Abernant 37 Report post Posted May 13, 2016 or maybe postponed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swynford 121 Report post Posted May 13, 2016 Creating line breeding patterns through both parents of your mare is important so I would really like to see the rest of your mares pedigree first. However I think the first dam's male line is so important to duplicate some where in the stallion, preferably one of the brood-mare sires in his own female line. If not there then his fathers etc, and with Zacinto this part of the pedigree would be perfect. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swynford 121 Report post Posted May 13, 2016 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoopa 280 Report post Posted May 14, 2016 Is he in? Is he out? Reports are that he is starting in the Irish Guineas and may still line up in The Derby.The clock is ticking! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abernant 37 Report post Posted May 17, 2016 Galileo Gold could be on course to complete 2,000 Guineas double http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/galileo-gold-could-be-on-course-to-complete-2-000-guineas-double-1.2649851 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abernant 37 Report post Posted May 17, 2016 Galileo Gold Trainer: Hugo Palmer. Best odds: 14-1 (Stan James, Betway), 5-1 with a run (BoyleSports). The son of Paco Boy and out of a Galileo mare, Galicuix, Galileo Gold gave Newmarket trainer Palmer his first Classic victory when he came home at 14/1 in the QIPCO 2000 Guineas. The trainer had a gene test done on Galileo Gold which suggested that there was a less than one per cent chance that one-and-a-half miles would be his optimum trip. But the decision on whether or not he will run will be made after this weekend's Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canelo 459 Report post Posted May 18, 2016 When I saw Paco Boys crop of yearlings at Karaka I knew straight away he would be another case of a stallion who could have made it here but won't. Was a balls up right from day one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitzy 143 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 What was the balls up Canelo. Do you know why Paco Boy didn't return? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canelo 459 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/8180181/Paco-Boy-will-bow-out-under-a-cloud-in-the-Hong-Kong-Mile.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canelo 459 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 I may be wrong, I quite often am, but I believe that the stud were struggling to handle him or something along those lines and was relieved of stud duties hence his abbreviated stud career in NZ. Someone more adequately informed may confirm whether this was the case or not but he would have been a fine asset to NZ breeding if NH is any gauge of the quality of his progeny. His fertility and the number of mares covered wasn't flash either. I wonder if the stop over in HK and the fact he didn't go any good affected his level of support. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitzy 143 Report post Posted May 20, 2016 His oldest in NZ are 3YO's. 10 runners this season in NZ for 1 winner. Maybe not be much of a loss really. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canelo 459 Report post Posted May 20, 2016 1 from 10 this season is lousy yet we will never know as he never had a real chance ie 120+ mares in each of his first 2 crops. Based on what he is doing in the NH you would have to say he is a loss but there have been many who can't seem to translate success from one hemisphere to another, for whatever reason. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...