Postby Mahubah » Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:52 pm
Lost Code was one of the better members of the 1984 foal crop. A real speed merchant, he could carry his speed up to nine furlongs and was a G1 winner at both three and four. He was about the best son of the 1980 Preakness winner Codex but unfortunately wasn't able to carry on the sire line. Seems like I recall him being described as having a rather badly turned-out right forefoot, but someone else may know more about his conformation.
Your mare is one of 11 foals produced by Two Row, who won a minor stakes at Beulah Park as a juvenile. None of Two Row's produce won black type or seem to have reached beyond mid-level claiming ability to judge by their SSIs. Two Row is by Our Native (a dual G1 winner as a three-year-old in 1973 but quite a bit below Secretariat and Sham in ability; useful but unspectacular sire) and is a half sister to Sham's Queen, another very minor stakes winner.
Magic Story, your mare's granddam, placed in a minor stakes at age 4 and was actually quite a decent runner with an SSI of 6.55 -- that's higher than a lot of stakes winners. She won 13 of 48 starts and placed in another 17, so she was a pretty tough girl -- easily the best runner produced by her dam. She is by Top Conference, an unraced son of the fine racehorse Traffic Judge, out of stakes-placed Amaloma, by the *Nasrullah horse Amanullah (a racehorse of roughly allowance class).
Hope some of this helps.
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis
Welcome to the forum, lebrown. We are a dysfunctional 
family, but we have our good moments. Don't be afraid to jump in with a question or comment; I don't think anybody's been shot yet 
; while the possibility of being shot just adds an appealing air of danger. Just kidding, of course!!!