The obvious question is should I be willing to change my strategy to be be more accepting of sires like Uncle Mo, and horses like Mo Donegal?
Uncle Mo himself is up to a stud free of $160,000, so the real question is sires “like” him.
The answer is obvious. I will stubbornly refuse to change my strategy.
I will remain religiously and morally opposed to sires like Uncle Mo. Even if their progeny might stretch to get classic distances, they will just be to popular and therefore TOO EXPENSIVE.
The world loves those big strong 7 furlong horse that on a good day just might get 2 turns, as Uncle Mo did in the BC Juvenile (his only important win). I remain staunchly opposed to following the “cool kids”.
I did “miss” one interesting oddity that could have changed my mind about Mo Donegal.
Mo Donegal has a very strong stamina oriented 2nd dam. Island Sand won over $1,000,000 and did win the Delaware Handicap at 1 1/4. Even more interesting she produced a very successful hurdle horse that could run races at over 2 miles.
When I went to the website Pedigreequery.com, I could see that I had previously researched Island Sand. Maybe if I had noticed the hurdle horse she produced , I might have change my mind about Mo Donegal. I really did like the Centennial partnership, so I doubt anything could have changed my mind.
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