On of the first articles I read was a report on “value sires” written by Chris McGrath at TDN. His leading value sire was Midshipman, the son of Unbridled Song that is now producing his 8th crop for only $7,500 a shot. He has 363 winners from 746 foals, which for a 3rd tier sire is pretty good.
Hip #178 adds a Thunder Gulch mare raced by the Firestone’s. She was very boring but eventually won over $100,000 in 21 starts, and was never in a claimer. She has produced 8 winners from 9 foals. That is pretty impressive. The 2nd dam was a decent runner and producer by stamina source With Approval
The nick is rated A++. Someone paid $27,000 for this guy as a weanling.
Maybe this is the kind of boring, low risk, horse that first time buyers should be looking at. I am sure that nobody is driving to Ocala to buy themselves a son of Midshipman.
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