Interesting reading......follows the US and Canadian trend of dropping very quickly stallions whose numbers don't stack up.
Interesting that we don't seem to have any Dragon Again sons, as his record in the US is top shelf....including highest ever earning Harness Racing horse Foiled Again 1:48, $6.8 million US.
COMMENT ( From Harness Link)
This is one stallion who you confidently say has left stock that are a carbon copy of their sire. They can get up and go at two but you know they will get better at three, four and beyond. They have inherited his toughness and durability with so many of his stock performing to a high level year after year on the track. He has shown he can leave both quality colts and fillies who are competitive at the elite level of our industry as well as the raceway runners who have to perform week in week out. His overall statistics are right up there with the best and we have struggled to find a major fault with his stud career to this point.
POSITIVES
Dragon Again has been a great sire right from his first crop and with the record he has established as a sire, his service fee of $5,000 is outstanding value. He can leave top colts and fillies but what should be just as appealing to breeders is the general toughness and durability that his stock are noted for.
NEGATIVES
The one that is mentioned to us every now and again is that some can be difficult to handle. As one Hall Of Fame trainer said to us, they are a real "horsemans horse" that can be a handful for the less experienced but he always found that they came around if you were patient.
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