babies, so I'm not sure how he will be received in CA. And before Deputy Commander had his breeding issues, he only covered 30 mares in 2007, so the CA breeders weren't jumping on his bandwagon either.
Ten Most Wanted does present an interesting nick for In Reality line linebreeding, which might bode well for him in the state.
I'd like for him to be wildly successful. It would be nice to have another viable option to breed to.

[fastappy]

[quote="docjocoy"]I'd like for him to be wildly successful. It would be nice to have another viable option to breed to.[/quote]

Agreed! Thanks for the comments.