Just bought my first TB!

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Just bought my first TB!

Postby Gayle66 » Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:58 pm

After having Arabs, currently have Paints, I have gone off and bought a nice Thoroughbred mare. Not knowing a heck of alot about some of the horses in her pedigree, I was wondering if someone wanted to take a look at it and check out her breeding. Also trying to get a little more info on Ole Bob Bowers, but can't seem to find much on the internet other than he was bad-tempered.
My mare is Ms Saint, and she is on the database here: http://www.pedigreequery.com/ms+saint

So, did I make a good buy?

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Postby madelyn » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:12 pm

Actually, she has a pretty decent female family, with some stakes horses. Her dam was graded stakes placed. The family looks like it was nicely managed in a regional program. I don't know about Monetary Gift as a broodmare sire, though, but this mare is better than some I have seen who have pretty blank pages....
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Postby onalimb » Sat Nov 05, 2005 4:41 am

congrats on first tb
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Postby skeenan » Sat Nov 05, 2005 4:54 am

Congrats! :D
Best of luck with your new purchase—can you post photos of her...? Would love to see! :D

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Postby Inyureye » Sat Nov 05, 2005 6:00 am

Pics, please!!
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Postby Gayle66 » Sat Nov 05, 2005 7:35 am

How do you post a pic here? :-)
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Postby nferro9925 » Sat Nov 05, 2005 4:22 pm

Congratulations on your first TB! :)

Ole Bob Bowers, I heard was nasty and he passed that temperment
on to his most famous son - John Henry!

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Postby griff » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:17 am

I suggest you review the info on recent sales results before you breed her.

You can purchase yearlings and short two year olds a lot cheaper than you can raise them. Actually you can many times purchase them for less than the breeding fee.

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Postby Shammy Davis » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:42 am

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Postby skeenan » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:46 am

Gayle66 wrote:How do you post a pic here? :-)
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Postby Intrinsic Worth » Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:40 am

Cashier's Dream was by Service Stripe out of a Monetary Gift Mare. It's a good cross. I would even try Service Stripe's half brother, Where's the Ring, who stands in Canada.

Monetary Gift was a leading sire here in Michigan until his death.
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Postby erins isle » Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:55 am

Hello Gayle,
Congrats with your new mare. I can tel you I have lots of memories about my elderly chief editor writing stories about that famous John Henry out of a rather undistinguised sire Ole bob bowers, yes even in Europe we heard from him in that time without internet of course!! Lots of luck with her.
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Postby Gayle66 » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:52 pm

Thanks all for the info. As for breeding her, well that will be a long ways down the road, if ever. :-) No TB's in my neck of the woods, just lots of Paints and QH's.
And i can't seem to figure out the image. I click image, but it doesn't ask for the pic? Oh well. :?
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Postby austique » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:57 pm

Gayle,
The image has to have a url address. You can put it on Photo Bucket to post it. :wink:
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Congratulations

Postby MT Horses » Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:36 pm

Congrats on your first TB I hope you enjoy them as much as I do they are a very special breed of horse and once you have one you will always have one Enjoy :lol: