Ribot won his races going away!!!

[Jorge]

Its almost incredible that Ribot won many, perhaps almost all of his races, going away from his competitors. See for yourself at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNp-1dvm ... re=related

[Denise]

Undefeated and back to back Arcs. One of the greatest in history.
So why would you want to breed back to him through one of his fast disappearing-from-the-American-stallion ranks tail male descendants?
True, Ribot was nuttier than a fruitcake, but the boy could run for weeks.
Let's hear it for Cetewayo, Go for Gin and now, Albert the Great, and hope they get some continued 'action' in the MidAtlantic.

[Stevie Belmont]

Federico Tesio trained and bred him...One of the greatest breeders in the history of horseracing.

[Roger]

I don't know if he was crazy or if never learned English and was frustrated.

[vineyridge]

All of Tesio's horses were "difficult". Didn't matter what sex.

[Elusive City]

3 of the last 6 derby winners were line bred to ribot

War Emblem though sons Tom Rolfe and Con Brio

Funny Cide though sons Tom Rolfe and Graustark

and

Street Sense though sons Tom Rolfe and His Majesty

the City

[Denise]

Yes, Elusive City, but through female families. A tail male descendant of Ribot's a tough sell to the current bloodstock world, but because of Tiago, Alonzo and Premium Tap, I'm still hopeful....

[winds]

Reading about Man O War got me into this business, I was in the 3rd grade and fell in love with this business. Then whenever I could, if my dad wasn't watching some other sport on TV I'd watch racing whenever it was on, on Saturdays.

Once I got into the business and started to read and research blood lines I fell in love with what Ribot brought to the table. Now, I worked on Marsh Farm and he had shares in His Majesty, so we had some His Majesty babies to work with. My first really successful one for him was Majesty's World, and the one I foaled, and broke was Majesty's Prince.

I'm a big fan of the Ribot line and I want to see it make a comeback as a sireline. I think regional breeders are going to have to blaze the trail.

winds

[Elles]

Is Pharos the strength in his pedigree?
http://www.pedigreequery.com/ragusa

[Elles]

Wonderful, out of a Hyperion mare: http://www.pedigreequery.com/ribocco

http://www.nagme.com/wiki/index.php/RIBOT

[Rokeby Forever]

All of Tesio's horses were "difficult". Didn't matter what sex.

That's true. Ribot's dam, Romanella, was nuts, too.

[Denise]

Just watched Gayego, a Gilded Time colt whose dam is inbred to Ribot, win the San Pedro from off the pace, in hand. He's a big boy who might like a little more ground, but set a stakes record for 6.5F on the Cushion. The dosage would indicate pure sprinter, but keep your eye on this one as they stretch out in the Derby preps.

[Bill from WA]

Gayego's well balanced conduit mare profile indicates middle distance possibilities. 10 furlongs may be just on the outside edge of his distance range, but he might just get there.

Bill

[Taino]

I have a filly (Keen Insight) tail-female to Ribot's full sister that I'll breed to Cetewayo this year. Anyone interested in the foal??

[Pedigree Ann]

Federico Tesio trained and bred him...One of the greatest breeders in the history of horseracing.

Slight correction. Tesio bred him but didn't train him past his early days (may have done so as a 2yo - I forget) for the sad reason that Signore Tesio died at that time. He didn't have a favorable opinion of the young Ribot, whom he called 'Il Piccolo' (the little one) and didn't nominate him to the Italian classics. One assumes that had he would have revised his opinion had he lived to train the mature Ribot.

How many small breeders (barely a dozen mares most of the time) can claim to have bred two horses of the caliber of Nearco and Ribot? The guy knew what he was doing. Yet his training methods would be considered horse abuse by today's 'they are such fragile flowers' trainers. He believed in thorougly testing his stock before use as breeding animals, especially the colts. If they couldn't stand up to his regimen, then they weren't good enough to be bred from, either.