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    Posted: 23 Jan 2014 at 8:09pm
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I'm rather surprised that Giant's Causeway's fee is as little as $85,000.

Has there been an across the board reduction of fees in the past few years, because of the economic situation?

Or is it a reflection of Giant's Causeway having good progeny, instead of great ones?
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He is a dud out this way IMHO.
Giants Causeway didn't have the necessary attributes to make it here (phenotype).
Sure Coolmore panicked when EI hit us and packed up and left , but his legacy in the Sthn Hemisphere is one of promise unfulfilled.
His best sire Son was an (Shamardal) match of convenience and he should be judged by that alone.   In other words he is a sire of sires and a waste of a generation of fillies that went to him. These girls will soon be regarded as Blue Hen broodmares.
Argentina or here he is a dud , imho.

Edited by Gay3 - 25 Jan 2014 at 9:39am
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I believe that we never got to see extent of the ability of what may have been his best horse, Eskendereya, who was injured before the Kentucky Derby and retired, he was special. I would expect Eskedereya to be a highly successful sire.
 
In NZ his son Red Giant may turn out to be one to keep an eye on. From very small books of mares in the USA he has done reasonably well. I know of a 2 year old in one yard that is catching pigeons, considered to be the best juvenile that they have had through their hands.
 
Have to agree that he will be a broodmare sire of note.
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*Sire Line represents the paternal grandsire of the subject stallion
STALLIONSTANDINGCOUNTRYSTUD FEESTATUSSIRESIRE LINE
 
Casamento
Kildangan Stud
IRE5,000 EURActiveShamardalGiant's Causeway
Cowboy Cal
Pin Oak Stud, Kentucky
USA5,000 USDActiveGiant´s CausewayStorm Cat
Creative Cause
Airdrie Stud Inc, Kentucky
USA15,000 USDActiveGiant´s CausewayStorm Cat
Eskendereya
Taylor Made Farm, Kentucky
USA17,500 USDActiveGiant´s CausewayStorm Cat
Fairbanks
Northview Stallion Station, Pennsylvania
USA3,500 USDActiveGiant´s CausewayStorm Cat
First Samurai
Claiborne Farm, Kentucky
USA15,000 USDActiveGiant´s CausewayStorm Cat
Footstepsinthesand
Coolmore Stud
IRE10,000 EURActiveGiant´s CausewayStorm Cat
Frost Giant
Keane Stud, New York
USA10,000 USDActiveGiant´s CausewayStorm Cat
Giant Gizmo
Adena Springs North, Ontario
CAN5,000 CADActiveGiant´s CausewayStorm Cat
Giant Oak
Millennium Farms Kentucky
USA7,500 USDActiveGiant´s CausewayStorm Cat
Heatseeker
Harris Farms, California
USA5,000 USDActiveGiant´s CausewayStorm Cat
Hold Me Back
WinStar Farm, Kentucky
USA6,000 USDActiveGiant´s CausewayStorm Cat
Intense Focus
Ballylinch Stud
IRE10,000 EURActiveGiant´s CausewayStorm Cat
Lope De Vega
Ballylinch Stud
IRE12,500 EURActiveShamardalGiant's Causeway
Neko Bay
Elite Thoroughbreds, Louisiana
USA3,000 USDActiveGiant´s CausewayStorm Cat
Niagara Causeway
La Bahia Stud Inc, TX
USA2,500 USDActiveGiants CausewayScallywag
Noble Causeway
Sequel Stallions, New York
USAPrivateActiveGiant´s CausewayStorm Cat
Shakespearean
Haras de la Hetraie
FR2,500 EURActiveShamardalGiant's Causeway
Shamardal
Kildangan Stud
IRE50,000 EURActiveGiant´s CausewayStorm Cat
Stonesider
Saratoga Stud Llc, NY
USA3,500 USDActiveGiants CausewayScallywag
Yorgunnabelucky
Throckmorton Court Stud
GB1,750 GBPActiveGiant´s CausewayStorm Cat
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hmm, a couple of database glitches there, with Scallywag appearing.
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RIP
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