Darley 2021/22

how can breeders even choose alternate sire Lines when the only stock to choose from is speed, but then thats all to be expected of course, protecting their turf(overseas interests) by keeping ALL the BEST staying blood and sending us the dregs, as they did mid to late 20th century with a few notable exceptions and if they make a mistake, as in Danehill, stand them back there, that and then plunder our staying races,and here is a case in point ( I am doing all the SW's for my DB and in the Metropolitan Handicap for instance, since 2006 there has been 9 NH bred winners )

Too many Stallions come here, stay for 2-3 seasons at most then go home, and end up NH Sires, whilst the progeny they left in Oz, are pretty competitive ala Excelebration, etc etc etc

Races from 1600m up are the best from a spectator point and an enthusiast In My opinion

fiorente, americaine,toronado, and adelaide were probably the best chance oz has had for a long time in getting back to breeding good solid horses that we had before the madness of the late 50's mid 60's and since, fiorente has taken time to hit his straps and now they are showing promise americaine, doesn't appear to have fitted, toronado going well atm and adelaide starting to fire.

i reckon a danehill grandson will fly the flag for us in The Autumn Sun, his female line oozes strength and distance again in my opinon

i never said the newbies are dregs

the likes of most of the stallions that came out in the 50's and 60's, ala meadow mist  and similar didnt do any good to ur stock

star kingdom probably ended up here as a mistake as a  lot were

for too long we were little more than a dumping ground

Nobody is ever going to give away their best stock.

Shuttling has obviously changed that.

The likes of Americain and other out and out stayers where never going to improve our stamina stock, maybe their daughters will eventually.

we got horses that they thought would never make it

there was one glaring exception other than danehill, who could have been absolutely anything and that is adraan, stood here one year and died i think and left something like 20 winners from foals only counted under 30, but again he probably came here due to a misjudgement by the experts

to see the esteem that our racing is held in by (some) overseas, there is a  trainer who  said something along the lines of "theres a stakes race every weekend in australia" on a video without qualifying the statement, by saying australia is a big country, that is something like 30 times the size of england just left it at that to emphasise his point i believe

 i guess wooton saw something that the poms didn't and he was right, and was proved right again and again with the affinity of danehill and star kingdom, and that affinity  never better advertised than in redoute's choice

current supersire i am invincible is another that posesses star kingdom, which really proves how important he is was will be, and he along with sir t would probably be the 2 best sires since the days of midstream magpie and the like

in my opinion it is the "madness of the 50's and 60's" that is the reason that we cannot consistently produce quality horse capable of winning classic races anywhere, from 1600 mtrs up ( we do it with speed but not stamina, more the pity)

Actually , we got Star Kingdom , they Had Abernant .