I never really thought about the question – Who is your favorite horse of all time?
I am a long shot player that has never made a win bet at less than 5-1 in my entire life. I am cheering for any long shot that beat Baffert, Pletcher, and Brown, but such horses seldom become the type of horse you “follow” and cheer for.
I guess the one famous horse that I really cheered for was Lemon Drop Kid. He was trained by Scotty Schulhofer, not the killers. I know I had him to win the Belmont at 29-1. He had that long distance euro-pedigree of Kingmambo and Nureyev. It was even more exciting when Mr Farish agreed to a “foal-sharing” deal and agreed to breed LDK with my friends champion mare Biogio’s Rose. Waiting for that horse was 3 years of excitement, but she got hurt and only ran two races.
I guess you could call LDK’s stud career as solid, but not outstanding. He has produced many decent runners, but not a “signature” horse. Maybe Beach Patrol who won $2 million, and now stands in Japan was close.
Maybe we should try to find the final son of LDK before it is too late.
- Lemon Drop Kid – Grant Park by Action This Day (son of Kris S that adds Roberto and Ribot to the pedigree), B+ nick
- Lemon Drop Kid – Giant Review by Giant’s Causeway (second dam sire is Pleasant Tap), B nick
- Lemon Drop Kid – Gottcha Last by Pleasant Tap (dam produced American Freedom)
Let’s stop right there. Black Stone Farm paid $40,000 for #3.
How can I not love a son of LDK from a Pleasant Tap mare that has produced an interesting new stallion american Freedom (and a $900,000 winner Gottcha Gold).
If I had just said “pick your favorite sire” and “mix it with your favorite female family” this would have been my horse.
This is the ultimate “breed a plodder to plodder” and be patient and see what happens. Maybe this is the final great son of LDK, or maybe it is a claimer at Penn National.
Buying A Race Horse 