tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266573065584680131.post5166513548931633286..comments2023-05-23T06:58:05.579-04:00Comments on Fugue for Tinhorns: My own budding barn of runnersGlenn Cravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760553404742644042noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266573065584680131.post-27210347807268856232009-09-16T14:48:31.285-04:002009-09-16T14:48:31.285-04:00Absolutely, Steve, I follow Talking Blues with my ...Absolutely, Steve, I follow Talking Blues with my Equibase Virtual Stable. I have to think that maiden-breaker is coming up soon for him, too.<br /><br />Central Virginia is certainly good country for raising horses. Absolutely beautiful country to visit, too. (Most of rural Virginia is gorgeous, from its mountains in the west all the way to the Tidewater region and the coast.)<br /><br />My horse-biz e-mail address is linked to my profile, and from there I can give you another that I use specifically for information about Silver Music.Glenn Cravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760553404742644042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266573065584680131.post-11422121662516227392009-09-16T13:31:03.143-04:002009-09-16T13:31:03.143-04:00So that's where Silver Music is! I have a thr...So that's where Silver Music is! I have a three-year-old gray gelding by him, who I purchased for $1,000 at Saratoga as a yearling. The horse, Talking Blues, was promptly sent to Ocala, where he grew up from a midget into what looks like a real race horse. He finished second in his last two races at Belmont, and we're expecting that maiden win any day now.<br />I think Silver Music's biggest hangup was that the farm where he stood in New York was a terrible place to raise horses. Not enough minerals in the grass and water, winters way too long, etc. My trainer, Bill Turner, has some luck with some of those horses, but I know he wishes that the stallion could have been relocated. Now that it's happened, and that we have Virginia connections of various kinds, wshould definitely get in touch.Steve Zornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00290710261555708639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266573065584680131.post-48205683352808261422009-09-14T15:01:46.165-04:002009-09-14T15:01:46.165-04:00I've "met" Valerie only via e-mail.
...I've "met" Valerie only via e-mail.<br /><br />Poor guy was in Virginia at the beginning of the end, so to speak, for in-state stallions there. Business was fast declining. And he didn't have a pedigree that screamed "breed to me!" ... Primarily, that is, he wasn't a son of Mr. Prospector or Northern Dancer.<br /><br />Man, he was a looker, though, even at 16 or so years old when I saw him at Sarah's place in Gordonsville, which was his second home in Virginia. He's moved to the other coast now, I believe.<br /><br />Given a few mares of turf pedigree with a little more proven race ability of their own, he might've done a little better. My numbers might be a fraction out of date, but from of a tiny group of foals, 13 have raced, and eight of those have won (61.5 percent), albeit not at any significant level. The Colonial season is short and they just aren't suited to running 4 1/2 furlongs on dirt at Charles Town, which seems to be the course of second resort for minor VA owners/breeders during the bulk of the calendar year.<br /><br />The only CT race I ever liked a Mighty Forum runner in was the rare 9-furlong allowance that his son, Mighty Unbrakeable, won on Jan. 7, 2007. Mighty himself raced as a miler, but his foals seemed to want as much ground as you could give them, and so Mighty Unbrakeable was getting just about all he could ask for from CT stewards that night.<br /><br />He paid $126.20 to win and the exacta over a 5/1 or 6/1 second-placer paid $28,551.<br /><br />And no, I had decided not to drive 50 miles to Alberta, Va., to bet him.Glenn Cravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760553404742644042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266573065584680131.post-24184930634823435502009-09-14T13:45:17.090-04:002009-09-14T13:45:17.090-04:00Mighty Forum !
Now there's a blast from the pa...Mighty Forum !<br />Now there's a blast from the past.<br /><br />Have you met her part owner at the time?<br />Her name was Valerie and went by the AOL handle <b>Mighty4um</b> on AOL about a decade ago.<br /><br />She was full of exuberance about Mighty and his then promising stud career. Hope she still is. :-)The_Knight_Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497100877439699363noreply@blogger.com