I will take a break away from the normal Breeding Corner and take a look at the runners in one of the Sim\u2019s biggest races the Bluegrass Derby. In the last couple of years it has been interesting seeing the evolution of retired mares producing runners for this race. \u00a0<\/SPAN>Here is a list by post position of the Sire, dam (if one was used), dam sire and dam\u2019 dam sire. <\/P> 1. Lovely Sheep\u00a0 <\/SPAN>– Lammtarra X Scenic (IRE) X Akaaber<\/P> 2. Clan of the Cat \u2013 Mountain Cat X Oak Clan ( 3. Ab Fab \u2013 Awesome Again X Independence Day (A.P. Indy X Mr. Prospector)<\/P> 4. New Found Cyclone \u2013 5. Black Clown \u2013 Afleet X Gone West X Broad Brush<\/P> 6. Alastor \u2013 Squirtle Squirt X Marinian Star (Hennessy X Mr. Prospector)<\/P> 7. Dark Princes \u2013 Empire Maker X Wild Again X Nureyev<\/P> 8. Toxicsuperfreakout \u2013 Orientate X Gulchess (Thunder Gulch X Sword Dance (IRE))<\/P> 9. Ermington Pegasus \u2013 Sky 10. Ribus \u2013 Kingmambo X Pleasant Nijinsky (Pleasant Colony X Nijinsky II)<\/P> 11. San Pellegrino \u2013 War Chant X Pleasant Colony X Caerleon<\/P> 12. Remember Tampero \u2013 Unbridled\u2019s Song X Tampero (Theatrical (IRE) X Fappiano)<\/P> 13. Depravity \u2013 Red Bullet X Minesterial (Deputy Minister X Mr. Prospector)<\/P> 14. Virtuoso \u2013 Cryptoclearance X Fight Earn (El Prado (IRE) X Fit to Fight)<\/P> 15. Peacenik \u2013 Peace Rules X Big N Tall (Broad Brush X Blacktie Affair)<\/P> 16. Half a World Away \u2013 Belong to Me X Whenworldscollide (Gone West X Verbatim)<\/P> 17.K\u2019s Rumor Has It \u2013 Sadler\u2019s Wells X Seattle Slew X Nijinsky II <\/P> 18. Unamazingness \u2013Unbridled\u2019s Song X Kris S. X El Gran Senor<\/P> 19. So Slew Me \u2013 Belong to Me X No More Storms ( 20. Breeding Empire \u2013 Empire Maker X Wave on Wave ( Nine mares and four he mares produced runners this year one less over all than last year. Three of the he mares were grade D or higher all better grades than any of the mares. Those three he mares had top speed figures of 118,118, and 116. Two of them were stakes winners are represent the only stakes winners from any of the mares. All but one mare had at least one win. The one mare that did not have a win has been a good producer getting quality from her foals.<\/P> Speed figures this year again were a tail tell song for production once again this year. The one non winning mare was the slowest with a career best 71 speed figure. There was only one other mare that did not run a 90 speed figure or faster and she ran an 87. Seven of the mares ran at 100+ speed figure at some point. Only one mare was the bottom grade H a majority of the rest were grade F and G. This group was not as classy a group of mares as last year. \u00a0<\/SPAN><\/P> Three sires produced two runners each Belong To Me, Unbridled\u2019s Song, and Empire Maker. From the dam side of things Seattle Slew produced three starters this year and Pleasant Colony produced two. Mr. Prospector was the dam\u2019s dam sire in five of the runner\u2019s pedigrees. Broad Brush shows up again this year as a dam sire in one runner and a dam\u2019s dam sire.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/P> The Mr. Prospector line really dominated the sire slots in this race. Once again you do not see the Big Sire X Big Sire X Big Sire breedings producing a lot of runners. I would say Ab Fab, Dark Princes, K\u2019s Rumor Has It and Breeding Empire are the only runners that fit that style. You see a lot of the mid tier sires that can be had for less than 200 BPs at the end of the week most weeks paired with two really good sires in the dam sire slot and dam\u2019s dam sire slot. Clan of the Cat, New Found Cyclone, Ermington Pegasus, Depravity, and So The mares that produced runners this year showed a different dimension. Many did not earn that much on the track with a majority earning less than $100,000. Last year you had quite a few stakes winners produce runners this year it was more of the solid variety mare that might have been stakes placed but most likely was just an allowance winner. The speed figures the mares ran seemed to be a solid indicator of success and that was true in last year\u2019s mares. Remember when thinking derby keep in mind Mr. Prospector and Hope you enjoyed the different look of the 2006 Bluegrass From a Breeder’s Point of View<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":255,"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-2375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breeding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375","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\/255"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}