Wisemans Ferry

griff · Postby **griff** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:49 am

Think he will stay in PA for 2013?

griff

dublino · Postby **dublino** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 3:03 pm

Why not, he has had nothing but Wise Dan this year he is ranked 43 on the sires list. Wise Dan accounts for half of his earnings.

Of his 203 runners he has had 3 graded stakes winners horse and 6 stakes winners.

He is lucky he is not getting gelded.

KBEquine · Postby **KBEquine** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 4:03 pm

I was wondering the same thing. I liked him long before Wise Dan & had a breeding to him that I could not use, a couple years ago. And am hoping to get to him, one of these days.

Physically, he is one of the most correct & best-balanced stallions I've seen. I would think his physical would fit a number of different mare types to get a racehorse (but I don't know that he'll get enough respect off of Wise Dan's accomplishments to ensure sale babies, which would be what might keep him in PA.)

Bohemia · Postby **Bohemia** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 5:31 pm

I'd bet even-money he stays in Pa., for the following reasons: Dana Point Farm owns him either outright or nearly all of him (I don't think there are still shareholders), and the fact that Wise Dan is his "one-hit wonder," so to speak. He has sired GSW Riding the River and a couple of other minor SWs, but that's it. I would be shocked if he left Pa. If anything, Dana Point jacks up his stud fee.

griff · Postby **griff** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 6:54 pm

He nicks well with anything Unbridled.

griff

kimberley mine · Postby **kimberley mine** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:12 am

dublino wrote:Why not, he has had nothing but Wise Dan this year he is ranked 43 on the sires list. Wise Dan accounts for half of his earnings.

Of his 203 runners he has had 3 graded stakes winners horse and 6 stakes winners.

He is lucky he is not getting gelded.

He's not so bad as that. His foals run, they win over half the time, and between the median earnings and PA breeders awards, at least half of them will earn enough money to at least break even. He's marketed as a sire of racehorses and priced accordingly.

Nothing wrong with that.

madelyn · Postby **madelyn** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:00 am

What is that quote? "One sparrow does not make a summer"?

griff · Postby **griff** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 9:05 am

see above

and that is a pretty sierra hotel sparrow

griff

Bohemia · Postby **Bohemia** » Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:27 pm

Dana Point Farm has banged up Wiseman's Ferry's fee to $5,000, with "limited seasons available."

griff · Postby **griff** » Mon Nov 12, 2012 1:05 pm

would "Riding The River" make a second sparrow?

how about Kick in..

or have I got Riding the River & Kick In confused with another sire??

griff

Fireslam · Postby **Fireslam** » Mon Nov 12, 2012 2:39 pm

Out of 270 foals???? Only thing you have confused is Wisemans Ferry with a good sire.

Bohemia · Postby **Bohemia** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 4:37 am

"Would you believe a Wiseman's Ferry would be as good as he is?" - Morton Fink, after Wise Dan won the Woodbine Mile this year.