Now that the 2012 breeding season, I think it’s time to jump start some early bragging on the foals we are expecting next year.
Here is what Tall Oaks is due to have born next year, all have good bloodlines some less prestigious than others but a nice bunch of foals nonetheless.
Jazz It Up x Whirl It, I’m crossing my fingers for a filly but I’ll be happy if it’s another future stud colt as well given its lineage. This one will most likely be the last Whirl It foal, but if it isn’t I have a few choice stallions I’ll send her to. Spinning Hill is perhaps the most spectacular Whirl It foal but things may change in the next couple of years if everything works out for her Hope To Succeed yearling. Jazz It Up needs no introduction, the premier stallion at Edgewood Stud and sire of MSWs Major’s Flight, Sign of The Times, Jazz’ed, Set It Up, Rocket Fuel, All Jazzed Up, HighlandEnterprise, V is For Victory, Privilage, and Dr. Sweetie. Jazz It Up’s daughters Jazz’ed and Jazzanna both have yearlings so we’ll see next year how Jazz It Up does as a broodmare sire. Whether colt or filly this foal will be a great outcross for the top lines in the breeding shed after retirement from the track.
Strider x Royalle, my second favorite pairing after the Jazz foal I have big hopes for this foal. Royalle has two winners from two foals to race and this is her third foal by a first-time sire. Her first foal by a first-time sire, Starz Are Royal is the only two year old winner from eight foals sired by Starzen, a half-brother to Strider. It is obvious that the quality for a winner is already there, it depends on what happens three years from now. Strider earned well over ten million on the track and for his stud fee to just be $10,000 considering his race record and lineage it is certainly nothing to sneeze at. His wins include the Donn Handicap twice, Wood Memorial, Canadian Triple Crown, Spectacular Bid Breeders’ Stakes, Dubai World Cup, St. George Stakes, and Lonesome Glory Breeders’ Stakes. A distinct connection to Gotta Go, and Devil His Due through Royalle’s sire Go For Dash, as well as Prince Danzig through one of Royalle’s half-sisters this foal will have one superb prominent family with the Go For Dash, Highland Rogue and Seeing Starz blood running through him/her, but I am leaning heavily toward a filly.
Gunningdownromance x Deadly Game, Game is my favorite broodmare and has proved well worth to be the fifteen grand I spent buying her a few years ago from Clover Springs. With two stakes placed foals, one winner and one stakes winner from four racing foals she is slowly developing into her mother’s daughter as a producer. Gunningdownromance got the better of Stressed, Nightfight, Robin Hood, and Strider just to name a few during his racing days. This cross should prove to be a good one since the Worth line has been combined with the Patriot Games blood several times but none of the foals produced have raced yet. I’m hoping for a good filly from this cross since I don’t need anymore future stallions and my broodmare band is lacking.
Stressed x Last Fling, a rather good cross if not a great one. Last Fling’s lone MSW’er Calm Winds has done remarkably well for himself even if he is owned by Final Furlong. Stressed had his best years as a three and four year old winning the Preakness & Belmont stakes, Aqueduct Handicap, Donn Handicap, Santa Anita Handicap, Rallway Stakes, and Stephen Foster Stakes. The resulting foal will probably be a consistent dirt racer at a older age. If its a colt, I’ll probably sell him off once he is able to be retired to stand at stud, if it’s a filly I’ll probably keep her around to freshen up my breeding lines if she turns out to be a good runner.
National Post x Golden Legend, a excellent cross in my mind at least. Rainbow Quest and Black Legend, deadly combination no matter the foal’s gender but a filly might be worth more if she proves to be a consistent racer and later on in the breeding shed. National Post is a half-brother to Nation’s Colors, Highland Limits, and Africa and had a fairly good career as a racer winning the Preakness stakes, and Santa Anita Handicap. Golden Legend placed on the board in only five of her eleven starts but she is half-sister to SWs Pink Ace, Estimated Prophet, Sea Aflame and SP Admiraless. I’m hoping Legend’s ability to produce a healthy foal will come through with this foal.
Cryptic Ballad x Strobe Light, this cross should produce a fine SC’er. Strobe Light was claimed as a four year old and went on to place in ten of her fifteen career starts that year. Cryptic Ballad raced thirty-nine times with twenty four on the board finishes. Cryptic has the better career winning the Joe Aitcheson, Vosburgh stakes, Mac Diarmida Handicap, Independent Novice, Tom Fool Handicap, Sparkford Chase, and Hard Scuffle. I took a big gamble on this cross since neither Cryptic or Strobe have half-siblings and no current racing foals but I’m hoping it’ll pay off since Strobe’s Magic Glory son will be able to race next year.
Magic Cross already has some nice foals on the ground so I’m excited to see what he’ll produce. Derby Appeal is from created lines so I have no idea what to expect. She was a decent runner though, so hopefully she’ll pass her talent along.
So I had to have a foal by him!