High Fly Retired
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High Fly Retired
From a condylar fracture. No stud plans announced.
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StrawberryFelidos
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Poor fella, I doubt he'll get much breeding action because of his father- but there will be some, ahem, action coming his way. He had a good race record as a young 3yo, very good, indeed, but something went wrong after the Derby (anybody remember what knocked him out for so many months?).
It's a shame he won't be back in 2006, as he showed promise by coming in 2nd to Silver Train and he was an honest fella.
It's a shame he won't be back in 2006, as he showed promise by coming in 2nd to Silver Train and he was an honest fella.
I think they just gave him time off after the bad loss in the Derby. The condylar fracture happened after his last race and they operated and everything sounded like they were going to run him. He must not have come out of the surgery that well. I'm assuming he'll go to Live Oak with his precocity and speed he might fit really well in Florida. I think his sire would prevent him from getting a legitimate shot in KY.
I don't have low self-esteem. I have low esteem for everyone else. ~ Daria
hi austique
You wrote "I think his sire would prevent him from getting a legitimate shot in KY."
I suggest that High Fly's sire (Atticus) puts a very tight lid on his potential market and sales appeal (as a young stallion) in North America...and you might agree, potential market and sales appeal often translates into the degree of support a horse can expect to receive in the breeding shed. Regardless, he was a very talented young racehorse and might very well come up with a good runner or two etc.
Still, if High Fly is to stand at stud in North America, I'd find it difficult to imagine that unless he stands in an area where the stallion population is extremely thin (at least in relation to the mare population), he would receive anything other than very limited support. Even then, Atticus might be too much of an obstacle (as a perceived and/or potential sire of sires) to overcome.
High Fly might be best suited to stand at a respected farm in South America somewhere. I expect that such a move might enhance his chances for a good measure of support.
Best to you.
Respectfully
You wrote "I think his sire would prevent him from getting a legitimate shot in KY."
I suggest that High Fly's sire (Atticus) puts a very tight lid on his potential market and sales appeal (as a young stallion) in North America...and you might agree, potential market and sales appeal often translates into the degree of support a horse can expect to receive in the breeding shed. Regardless, he was a very talented young racehorse and might very well come up with a good runner or two etc.
Still, if High Fly is to stand at stud in North America, I'd find it difficult to imagine that unless he stands in an area where the stallion population is extremely thin (at least in relation to the mare population), he would receive anything other than very limited support. Even then, Atticus might be too much of an obstacle (as a perceived and/or potential sire of sires) to overcome.
High Fly might be best suited to stand at a respected farm in South America somewhere. I expect that such a move might enhance his chances for a good measure of support.
Best to you.
Respectfully