I really should be an investor in West Point’s son of Connect. A 5% share would cost $17,600. West Point bought this horse at Fasig-Tipton for $120,000, the most expensive Connect at that sale.
Connect was not really a sire I was focused on, but I should have been. Connect was not a precocious horse. In fact he did not break his maiden until May of 3-year old season for Chad Brown. Only four month later he won the Penn Derby at 1 1/8 miles, and then the Cigar Mile with a Beyer of 106. His career was brief, but spectacular. HIs dam sire Holy Bull won the Florida Derby, Haskell, and Travers. Their is plenty of stamina influence here.
What makes this son of Connect so interesting is the dam side. Vindication had only a brief career as a horse and stallion, but he was the last great son of Seattle Slew. Vindication never raced after his BC Juvenile win, but I think he would have been a decent 1 1/4 horse. He was by a Strawberry Road mare, and owned by Padua Stables. His career as a sire was tragically cut short to two years by a fatal stomach rupture.
Vindy City (the colt’s dam) was never more than a allowance class sprinter, and her mom’s mom was also a sprinter (by Carson City). So the picture is mixed, but I believe the Vindication story. Exaggerator was the son of Vindication mare.
I also love the photo on the West Point site. He has the look of a two-turn horse.
Became Derecho Dandy who won a maiden race in SA, and has run poorly in two small stakes.
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