{"id":1173,"date":"2005-11-15T09:19:34","date_gmt":"2005-11-15T09:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=1173"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=1173","title":{"rendered":"Rich Man’s Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> lost yet another sire\u00a0last week with the unexpected passing of Rich Man\u2019s Gold from a heart attack. The 13 year old son of Forty Niner was all set to make a big impact on South African racing, standing at Wilgerbosdrift for a fee of R60 000, firmly in the top bracket of stallions.<\/P>

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Rich Man\u2019s Gold didn\u2019t get much chance to prove himself on the racetrack, retiring injured as a three year old. He managed to record wins over 6 and 8.5 furlongs, along with a 2nd<\/SUP> place in the GR3 Rebel Stakes over 8.5 furlongs.<\/P>

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With a sim pedigree of Forty Niner x Honest Pleasure x Damascus<\/st1:City>, it\u2019s no surprise that he began his stud duties in Chile<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> with great success. He went to stud in 1996 and produced 4 (3%) official champions and 10 (8%) graded stakes winners from his five crops in Chile<\/st1:country-region> before coming to South Africa<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> in 2001. At 14% winners and 55% in the money, the beginning of his South African campaign looked extremely promising.<\/P>

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To get an idea of how to use him in the sim, while we still can, let\u2019s take a look at his four champions.<\/P>

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Lido<\/st1:PlaceName> Palace<\/st1:PlaceType> \u2013 champion 2y\/o and 3 y\/o, Horse of the Year in Chile<\/st1:country-region>, won Chilean Triple Crown, multiple GR1 winner in USA<\/st1:country-region>, nominated for Eclipse Award, sire in USA<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>. Out of a mare by Quick Decision, Lido<\/st1:PlaceName> Palace<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is an outcross in his first five generations.<\/P>

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Twingo \u2013 champion 2 y\/o colt, GR1 winner. Twingo is out of a Roy<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> mare. Roy<\/st1:City><\/st1:place> is a son of Fappiano which produces a 3 x 4 Mr Prospector cross. Twingo\u2019s DDS, Oak Dancer, is by Green Dancer, son of Nijinsky II.<\/P>

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Isola Piu Bella \u2013 champion 3 y\/o filly, GR1 winner. This filly is out of an Inchwood (In Reality) mare, making her a total outcross like Lido<\/st1:PlaceName> Palace<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>.<\/P>

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France<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place> Soir \u2013 champion 3 y\/o filly, GR1 winner. France Soir is out of a Salt Marsh (Tom Rolfe) mare, producing only a single duplication, a 5 x 5 cross to Roman. Lido<\/st1:PlaceName> Palace<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is himself inbred to Roman, as well as Nasrullah.<\/P>

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Breeding suggestions:<\/P>

Rich Man\u2019s Gold will be firmly into bargain territory by the end of the week, leaving room to spend decent amounts on the DS and DDS. I\u2019d suggest trying some of the bigger names you see above, like Fappiano, Green Dancer, Nijinsky II, In Reality, and Tom Rolfe. Buckpasser is another that looks to be a suitable match. A mare with a Mr. Prospector x Northern Dancer cross would be worth a try. <\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SAF loses a promising young sire – use him while you can<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breeding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}