Final Furlong Stallions: 9 to retire, 5 new

Breeding
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I’ve been noticing some of the famous stallions haven’t been getting any outside mares for a while now. Therefore, the following stallions will be retired:

Assault
Citation
Deputy Minister
Foolish Pleasure
Lit de Justice
Native Dancer
Sir Barton
Storm Cat
Strike The Gold

The following new stallions have been added:
Giant’s Causeway
Rahy
Sadler’s Wells
Tiznow
War Chant

Note: I do not plan to add/remove any more stallions until 2011. If you have suggestions for new stallions, feel free to PM me with info on them, but no guarantees on who will get added.

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Also note: I make no promises about the accuracy of these horses’ abilities in real life compared to FF. I made a fair amount of guesses based on their race records, and that’ll have to be good enough. :wink:

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Ah, bummer. Assault and Citation didn’t seem to be doing that bad…eight or nine mares isn’t a full booking, but it doesn’t seem shabby to me. Ah well. I like Giant’s Causeway, Tiznow, and War Chant, so it’ll be interesting to see how their virtual babies do. :slight_smile:

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All of those mares were Final Furlong owned. :wink: The reason they got so many is because they’re early on in the alphabet, so they were quick/easy to breed FF mares to.

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Thought I’d throw out some intersting facts on our new stallions… all of which I’m excited about…

Giant’s Causeway
1997-Chestnut
(Storm Cat x Mariah’s Storm (Rahy)

Winnings: 13 Starts: 9 - 4 - 0, $3,078,989

At 2 Won King Of Kings E.B.F. Futurity S. -G3 (IRE), Prix de La Salamandre -G1 (FR)

At 3 Won Gladness S. -G3 (IRE), St. James’ Palace S. -G1 (ENG), Coral-Eclipse S. -G1 (ENG), Champagne Lanson Sussex S. -G1 (ENG), Juddmonte International S. -G1 (ENG), Irish Champion S. -G1 (IRE), 2nd Breeders’ Cup Classic S. -G1, Queen Elizabeth 2nd S. -G1 (ENG), Irish 2000 Guineas -G1 (IRE), 2000 Guineas S. -G1 (ENG).

As A Sire:

? Two classic winners from his first crop.
? Five graded/group runners in his second crop.
? Seven graded/group SWs in two crops.
? North America’s leading 2nd-crop sire by 2005 progeny earnings.
? North America’s leading juvenile sire by 2005 progeny earnings.
? Europe’s leading freshman sire of 2004.
? 17 juvenile winners in 2005–including graded/group winners FIRST SAMURAI (G1, $682,575) and DIAMOND OMI (G2) plus G1-placed =Heatseeker (Ire).
? 8 first-crop SWs–including European classic winners SHAMARDAL (French Two Thousand Guineas, French Derby) and =FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND (GB) (English Two Thousand Guineas), plus classic-placed Mona Lisa (GB).
? Four $1-million-plus sales yearlings in 2005.
? 2005 Saratoga yearling average: $756,250. 2005 Keeneland September average: $420,175.

Rahy
1985-Chestnut
(Blushing Groom x Glorious Song (Halo)

Winnings: 13 Starts: 6 - 4 - 1, $347,767

At 2 Won Bonusprint Sirenia S. (ENG), 2nd Middle Park S. -G1 (ENG), 3rd Rokeby Farms Mill Reef S. -G2 (ENG)
At 4 Won Bel Air Handicap -G2, 2nd Goodwood Handicap -G3, Harold C. Ramser Sr. Handicap -G3

As A Sire:

Statistical summary for the registered progeny of Rahy:
15 crops
944 foals
14 crops of racing age
897 foals of racing age
67 current 2 year old foals
47 yearlings
0 weanlings

In North America / USA, Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy,
Japan, UAE, and all other available foreign data:
2 champions
31 graded stakes winners
68 stakes winners
58 stakes placers

Earnings: $65,985,567

Sadlers Wells
1981-Bay
(Northern Dancer xFairy Bridge (Bold Reasoning)

Winnings: 11 Starts: 6 - 4 - 0, $663,423

1st: Beresford S.-Gr.2 (IRE), Derrinstown Stud S.-Gr.2 (IRE), Airlie/Coolmore 2000 Guineas-Gr.1 (IRE), Coral Eclipse S. Gr.1 (ENG), Phoenix Champ. S. Gr.1 (IRE). 2nd: Gladness S. (IRE), Prix Du Jockey Club-Gr.1 (FR), King George V S. Gr.1 (GB)

Raced in England, France, & Ireland. Leading UK Sire by earnings, 1990, 1992-2002.

Tiznow
1997-Bay
(Cee’s Tizzy x Cee’s Song (Seattle Song)

Winnings: 15 Starts: 8 - 4 - 2, $6,427,830

At 3:
Won Breeders’ Cup Classic -G1, Super Derby -G1, Goodwood Breeders’ Cup -G2, Affirmed Handicap -G3
2nd Pacific Classic S. -G1, Swaps S. -G1

At 4:
Won Breeders’ Cup Classic S. -G1, Santa Anita Handicap -G1, San Fernando Breeders’ Cup -G2
2nd Strubb S. -G2
3rd Woodward S. -G1, Goodwood Breeders’ Cup -G2

2000 Eclipse Champion Three Year Old Colt and Horse of the Year.
2001 Champion Older Horse.

As A Sire:

? HORSE OF THE YEAR AND #1 FRESHMAN SIRE
? The DNA of a Champion Sire
? Sire of Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner Folklore in his first crop, a Record Breaking 14 length winner of the Grade 1 Matron S. where she posted the highest Beyer of any 2YO filly in 2005
? Other rising stars from his first crop include: Tiztimetokinect, a 19 1/4 length winner at Keeneland; the Bob Baffert-trained Enforcement, who broke his maiden by 4 second time out; Tiz a Fantasy, who broke her maiden first time out by 3 1/4 lengths; and Baur Au Lac who broke his maiden first time out by 2 3/4 lengths at Belmont.
? The only horse in the history of the Breeders’ Cup to win the $4,000,000 Classic twice
? Won the 2000 Breeders’ Cup Classic defeating 6-time Gr. 1 winner Giant’s Causeway and the 2001 Breeders’ Cup Classic defeating Arc winner Sakhee
? Retired sound with career earnings of $6,427,830
? “The best horse I ever rode.” - Hall of Fame Jockey Chris McCarron.
? #1 First-Crop Covering Sire in 2002
? #1 First-Crop Weanling Sire in 2003
? #1 First-Crop Yearling Sire in 2004
? First-Crop Two-Year-Olds sold for up to $1,000,000 at the 2005 Keeneland September Sale, Yearlings sold for up to $725,000

War Chant
1997-Dark Bay
(Danzig x Hollywood Wildcat (Kris S)

Winnings: 7 Starts: 5 - 1 - 0, $1,130,600

At 3 Won Breeders’ Cup Mile -G1, Oak Tree Breeders’ Cup Mile -G2, San Rafael S. -G2, 2nd Santa Anita Derby -G1

As A Sire:

Statistical summary for the registered progeny of War Chant:
4 crops
227 foals
3 crops of racing age
189 foals of racing age
76 current 2 year old foals
38 yearlings
0 weanlings

In North America / USA, Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy,
Japan, UAE, and all other available foreign data:
0 champions
2 graded stakes winners
7 stakes winners
4 stakes placers

Earnings: $2,211,799

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Oh, I see. That would make a difference, yeah. :wink:

And since Dawn brought up Tiznow and his progeny…Personally I think Folklore is such a beautiful filly. I’ve only gotten to see her in action once, during the Breeder’s Cup, but even before she ran it was love at first sight. :wink: I hope I’ll get to see more of her. :smiley:

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Hmm… may have to send a mare or two to the new studs. There’s something nifty about being in the first crop. Plus, some of them seem to be quite ornery–exactly the type of horse that I want. YAY for orneriness!

Will these buggers be BC nominated, as they are famous? Or did I misread the memo? Time to go dig in the archives. YAY!

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Yeah, I haven’t had a chance to nominate the FF guys yet.

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Nicely chosen Shanthi… These guys are definitely what I would consider the cream of the crop; especially the younger ones…props!

-Kerry

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Just a quick note, there is a Tiznow daughter running, who was rolled up randomly–Tizher Halo.

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Ohh! I just saw this post about the new studs! Now lets see if I can wrangle up another mare to send to at least one of them! :smiley:

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lol, u and me both…

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Hi Shanthi,

In regard to Cat’s post and Tizher Halo, will you be considering her a foal of Tiznow, or will she be still considered randomly created? I was just curious of how you will handle this. Not a big issue at all. :smiley:

Tom

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Well, changing her pedigree listing so that she’s linked to Tiznow won’t make her stats any more Tiznow-like. :stuck_out_tongue: She’s still a randomly generated horse.

But I can change her database listing so that she’s officially linked to Tiznow as a foal.