Gators 'n Bears and Fantasticat - Nice Start!

merse · Postby **merse** » Fri May 22, 2009 6:16 pm

Gators 'n Bears and Fantatsicat (both Freshman sires standing at the Maryland Stallion Station) each had their first starter win a Maiden Special Weight at Penn National and Pimlico. Nice start.

Barbaro06 · Postby **Barbaro06** » Mon May 25, 2009 6:58 am

Yea!!!

Bohemia · Postby **Bohemia** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:07 pm

Don't forget about another Maryland sire, Dance With Ravens, who got his first winner Sat. night at Penn.

Barbaro06 · Postby **Barbaro06** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:19 pm

Double Yea!!!

merse · Postby **merse** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:04 am

Fantasticat just had another winner so, from his first crop, he has had three starters and three winners. (I hope he continues in this fashion before the F-T sale where I sell my yearling filly)

mightyhijames · Postby **mightyhijames** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:10 am

Bohemia wrote:Don't forget about another Maryland sire, Dance With Ravens, who got his first winner Sat. night at Penn.

i believe DWR had a winner at laurel on 8/15, plus he had a couple of yearlings in the ribbons at the mhba yearling show. he's starting off w/a bang.

Bohemia · Postby **Bohemia** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:20 am

I would really like to see St. Averil get a 2-year-old winner. He crosses so well with my Malibu Moon mare, I'm thinking of breeding to him next year. I see he only has 20 named 2-year-olds, though. Anybody here have a foal by him?

merse · Postby **merse** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:11 am

I almost did. last year, I took my maiden mare to the Maryland Stallion Station to breed to Outflanker and, while we were waiting our turn in the breeding shed, St. Averil was in his paddock and was "talking" to my mare who was on the trailer. She started talking back and I thought she was going to jump out of the trailer and pay him a visit....

mightyhijames · Postby **mightyhijames** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:41 am

Bohemia wrote:I would really like to see St. Averil get a 2-year-old winner. He crosses so well with my Malibu Moon mare, I'm thinking of breeding to him next year. I see he only has 20 named 2-year-olds, though. Anybody here have a foal by him?

st averil got his first winner at timonium - http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... rst-winner - yay! we have a st. averil out of a malibu moon mare. he was a pretty late foal but he's definitely catching up now. i think he's going to be a good sized horse. and he's got a wonderful disposition.

Bohemia · Postby **Bohemia** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:41 am

mightyhijames wrote:
Bohemia wrote:I would really like to see St. Averil get a 2-year-old winner. He crosses so well with my Malibu Moon mare, I'm thinking of breeding to him next year. I see he only has 20 named 2-year-olds, though. Anybody here have a foal by him?

st averil got his first winner at timonium - http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... rst-winner - yay! we have a st. averil out of a malibu moon mare. he was a pretty late foal but he's definitely catching up now. i think he's going to be a good sized horse. and he's got a wonderful disposition.

I have a Malibu Moon mare, too, and the last time I talked to Don Litz, he said that they cross exceptionally well with St. Averil, and when I nicked her with him it was A++. Problem is, there is more breeders money for me if I breed her to a Pa. stallion, since that's where she will foal. It's a difference of 10 percent for me in breeders awards between an in-state and out-of-state stallion (30 percent vs. 20 percent). That difference may keep me in Pa., although I do like St. Averil because he has an elegant look to him, and my mare is big-boned and coarser looking. She produced a beautiful colt this year by a stallion who had a finer, racier-type look like St. Averil.

merse · Postby **merse** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:56 pm

Fantasticat had another winner today at Laurel. I think this is now four winners from five to race - not a bad start.

rudydee · Postby **rudydee** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:14 pm

Fantasticat is #48 on the freshman sire list.