tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post897571083800750501..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Derby Notes - April 30Alan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-66322105209056869532007-05-01T13:24:00.000-04:002007-05-01T13:24:00.000-04:00Libby-I won't speak in respect to everything said ...Libby-I won't speak in respect to everything said about Storm Cat, but he is known for passing on soundness problems, particularly bad knees as mentioned. I would also agree that, because his influence has been so widespread, he has really helped fuel and reinforce the American emphasis on speed (to the breed's detriment).Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04966895737564174215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-85039182022102920082007-04-30T22:20:00.000-04:002007-04-30T22:20:00.000-04:00Not to be smarmy, but two years ago DONT GET MAD w...Not to be smarmy, but two years ago DONT GET MAD won the trial and almost came back to win that horrid '05 derby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-15379119252601575952007-04-30T12:24:00.000-04:002007-04-30T12:24:00.000-04:00Is that true about Storm Cat?Is that true about Storm Cat?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-85636227588618999762007-04-30T11:31:00.000-04:002007-04-30T11:31:00.000-04:00I looked back at the PPs for Whirlaway. He had 21...I looked back at the PPs for Whirlaway. He had 21 starts going into the Bluegrass Stakes. He ran in the Bluegrass, came back in 5 days to run in the Derby trial. 4 days later he wins the Derby, the Preakness one week later, and then runs in an allowance race between the Preakness and his Belmont win.<BR/><BR/>If Todd Pletcher wins a Derby I wonder if he'll skip the Preakness and wait for the Belmont because his "horses seem to do better with time off between races".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-40862090384781312322007-04-30T10:31:00.000-04:002007-04-30T10:31:00.000-04:00Great article, but I respectfully disagree with hi...Great article, but I respectfully disagree with him on AP Indy, his sons do produce stamina.<BR/><BR/>Storm Cat has been a disaster for the breed. A few successful sons at stud early on with very little success since (especially considering he breeds so many classic mares). Even Giants Causeway is a disappointment if you really look at the numbers.<BR/><BR/> KY breeders have been getting rich off him ever since, selling his unsound but hugely hyped children and grandchildren to green rich owners who no nothing about racing but want to own a Storm Cat.<BR/><BR/>They are unsound due to bad knees, can not usually run on the dirt without breaking down, and are milers at best unless out of REAL stamina laden mares. Yet everyone that retires a quality broodmare wants to run out and breed to him becuase they know they can sell the offspring to some unsuspecting fool for $10 Million.<BR/><BR/>In the good old days that same mare would go to a sound quality racehorse type, now she is bred for the commerical market instead.<BR/><BR/>Then the resulting son breaks his maiden and goes off to stud somewhere allowing the unsound gene to further infiltrate the breed. And so on....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com