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Friday, January 27th, 2012“Price is what you pay, value is what you get” , said Warren Buffett the legendary stock market investor. He made his money through value investing, essentially he believed the market prices often overlooked intrinsic value and therein lay opportunity. I couldn’t agree more when it comes to 2012 stallion fees. Below are some stallions [...]
Montjeu- the fillies sire?
Saturday, October 8th, 2011Everyone knew that Montjeu’s fillies are considerably less desirable than his colts. His tally of one Group 1 winning filly (Montare) compared to 15 Group 1 winning colts in the Northern Hemisphere tells its own story. In addition the Racing Post reported that his top 31 performers by Racing Post Rating were all male! However [...]
Arc day 2011- A new French fashion?
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011The French have a reputation for being fashionable. Sunday was Prix de l’Arc day- Europe’s finest single days racing with seven Group 1 races. The results were a breath of fresh air and a delight to those people who love to see diversity amongst the stallion ranks. We have come to expect top class European [...]
Pour Moi
Saturday, June 4th, 2011Pour Moi’s win in the Derby was further proof that Montjeu is the pre-eminent sire of Derby colts in Europe. Galileo is enjoying a stellar year but Montjeu is still to my mind a better bet to throw a top middle distance colt. Pour Moi’s performance at Epsom was all the more meritorious as he [...]
Sadler’s Wells- a tribute
Friday, May 27th, 2011It’s almost a month since Sadler’s Wells died. He was outstanding in every respect as racehorse, as a sire, as a broodmare sire and now as a sire of sires. A book would be required to do proper justice to his impact (and I don’t have time for that) , so I will have to [...]
Hurricane on a run
Sunday, April 10th, 2011Hurricane Run (Montjeu ex Hold On by Surumu) was his father’s truest son. I have never seen a better example of a horse whose career almost totally mirrored that of his sire. It is worth listing their respective careers from the time of the French Derby in the Summer of their three year old careers. Race [...]
Volkswagen sires
Monday, February 28th, 2011Some cars retain their value more that others. Some stallions have offspring that retain their value better than others. In this month’s International Thoroughbred magazine I examine this issue with reference to National Hunt markets. To read the article follow the link and go to pages 59-62 http://issuu.com/International_Thoroughbred/docs/itb_march/1
Stowaway revealed
Friday, February 11th, 2011Jumps sires are often dead or infirm by the time their merits become apparent. Stowaway has just turned 17 so given average luck he should be active for another 4 or 5 years (hopefully more). His merits are now becoming abundantly clear and National Hunt breeders should be placing him near the top of their lists when [...]
French Lessons
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011The increasing success of French bred horses has been the most striking element of National Hunt breeding over the last decade. Mon Mome in the Grand National, Binocular and Hors la Loi in the Champion Hurdle, Kauto Star in the Gold Cup and Master Minded, Voy Pur Ustedes and Azertyuiop in the Queen Mother Champion [...]
Hurricane Fly and Noble Prince
Monday, January 24th, 2011Leopardstown today almost witnessed a Grade 1 double for Montjeu. Hurricane Fly was impressive in the Irish Champion Hurdle and Noble Prince came within a short head of winning the Arkle chase. Noble Prince is similar to Hurricane Fly in that he was more than useful on the flat. In fact he was a Listed [...]
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