How I used these old sires in their last days in the sim<\/P>
I don\u2019t know how many simmers noticed what I did in the transition period from the old game to the new: that some older damsires and dam\u2019s damsires would be retired and no longer available in the new game in the same positions.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>So once the new site was up, I made a list of the interesting or quality DS and DDS options that were about to disappear.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Some would still be available at DDS, but their DS availability was going away.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Once I had my list, I checked my old breeding records to see which ones I had already used\u2026 I get pleasure from using sires I like at least once.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>So while Tom Rolfe, Grey Dawn, Northern Dancer, and Roberto were disappearing from the DS lists, I had already spawned one with them in the DS position.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Likewise with Tom Fool, Buckpasser, Round Table, and Ribot in the DDS position.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>There were too many anyhow to use by the new game\u2019s looming September due date, so I skipped all of them.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>To my surprise, a number of the quality sires I was still looking at were available for credits late in the old game breeding week.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>If I chose carefully, I could grab a few of these aging bluebloods with a credit-bred.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Graustark, In Reality, Never Bend, and Hail to Reason were among those often available for credits.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Below is a recounting of the expiring old sire products I created in those waning days, and a look at how they have done in their short careers as three-year-olds (I like breeding 3yos\u2026).<\/P> There were just a few on my list I didn\u2019t get to: Secretariat and The Minstrel.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>They at least remain as DDS prospects, so their time may come in my pedigree constructions!<\/P> CAVORTING<\/B>, 3yo colt<\/P> DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) x FAPPIANO x BOLD RULER I\u2019ve yet to get a Danehill Dancer filly, so I thought I would try again, but again a colt.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Oh well.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I hadn\u2019t used Fappiano as a damsire yet, and as a Mr. Prospector damsire with at least some ability to produce turf runners, he was an interesting choice here.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Fappiano fits with the stamina influences too.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Bold Ruler was expiring as a DDS, and again a well-known stamina influence.<\/P> This colt broke his maiden at five furlongs on the turf.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>So maybe he will like sprints after all.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His first route was on the dirt over Thanksgiving weekend; he finished third with an 85 speed.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Nothing earth-shattering yet.<\/P> SUPERCHRON<\/B>, 3yo filly<\/P> ANY GIVEN SATURDAY x IN REALITY x NEVER For my first Any Given Saturday breeding, I wanted to use In Reality before he expired as a damsire (I had used him once in the DDS position).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In Reality is one of my favorite sires\/sirelines of all time.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He would provide more dirt ability and a dose of speed.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Never The roan filly has run twice, coming up short of the win in her debut with an 88, then scoring on November 4th with a 96 \u2013 and both races were dirt sprints.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She came back from that needing a rest, so she\u2019s at the farm until she\u2019s back in shape.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Looks promising if she comes back healthy.<\/P> VELOX<\/B>, 3yo colt<\/P> MORE THAN READY x RAISE A NATIVE x NEARCTIC (CAN) More Than Ready is another sire where I have difficulty breeding a filly, and here we go again.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I don\u2019t usually inbreed 2×5, but I was looking for a place to use Raise A Native as a damsire, and it fit.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I had used him only at DDS, for SONORAN<\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Good old Nearctic was still available as DDS, so I plugged him into the pedigree, hoping for a middle-distance dirt horse.<\/P> Velox broke his maiden on the second try in a dirt sprint, then ran third in a polytrack mile at FLEUR DE SEL<\/B>, 3yo filly<\/P> FLOWER ALLEY x GRAUSTARK x HAIL TO REASON<\/SPAN><\/P> Flower Alley has had some real-life and sim success, but as a 4×4 Mr. Prospector and 5×5 Northern Dancer, can be a little hard to outcross.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>So here comes classy Graustark, about to end his 7% stakeswinning damsire career.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I had used him as a DDS, but not damsire.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That left room for 1958\u2019s Hail to Reason as the DDS, another quality sire I had never used.<\/P> This one has just an 82-speed maiden win to her credit, and failed in her first route attempt last out.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The jury is out, but at least she has a nice gray color to go with her name.<\/P> ELIDE<\/B>, 3yo filly<\/P> ELUSIVE QUALITY x My only Elusive Quality products had been of moderate quality, so I decided to try again.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Since Mr. Prospector and Northern Dancer were up pretty close in EQ\u2019s pedigree, I thought a pairing with the expiring damsire She ran two mediocre maiden races on turf before taking an easy win last week in a dirt mile affair (at 1-9).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Maybe dirt\u2019s her game, or maybe she\u2019s a dud who got a super-soft field to break her maiden.<\/P> FARM TO MARKET RD<\/B>, 3yo filly<\/P> UNCLE ABBIE x HIGH TRIBUTE x TO MARKET<\/SPAN><\/P> My final expiring old sire breeding was also my last under the old bargain bred rules.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I had long wanted to use To Market, a 1948 foal, in the DDS position, and with my last chance looming, I decided to make it a Texas-bred.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I had flagged Uncle Abbie a long time back as an interesting cheap sire.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>To that mix I added High Tribute as damsire, giving me Princequillo and War Relic in the fourth generation, for a feast of old sire power.<\/P> This bargain filly has run to her modest breeding in two maiden claimers, with a third in her last out.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She races again soon.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Quality DSs and DDSs Before They Left 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