Gorgeous horse. Of course I love the fact that he ran on the flat and over fences since I'm a 3-day rider. Anyway I took one of my mares to him this weekend, so keep your fingers crossed. She's the one I posted about here a couple of yrs. ago that suffered a rectal tear while at JEH Stallion Station. Serazzo greatly resembles Rock Hard Ten, except not nearly as tall. And yes, I've seen RHT in person.
Just thought I'd plug him for those of you who might be breeding for soundness and longevity, instead of the usual TX QH sprinter type.
New TX stallion-Serazzo
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New TX stallion-Serazzo
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I did a quick Google images search & came up with a few race photos:
http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=Serazzo&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
(of course, I had to look when you said he looks a lot like like Rock Hard Ten!)
http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=Serazzo&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
(of course, I had to look when you said he looks a lot like like Rock Hard Ten!)
Sam wrote:Just remember, he does have a full brother (You And I) at stud who's only had one top class horse.
That is a feat cosidering that You and I stands in an obscure state(WA,ORE) or the like for breeding stakes horses.
I seem to remember that the dam of YOU was "donated" to some college in TX when she was mated to You and I.
As for Serazzo, I saw his flat and jump races in NY. He was a winner at both, and looked to be versatile and sturdy.
As far as I know she hasn't gotten any conformation shots of him yet, but he's correct and his legs are absolutely clean. They longed him for me so I could see him move and, while he wouldn't make a grand prix dressage horse, he's a good mover. He doesn't have a puppy dog temperament, I'd describe him as "aloof", but his handler said he's been easy to breed (this is his 1st yr. at stud) and work with. They don't ride him, but they do work him in a round pen to keep him in shape.
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reese wrote:Sam wrote:Just remember, he does have a full brother (You And I) at stud who's only had one top class horse.
That is a feat cosidering that You and I stands in an obscure state(WA,ORE) or the like for breeding stakes horses.
Not really. You And I was still in Kentucky when You was racing. She was his one big hit, but still wasn't enough to keep him from being exiled (first to CA and then the move this year up to WA)
reese wrote:I seem to remember that the dam of YOU was "donated" to some college in TX when she was mated to You and I.
She may have been. I don't know.
reese wrote:As for Serazzo, I saw his flat and jump races in NY. He was a winner at both, and looked to be versatile and sturdy.
It'll be interesting to see what he can do compared to his brother. The Kris S. I'd be interested in seeing perf horses by is Old Kentucky Home. That boy is a carbon copy of his old man and BIG. Well put together. Not much of a racer (and not much of a sire right now either ... only 2 crops of racing age, 5 starters and 2 winners -- one in Barbados).
Thanks Skeenan for the pictures. It was nice to see some photos of racing over the sticks. I haven't gotten to see that since I was in Ireland. It would seem like this stallion would be a reasonable choice for producing an event horse. Indeed, with the state of racing in Texas, that may be a better market than flat racing these days. I hate to say that, but we need VLT's or something to help us out here.