Running Stag - Sold to Korea

JaradM · Postby **JaradM** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:30 am

Just got off the phone with Turf Express. Running Stag has been sold to Korea.

Toccet02 · Postby **Toccet02** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:22 pm

I'm sure he could pass on his talent if given the right nicks . . .
That's a shame.

ASB · Postby **ASB** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:46 pm

He was a nice sire of durable and versatile runners.

That leaves only a tiny samplingof Cozzene sons left to breed to headed by Mizzen Mast and Alphabet Soup. Running Stag's female family does have new representation in the stallion ranks though via Street Boss. This female family is an internationally good one that was an Aga Khan foundation family.

Venusian · Postby **Venusian** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:30 pm

Saw him on a visit to Philip Mitchell's yard (just a hundred yards or so from the Derby start at Epsom).

An impressive horse of some presence and a good temperament.

Good luck to him in his new country.

Dream2B · Postby **Dream2B** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 5:07 pm

To ba perfectly honest I am not surprized!!!!! Anybody try breeding to him last year??? Nothing but bad experiences: such a shame probably a nice stallion in the making.

Dream2B · Postby **Dream2B** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 5:14 pm

Adena springs please PM me or call me. Many thanks

JaradM · Postby **JaradM** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:37 am

A friend of mine bred a mare to him last year. She took on the first cover and he did not have any problems with the farm.

Dream2B · Postby **Dream2B** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:46 am

I am pleased for your friend. We really liked Running Stag and I envy him his 2009 foal. All the best.

nferro9925 · Postby **nferro9925** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:00 pm

No Storm Cat so off he goes?

Too bad - I like him.

vineyridge · Postby **vineyridge** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:31 am

Damn! I really liked him.

I expected him to be sold, but not to a place like Korea. He'd have done well in Europe, I think; and with Korea one always worries about their horse meat industry at the end.

That's some very fine blood that is being lost in the NA TB gene pool.

Jazette · Postby **Jazette** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:41 am

I breed to him. last year and got a filly .. of course, I was hoping for a big strapping gray colt (the mare was gray) but ended up with a big bay filly with about 200 gray hairs on her nose (someone has a sense of humor!).

I agree, "no Storm Cat so off he goes". What a shame! He was a great out cross!

LB · Postby LB » Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:05 am

Jazette wrote:I breed to him. last year and got a filly .. of course, I was hoping for a big strapping gray colt (the mare was gray) but ended up with a big bay filly with about 200 gray hairs on her nose (someone has a sense of humor!).

If your filly has 200 gray hairs on her nose, I bet she's going to end up being gray. It just may take her a while.

kimberley mine · Postby **kimberley mine** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 1:28 pm

I don't think he ever had a chance, given where he was and what he was expected to do.

A stallion by a champion grass horse (who had major siring success on the lawn) out of a good European grass family, whose racing success came at routes of ground on turf, is a longshot for success in states that focus on 2yo speed, sprints, and dirt. Once he was sold to Texas and then to Louisiana, the writing was on the wall.

I think he would have been much better off starting in Italy or France than he would anywhere in the USA.