Smart Strike's progeny ruled today

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Smart Strike's progeny ruled today

Postby Mac » Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:52 pm

What a day for his two-year-olds along with Curlin taking down Lawyer Ron!!!!

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Postby Bedouwia » Sun Sep 30, 2007 3:18 pm

Yea. Pretty impressive day. Lane's End really has an embarassment of riches -- do you think they could just let him shuttle to Texas? :D

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Postby winds » Sun Sep 30, 2007 3:27 pm

No, Pennsylvania, that's where he needs to be.........

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Postby Maven » Sun Sep 30, 2007 3:29 pm

Maybe you just both need to be in Kentucky. :wink:
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Postby Maven » Sun Sep 30, 2007 3:29 pm

Lord knows they could use some fresh bloodlines here. :wink:
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Postby winds » Sun Sep 30, 2007 3:37 pm

We thought about it, but property is too expensive in KY. So we're going to (brrrrrrrrrrr) NY.

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Postby madelyn » Sun Sep 30, 2007 3:40 pm

Property in NY is cheaper than in KY??? :shock:
So Run for the Roses, as fast as you can.....

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Postby pokeyman » Sun Sep 30, 2007 3:46 pm

That was amazing for SS today!! Four, count them four stakes winners today including 3 grade 1. Holy Hell!!! :shock:

Smart Strike , always underrated, is now about to start getting some serious respect! He was always a tremendous value at stud and his numbers have always been superb.

Go No Class family!!!!! Maybe Dance With Ravens will be able to be an affordable option.....

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Postby CurrentlyRed » Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:41 pm

The PROPERTY is cheaper [in western NY]. It's the taxes that'll kill ya. :lol:

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Postby winds » Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:45 pm

Yes, we purchased 22.7 acres for $33,000 a couple of years ago. We couldn't even touch property in PA and I don't want to move to western PA. Someone told me property there is cheaper.

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Postby Mac » Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:58 pm

Perhaps if we asked really nice, Bedouwia, they'd shuttle sires like SS south :), but I think I would miss paying all those shipping bills when my mares go out of state to get bred, along with all the boarding bills. I would have more money left over to buy more horses, so it would not end up being economical anyway.

Back to SS, I hadn't even heard of a couple of these stakes winners until today! I wonder if his '08 stud fee just went up????

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Western PA prices vs. western NY

Postby CurrentlyRed » Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:37 pm

Property in western PA [not around Pittsburgh, however] IS cheaper than eastern PA.

It is NOT cheaper than western NY. However, once you take into account the annual property taxes . . . :roll: it might be . . .

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Postby winds » Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:42 pm

Our property tax in NY is not even 300 dollars. It is in the clean and green/agriculture. It will be agriculture when we get things built etc. Even property in Middleburg, VA (a very expensive area) if it is being used for agriculture the property taxes are cheap. I have a friend who has a million dollar home with a guest house and his taxes are about $1,000 a year because his horses are on the majority of his land on pasture.

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Postby Cree » Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:01 pm

I've seen people knock Smart Strike's high percentages because a lot of his offspring is successfull at Woodbine, where the class of the horses arguably is not as good as NY or SoCal or KY.
I think he proved that wrong today.

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Postby magic code » Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:26 pm

Smarty Deb beat colts yesterday and looks to be on her way to the Juvenile Fillies.