Sires that are failing on the new surfaces

Rokeby Forever · Postby **Rokeby Forever** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:03 am

Everyone is scrambling to figure out which sires have offspring that perform well on Polytrack and/or Synthetics, but is there any data on sires whose offspring have shown they simply don't like the new stuff?

Playwithfire · Postby **Playwithfire** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:17 am

OUt of the top 100 earners on Equineline.com, the following "bigname" sires have performed under 10% winners (all over 100 starts).

Thunder Gulch, Cherokee RUn, Quiet American, Silver Deputy

3 best are Danzig, Cozzene and BElong to me although the first two have small sample of runners

madelyn · Postby **madelyn** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:13 pm

I heard Skip Away's offspring were doing well.

sunday_silence · Postby **sunday_silence** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:34 pm

madelyn wrote:I heard Skip Away's offspring were doing well.

I hope that continues to be the case. I'm on the fence about Poly/Cushion/Tapeta, etc., but I'd like to see Skip Away find a good niche. Despite his success on the track, he hasn't been given very good opportunities at stud.

Rokeby Forever · Postby **Rokeby Forever** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:35 pm

Wrong thread, Madelyn...we want the failures! LOL!

Maven · Postby **Maven** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:51 pm

You know, I panicked when the changes first happened and weighted all my matings with poly front and center. I think if the statistics show anything, is that there hasn't been a universal "liking" by any one sire line... yet.

In my opinion, its a good thing to breed versatility into a horse, but I wish the numbers were a little more uniform at this time.