Deep Field retired to Newgate

[QUOTE=Biggles]I wouldn't mind betting he gets more than ten in the Easter Yearling Sale. Look how popular Smart Missile has been, this has a lot to do with being related to Northern Meteor, and he wasn't a Gr 1 winner. Also it's not only about the sale results I think he is the real deal and will be a good sire. [/QUOTE

How would you rate DREAMSCAPE, stood at the good stud, same owner and related.

It is ridiculous.

The hype on a horse that won a group 2.

And you are correct the industry is floated by dummies. The ducks you shoot at the Easter carnival with a slug gun they just keep popping up.

I think he will be a decent stallion but the hype you have evidenced on here co firms you will pay overs.

As for the scams it doesn't surprise me at all.

small breeder you are very cynical and you just ' don't get it'. With a relatively small draft I sold over $2 million dollars worth of yearlings at Easter. I was not approached by anyone to do any shonky deals and we had a great sale. Knowing what I know I can tell you that James Harron bought the $1.6 mil Sepoy colt from Turannga Stud; that would have been for Dr Bateman or a stallion syndication with Peter Snowden. Stewart Ramsey may retain a share but that is his prerogative, and with the horse selling so well why wouldn't he? The top selling So You Think colt $500,000 was bought by Coolmore but was a legitimate sale by a small breeder who was not asked to buy back into him and it was not a foal share. The top Smart Missile $425,000 was in the Widden draft and was bought by Anton Koolman for Hong Kong. The second top S. M. $420,000 was bought by Peter Moody and there were no deals done there. The top Northern Meteor $540,000 filly was sold to Sheik bin Khalifa and was a stunning type that sold way above the pedigree page. Quite a few breeders ask to buy back into yearlings that have sold well and they really like. I can't see a problem with that. The international buyers were so dominant at Easter and they don't even consider doing anything underhand. Plenty of people stabled around us had brilliant sales and were over the moon; but there were quite a few that had yearlings by unpopular stallions that did no good at all.
By the way I never rated Dreamscape; didn't like him as a type and he just didn't grab me. Likewise Your Song also owned by Gooree, nice type but not much else going for him. Another thing is people don't go crazy over European sprinters, Dream Aheads were very hard to sell and he was absolutely top class in Europe. It's all about Aussie speed these days.

the Sepoy/Ancient Song colt in Turannga draft belonged to Laurel Oak/Ancient Song syndicate, not the Ramseys. 

Well that's great for Louis and the Laurel Oak team!

qlder wrote: Excellent female family and a nice out cross for danehill lined mares. He will knick EXCEPTIONALLY WELL with Redoutes Choice. Whilst he didn't win a gr1 on the track neither did Commands and he turned out alright. I think Deep Field will probably go well at stud.

There have been a number of comparisons to Commands in the DF discussions. We must remember that Commands started as a $10k stallion and earned his strips though his production, not by hype.

@Newgate on Friday. He is an outstanding type. He will have a busy first season.

I'm assuming rather strongly this is not an "official" photo Vincent.

I see zero attempts at photo-shop and the horse, rather strangely, looks a lot like a regular, normal horse.

Vincent wrote: Can only suggest they sack the photographer or alternatively call on his photoshop skills.

Congrats on owning up to the the mea culpa Whitt0. 

$20k + gst

I am going to look at stallion inflation across all the major studs.

Despite a declining foal crop and more stallions coming online this year, fees for some studs on avg are taking a big rise.

Going to be interesting to see some of the the deals come September

Hes about an 11k stallion

And a third year punt if they to about 8k in that season after deals, about the same as iai

Sure is. And they are going to work on a selection basis.