My little project

So orginally I was going to be doing some research on the Triple Crown winners and their relatives. Then I relised that in-breeding has happend and that would be a pain in the ***. So I went with plan B, and that is I'm doing a spreadsheet off one of my favorite horses offspring. Now a little bit of a background on this horse, he ran against the likes of Curlin, Street Sense and Rags to Riches, finishing 1st and 2nd (Street Sense), 2nd and 3rd (Curlin) and 4th (Rags to Riches) against them. He also defeated Teuflesburg, Sedgefield, First Defence and EZ Warrior. I'm talking about Hard Spun!

Here is what I've got so far:


It's still a work in progress and will take awhile to finish up. Also these are just the 2009 foals, I also have a section on the 2010 foals, but that won't become publically published until next year. If anyone knows of any Hard Spun foal that is not on this list as of right now, please leave a comment in this blog post. About every two weeks I'll post an updated spreadsheet, so stay tuned for details.

In other news:
Queen's Plate draw is on Thursday, Woodbine Oaks 1-2 Milwaukee Appeal and Tasty Temptation could go. MA will try to become the second filly from her sire Milwaukee Brew to run in the Queen's Plate (last year's runner up was also a MB filly, Ginger Brew), while TT will try to become her sire Medaglia d'Oro's second TC race winning filly in two months (Rachel Alexandra in the Preakness being the first). Three American based jockeys will come in for the Queen's Plate as California based Russell Baze (The World's Winningest Jockey) and Mike Smith (runner up in the Preakness on Mine That Bird), as well as New Jersey based Stewart Elliott (who will ride Milwaukee Appeal if she goes) are the invaders. I should note Baze and Elliott are orginally from Canada, however I believe Russell spent most of his life in Washington State.

Also Quality Road has been moved to Todd Pletcher's barn, link. While Rach is so ready for the Mother Goose, link.

Finally Lentantor (Dynaformer x La Ville Rouge by Carson City) had his first workout today, the younger brother of Barbaro and Nicanor went :38 for three furlongs at Fair Hill. My guess is we will see him in a 2yo race at Delaware (if he's ready) sometime later this year.