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I had TVG on for a brief moment yesterday, and I saw a 30 second commercial for Maclean’s Music. I vaguely knew the story of the big 114 Beyer as a maiden, and the success with Cloud Computing. I generally wrote off his offspring as pure sprinters, but the commercial made me think again. Then last night I was looking through the pedigree of a Flintshire foal, and I was reminded what a nice horse Flintshire was. Being confused by the swirl of looking at 1300 horses I asked the the question, “where was Flintshire standing?

The Stallion Register (a very useful website) showed me he was at Hill ‘n’ Dale. Over 15 years ago I got a tour of their beautiful farm when my friends were beginning to breed their champion mare. I remember it was an impressive presentation, and the people were very nice and talked a good game. So I looked again down their stallion roster, and there I saw Maclean’s Music. The commercial I saw, combined with my Flintshire research, and my distant memories of Hill ‘n’ Dale made me dig deeper. What I found was amazing. I loved almost every single mare that Maclean’s Music was bred to in this sale. They generally had great pedigree’s top and bottom.

I am now officially a Maclean’s Music fan, and a Hill ‘n’ Dale fan. That means I will give an extra look to horses by Bayern, Flintshire, Violence, Midnight Lute, and Kantharos. Curlin and Kitten’s Joy are out of my price range. But at $20,000 Maclean’s Music is in my price range.

Moving straight to the top of my list is hip #303, a son of Maclean’s with nearly perfect pedigree of the dam side. The third dam was a Northern Dancer mare and produced a G1 winner. The second dam was by my favorite broodmare sire Pleasant Colony. The first dam is by Pulpit and predictably did not start winning until she was 4 years old.

#303 moves right to the top of my list. He worked 10.1. He is a an April 21 foal. He was RNAed for $55,000 as a yearling. Will he be in my price range? We will know later this afternoon. I am also now interested in hip #234 at a lower price for my filly partnership, I will only take #13 this morning if the price is under $40,000.

In the real world this would be a crazy way to buy a horse, but on paper it is fun. I am also now eagerly awaiting the new foals Cloud Computing (the Preakness winning son of Macleans Music. I guess I have to become a bigger fan of Distorted Humor and his sons Ironicus, Khozan, Jimmy Creed, and Alternation