Originally Posted by mango
Mango and Winston
I was never trying to compare Art Official to Somebeachsomewhere but I was trying to defend all the breeders that bred to the horse and the owners that invested heavily in the horse. Triplev123 was doing everything he could to knock the horse and in this breeding business that should not happen.
If you cannot say something good about a horse do not say anything. Yes have your own opinions but based on factual info not innuendo.
If Triplev123 was a horseman of any note he would never have even tried to compare any horse that is currently standing with Somebeachsomewhere as there isn’t any horse on the planet that looks as good as Somebeachsomewhere. He is on his own as an individual and possibly one of the greatest lookers and racehorse that we have ever seen.
I am currently in North America and have just been to see Art Official and taken some photos today and I am telling you I am not a good photographer but I have taken not bad shots. A professional will do a lot better but the photos will show you what the horse currently looks like. He is a standout individual and has great conformation.
The point I like to make here is that even today there has never been a so called professional conformation shot taken of Art Official to show just what a great looker he is. Hard to believe if you want to get the mares today you have to expose your horse to the breeders!
How can you get mares to a horse when he is not promoted well and you have so called breeders and talkers on forums like Triplev 123 trying to knock the horse sight unseen?
As an individual Art Official was always a very good looking racehorse and I was with the horse the night he last raced and right then you knew he would let down to a very impressive type.
He certainly looked good today and like Jonathan McNeil (Stud master in New Zealand that managed the breeding of Art Official) said when ever any breeder looked at the horse they always booked in.
I hope you enjoy the photos. It is the best I could do to show you the horse at present.
Here are just a couple of facts that some of you probably do not know about Art Official:
- Art Official p3;1:47: $2,085,185 is Art Major’s fastest and richest son to date
- Art Official was sold for US$2,75 million as a Sire. Who needs to knock the horse?
- Art Major’s fastest time as a three year old was 1:50.1s so Art Official was a massive 3.1 seconds faster than his Sire.
- Art Official came back as a four year old and went 1:47.4 to make him one of only a handful of horses that have paced in sub 1:48 two years in a row.
- No doubt Art Official had amazing speed and was extremely tough as the video of him beating Somebeachsomewhere in the $1m Meadowlands Pace shows.
- This race was not a one off situation as the driver of Art Official Ron Pierce claims that he felt that he could have beaten him again but the owners of Somebeachsomewhere never allowed the horse to race against him again.
- Art Official has a pedigree to match his brilliance and been out of a Falcon Seelster mare should attracted a lot of breeders in New Zealand and Australia if they have done there homework.
- Art Official has super fertility and has bred just on 100 mares (Two crops)in North America at a fee of $6000 which I thought was way too high. Probably full books if fee was a little lower.
- Art Official bred some special mares in North America including one of the world’s greatest and richest mares called Eternal Camnation 1:49.2 and $4,129,390 in stakes.
- With all this info and the record etc and the looks and conformation what more would a breeder want?
- If this horse had been priced right and promoted right he should have served a huge book of mares in New Zealand and Australia.
John Curtin
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