REALISTIC LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE OF FRESHMAN SIRES
1.
Four freshman sires had their crop racing in the
country in the racing year 2018-19 .
CORPORATE JUNGLE(USA) 2008 BY
GIANTS CAUSEWAY( HAZARA STUD)
LEITIR MOR (IRE) 2010 BY HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR(POONAWALLA
STUD)
SPEAKING OF WHICH(IRE) 2009 BY INVINCIBLE SPIRIT(USHA STUD)
SUDIRMAN(USA) 2011 BY
HENRY THE NAVIGATOR(EQUUS STUD)
2.
CORPORATE JUNGLE had a reported crop of 31
live foals as per stud book and only 9 were winners as follows.
ROYAL CURRENCY-4WINS including Nilgiri
Derby Grade 1.
ELECTRA-2WINS
LADY ASCOT-2WINS
STAR CAVALARY-1WIN
SPARTAN -1W
BROTHER IN ARMS-1W
EXQUISITE STAR-1W
FUN LOVER-1W
NORELAA-1W.
3.
LETIR MOR had a reported crop of 49 and has
12 winners so far.
STORM BREAKER-3W including Juvenile Sprinters
Million Grade 3.
HUNT FOR GOLD-2W including Breeders Produce
Stakes Grade 3
VIJAY SINGHAM-2W
RAINBOW TROUT-2W
MYSTIC BAY-2W
SILVER FLAME-2W
MAJESTIC WARRIOR 2W
BEEMER-1W
ICE FLOE-1W
GODS PLAN-1W
NOVA SCOTIA-1W.
4.
SPEAKING OF WHICH had a reported crop of 29
and has 12 winners
RHAPSODY-2W
ANGEL GRACE-2W
MAKHTOOB-2W
THE GREAT GATSBY-2W
SLICE OF HAVEN-1W
GIFT OF GRACE-1W
MY PASSION-1W
ROSINA-1W
SPEAKING OF STARS-1W
WIZARD OF STOCKS-1W
ASMITA-1W
RULE THE WORLD-1W
5.
SUDIRMAN being infertile did not have any
live produce.
COMMENTS
A.
SPEAKING OF WHICH is no comparison to the good
sires produced by the top North Indian Stud
Farm which housed the best ever RAZEEN, top sire today MULTIDIMENSIONAL,
outstanding GREY GASTON, and the highly respected STEINBECK.
However he stands out on comparison to the other three and appears to be
the best to choose from the freshman sires purely because of lurking promise
over classic distances which the coming winter season will offer to the present
3 year olds.He is bound to click with
some Razeen mare, if an ordinary sire like CHINA VISIT could get classic
winners from them then hope such winners from SPEAKING OF WHICH are soon to be
seen.
B.
LEITIR MOR appears to be a decent sire as his crop has got two black type
races and he is from a stud farm which has quality mares are kept. What is
discerning is the number of non racers from the crop, the produce has to be
race worthy and should come to hand early otherwise it creates many doubts in
the ability. Long time ago we had such a sire in LORD ZARA who gave very
fragile produce and it was always a risk for the owners. However the sire may
have limitations of stamina, the racing style of the winners indicate
suitability for speed. Unfortunately LEITIR MOR developed problems and was
hardly utilized and has may be one or two foals in the forth coming season.
C.
The late CORPORATE JUNGLE was the weakest of the
lot, did not give much impressive ones specially at the prime racing centres. Though
he gave the Nilgiri derby winner I don’t see much more emerging. Since he has a
sizable crop next year he will have winners in smaller centres like Chennai,
Delhi etc.
D.
SUDIRMAN is a sob story for the breeders, he
has failed again and may have an odd
live one.