The results are in, and I lost badly.
In the battle between the “modern” speed/precocity horse and the stamina oriented “plodder” the results of the Kentucky Derby and Oaks speak loudly
The Derby was won by an Into Mischief out of a Mr. Greely mare. I could not imagine a horse with a more “7 furlong” pedigree. Not only did he win, but he won by running a testing pace and hanging on. The speed horse did not sneak way in 48 and cruise home. There is a hint of stamina in Authentic’s second dam, but the pedigree is 80% pure speed. At least the next 4 finishers in the Derby were plodders with stamina pedigrees, but the damage is done.
The Oaks was even worse with daughters of Daredevil finishing first and second. Daredevil is a son of More Than Ready out of a Forty Niner mare. This is more sprinter than even miler pedigree. Brad Cox “called his shot”. In his interview with the Ten Strike folks he stated that he want to take a sprinter/miler pedigree and try to stretch it out to get a “classic” distance. That is exactly what he did with Shedaresthedevil. At least the female side was Congrats (a grandson of AP Indy), although the mare never even tried beyond 6 furlongs.
Both of these results were achieved despite the races being delayed 4 months. Obviously you can win the big races without a stamina pedigree.
The good news is children on Into Mischief will be even more expensive next week at the sales, and the children of Tonalist might not even get a bid.
Congratulations should also go to the folks at Myracehorse.com because they own a piece of Authentic and have been promoting (maybe over promoting) him at their website. The old saying is that “all publicity is good publicity” so let’s leave it at that. West Point finished 11th with Winning Impressions.
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