its simply a case of prices for me, gotta go cullen is just as well bred and was better performed as a race horse
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Hi Buster
Going through both families i'd say Gotta Go Cullen is better bred and done it on the race track, there's know saying how good Gotta Go Cullect could of been as he was lightly raced and then you look at his full sister who looked like being a world beater but didn't go on with it.
Definitely the price Buster $5000 for Gotta Go Cullen or $6000 American Ideal / Art Official (his dam sire possibly make it harder in NZ for him) makes it hard.
Some of the stallions service records for mare's served in Aus for the 10/11 season that i could find.
Grinfromeartoear 271
Sportswriter 221
Four Starzzz Shark 176
Art Major 174
Modern Art 154
Shadow Play 140
Dawn ofa New Day 135
Live or Die 134
Julius Caeser 126
Village Jasper 121
Stonebridge Regal 109
Jereme's Jet 104
Armbro Operative 94
Artistic Fella 78
Gotta Go Cullect 75
Tell All 71
Life Sign 69
Village Jolt 65
Real Desire 64
Badlands Hanover 55
Lis Mara 53
Changeover 37
McArdle 29
Falcon Seelster 28
G'day Mango,
221 for Sportswriter and 176 for Four Starzzz Shark is on the money. In fact most of those make sense to me in one way or another excepting that I hand on heart cannot fathom the numbers posted by Julius Caesar (126) & Stonebridge Regal (109).
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rqH4fUbko2...n+Overload.jpg
Anyone that's looking at either of them in preference to a horse like Artistic Fella (78) needs to get a CT Scan and book themselves in to see a Neurosurgeon
What i can gather is both horses you have spoken about are managed by the same interest and deals were offered to get bookings up. I think Don from n.z even mentioned some free service fee's to Stonebridge regal were given away.
Can someone tell me how many Flashing Red ended up with? I know he was down on numbers from last season, but just would like to know what he ended up with. :) He's probably not going to be the next Art Major Bettor's Delight but I am very happy with a yearling we have by him, her heart rate is 30 points lower, per minute, than the normal yearling averages. Fingers crossed that this is a good sign and that she has his heart! She is his spitting image, she was a poddy foal and I just love her to bits!
Hi Flashing Red
In the season just passed he served 49 mare's in n.z and not sure if and how many in Aus.
Isn't a heart rate that low in a non trained athlete dangerous?