Please Give Some Speed – III

The first four horses I selected were all bred to run 1 1/2 miles, and would probably be 10 lengths back in any race at 1 1/16th miles.

I can hear the cry now – “please give me some speed”, please find me a “modern” horse

I will not give in and recommend an Into Mischief, Speightstown, or even Candy Ride, but I will try to find some speed. The only way I can feel comfortable doing it is with freshman sire Gormley. He stands at Spendthrift for only $7,500.

Gormley is a son of Malibu Moon, but the mare was Bernstein/Storm Cat so he gets some precocity there. Gormley broke his maiden September 2 at Del Mar at 6 1/2 furlongs, running right near the lead. He then won the Frontrunner wire to wire at a mile. He bobbled at the start, but was only 3 lengths back in the Breeders Cup Juvenile to Classic Empire, and was 5 lengths back of a quick pace (46.2) in a field of 20 in the Kentucky Derby. He was not a pure speed horse, but he certainly had tactical speed. He was precocious.

This is as close to a speed horse that I can get. Gormley’s second dam’s sire was Kingmambo, so he has an interesting pedigree. Let’s find some bargains:

#192 at Fasig-Tipton – This daughter of Gormley is from a Siphon mare that was bred to run all day and produced a $500,000 winner. For a price of only $20,000 Parrish Farms got a great value. I would love to own this horse.

#2824 at Keeneland – This son of Gormley is by a modest runner that was sired by my favorite broodmare sire Pleasant Tap. The mare produced 6 winners from 7 foals. This is a B+ nick. A group called 5 O’clock Somewhere paid only $60,000. If I had to buy a speed horse,d this would be my choice.

Six other Gormley’s sold for and average of $125,000, so I am not the only one looking at this sire.

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If you pointed a gun at my head and force me to choose a existing miler/precocious sire i guess in would be Violence. For $25,000 you get a son of Medaglia d’Oro that might go two turns with the proper mare. Let’s see what we can do for $50,000 and $25,000.

Still working on this