Re: RC: Sigh! (was Arabian Stallion in IL)

[Leah Peasley <lkpeasley@ucdavis.edu>]

On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, guest@endurance.net wrote:

> >> <<(what WAS the name of that stallion
> >> who won the Triple Crown and whose get never did squat, Tom???)>>
> >> 
> >> I think you're thinking of Secretariat...
> >> 
> >> Dawn in Texas (delurking again...)
> 
> No, you're not right. Despite general impressions to the contrary
> (as evidenced by the statements above), Secretariat was NOT an 
> ineffective sire (and I am not talking about his success as a 
> broodmare sire either), and it is TOTALLY inaccurate to say that
> "his babies didn't do squat" on the track.  He was the sire of 3 

	Nice timing that this would come up.  The stallion I'm preparing
for endurance is a Secretariat grandson. Looks just like him, with the
endurance to prove it.  He's spent his years in the hunter and jumper ring
and works in a warmblood breeding program to lighten up the heavier mares,
but his owner admits that she could have sold him for a small fortune to
race on the track as a yearling.  As it is, he keeps himself in excellent
shape and has never exhausted himself in his life.  A good part of that is
the blood he received from Secretariat ... it breeds quite strong in some
lines.


Leah