I'd be interested in folks' opinions of him. I sense that he has not had that many foals. If I'm not mistaken, a few PQer's have bred to him and/or purchased his offspring -even very recently.
Thoughts appreciated....
Daaher
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Count me in as one who bred to him. We sent Allou to him and she had a nice colt. He sold as a yearling this week at the FT sale. Daaher looked the part and was by Awesome Again which a deciding factor for us. We had bred Allou to Toccet and liked the filly she had and wanted to go back to an Awesome Again son and since we had a good relationship with Shadwell having bred Allou to Invasor we took a good, hard look at Daaher. There really wasn't anything that we didn't not like about him.
He came into the breeding shed raring to go as well - in fact - came in on his hind legs, with his front legs pawing the air. First time I have ever seen that.
"Shad" the colt from the mating was a really nice looking baby with no issues when he was born. He was unlike most of Allou's foals which are really late bloomers - he was more like the Invasor colt. I sold him as a weanling but knew the folks (well) that bought him and when they sold him as a yearling he looked great. He WAS pretty headstrong even as a foal which I am guessing came from Daaher (or that side of the family) because Allou was really a dream come true mare with no vices or temperment issues (believe it or not!).
Hope this helps - if there is anything else I can anwer let me know.
He came into the breeding shed raring to go as well - in fact - came in on his hind legs, with his front legs pawing the air. First time I have ever seen that.
"Shad" the colt from the mating was a really nice looking baby with no issues when he was born. He was unlike most of Allou's foals which are really late bloomers - he was more like the Invasor colt. I sold him as a weanling but knew the folks (well) that bought him and when they sold him as a yearling he looked great. He WAS pretty headstrong even as a foal which I am guessing came from Daaher (or that side of the family) because Allou was really a dream come true mare with no vices or temperment issues (believe it or not!).
Hope this helps - if there is anything else I can anwer let me know.
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Thanks for this. Lots of information. I have a mare that I think would match up well with him and I have a feeling his numbers are (going to be) pretty good. The mare herself is a bit headstrong though, so, that's a wonder.
Good to hear as well that you worked well with Shadwell. Never been that way before.
Thanks
Thanks for this. Lots of information. I have a mare that I think would match up well with him and I have a feeling his numbers are (going to be) pretty good. The mare herself is a bit headstrong though, so, that's a wonder.
Good to hear as well that you worked well with Shadwell. Never been that way before.
Thanks
Kent Barnes came to Midnight Vader's first three or four races - waiting for him to break his maiden. I thought that was awful nice of him. Unfortunately he broke his maiden at Mountaineer this week and I have a feeling Kent didn't make it down there for that 
. I think he got tired of waiting.
Good luck. I'll be waiting to hear about the upcoming foal should you decide to go that route.
. I think he got tired of waiting.
Good luck. I'll be waiting to hear about the upcoming foal should you decide to go that route.
"We are the people our parents warned us about" - Jimmy Buffett
"My occupational hazard is that my occupation is just not around" - Jimmy Buffett
"My occupational hazard is that my occupation is just not around" - Jimmy Buffett