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Alhoo · Postby **Alhoo** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:18 am

Lemon Drop Kid colt RNA'd-- anyone know why? I only watched his workout.

madelyn · Postby **madelyn** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:10 am

Today's Courier-Journal (Louisville) reported that 40% of the horses RNA'd, including the high sale bid of $2,395,000.

LSB · Postby **LSB** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:13 am

madelyn wrote:Today's Courier-Journal (Louisville) reported that 40% of the horses RNA'd, including the high sale bid of $2,395,000.

Another way to look at that statistic: only 39% of the horses in the catalogue actually sold. The rest were Outs and RNAs.

As for the Lemon Drop Kid colt, buyers at 2YO sales are very specific about what they want and obviously he wasn't it. I didn't watch his work, only saw him standing in the ring where he looked like a perfectly decent horse. Things that might have turned buyers off (purely conjecture in this horse's case because I don't know anything about him) include: a slow work, a poor way of moving, bad x-rays, crooked legs, or the fact that Lemon Drop Kid is pretty cold.

Pete · Postby **Pete** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:22 pm

Hi LSB,

You're kind: "Lemon Drop Kid is pretty cold"

as in cadaver cold.

Pete

LSB · Postby **LSB** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:19 pm

Pete wrote:Hi LSB,

You're kind: "Lemon Drop Kid is pretty cold"

as in cadaver cold.

Pete

LOL! I've always loved Lemon Drop Kid and I'm still waiting for him to revive. I know I'm probably the only one but I refuse to give up hope just yet. :wink:

HR LLC · Postby **HR LLC** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:39 pm

Its tough trying to sell a horse out of a "cold" sire.

austique · Postby **austique** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:51 pm

Awe...Pete, how can you not love a horse with lemon drop in his name? Who doesn't like lemondrops?

LSB,
If you would like to set up a support group, I'm in cause if LDK doesn't pick it up things don't look so hot for Eavesdropper. :cry:

LSB · Postby **LSB** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:58 pm

austique wrote:LSB,
If you would like to set up a support group, I'm in cause if LDK doesn't pick it up things don't look so hot for Eavesdropper.

Not necessarily. Granted LDK and Eavesdropper are both by Kingmambo, but their dams, though closely related, have very different production records.

Weekend Surprise has been a wonderful producer of sires with A.P. Indy, Summer Squall, Honor Grades, and Tiger Ridge already to her credit. Her half-sister Charming Lassie lags way behind in that department.

I wouldn't count out Eavesdropper yet by a longshot. (In the interest of full disclosure, I own a "niece" of his so I'm pretty favorably disposed in his direction. :wink:

)

austique · Postby **austique** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:01 pm

[quote="LSB
I wouldn't count out Eavesdropper yet by a longshot. (In the interest of full disclosure, I own a "niece" of his so I'm pretty favorably disposed in his direction. :wink:

)[/quote]

raising hand :oops:

Lifetime breeding right and gosh durn it I like the pudgy little guy :oops: