Maclean’s Music is poised to break out commercially in the next couple of years, and should be a perfect complement to the Michael Tabor-bred American Thriller.
Blofeld Breeding Analysis – Prepared by Housatonic Bloodstock
In case you’re considering breeding to Blofeld in ’24, we’ve prepared this Breeding Analysis highlighting the types of mares he’s worked with thus far to achieve his excellent stats (1.44 AEI vs. 1.13 CI, 18.5% BTH/runners, $78,606 avg earnings/starter, etc)
Housatonic Recommended Matings for 2024 – Modernism
We believe that Instagrand has every chance to be among the leading freshmen sires in ’24, and in Modernism he gets a mate that doubles up on his precocity while taking advantage of an active nick.
Housatonic Recommended Matings for 2024 – One That Got Away
We recently acquired the young mare One That Got Away with the express intent of breeding her back to Blofeld, who we think is an absolutely perfect fit for her.
Housatonic Recommended Purchases – One That Got Away (IFT True Valour)
We bought One That Got Away with the specific intent of breeding her to Blofeld, but first we’ll get to see her first foal from the first crop of the tough and durable turf sprinter/miler True Valour.
Housatonic Recommended Matings for 2024 – Star of Shanghai
Blofeld continues to put up excellent statistics in Maryland, and he makes an ideal first match for Star of Shanghai, from Larry Johnson’s foundation Ran’s Chick family.
Housatonic Recommended Matings for 2024 – Boogie Baby
Authentic looks as close to a “sure thing” as stallions get, and he’ll be a great fit for the young Speightstown mare Boogie Baby in 2024 on a highly proven cross.
Housatonic Recommended Matings for 2024 – Wild For Love
After several matings similar to that which produced Wild For Love’s stakes-winning son Local Motive (by a son of Tapit), in ’24 she returns to another sire-line with which she’s also succeeded.
Housatonic Recommended Matings for 2024 – Floral Hall
Maclean’s Music is poised for a career year in 2024, and he gives the well-bred young mare Floral Hall a big commercial shot early in her breeding career.
Housatonic Recommended Matings for 2024 – Ebb Tide
Rasmussen Factor inbreeding is not a particularly prevalent pattern these days, so when we can achieve it in a mating that has additional factors pointing to the match, it’s something we love to try.
Housatonic Recommended Purchases – Desert Rendezvous (IFT Midshipman)
A full- or half-sibling to six black-type winners and/or producers, Godolphin-bred Desert Rendezvous was acquired in foal to one of our favorite KY value sires in Darley’s Midshipman
Housatonic Recommended Purchases – Prosperity (IFT Olympiad)
From a typically deep and classy Juddmonte family, Prosperity was acquired carrying a foal from the first crop of G1W Olympiad.
Housatonic Recommended Matings for 2024 – Calling All Angels
A multi-surface winner during her own career & 1/2 to a G2W by a grandson of Giant’s Causeway, Calling All Angels makes perfect sense to send to Up to the Mark in 2024 during his first season at stud.
Housatonic Recommended Matings for 2024 – Sweet Saturday
As a half-sister to the G1 Preakness winner Exaggerator, Sweet Saturday was a slam-dunk choice for a son of Curlin, and Vino Rosso looks like excellent value for 2024.
Housatonic Recommended Matings for 2024 – Unrequited Love
Successful racemare Unrequited Love – half to a multiple SW by a son of Tapit – goes to the proven Tapiture in 2024
Housatonic Recommended Matings of 2024 – Seville’s Princess
The match of Seville’s Princess to the leading young Maryland sire Blofeld demonstrates the short-coming of nick ratings and why it is important only to use such a tool as one factor in planning one’s matings.
Housatonic Recommended Purchases – Itgetsgreaterlater (IFT Practical Joke)
From an outrageously commercial female family, Itgetsgreaterlater is also carrying a foal bred on an exceptionally successful cross.
Housatonic Recommended Matings of 2024 – Yesshewill
Yesshewill — a sister to 4 BTWs and 2 additional black-type producers — will visit the horse that we believe to be the most promising freshman sire among the 2023 leaders: Vino Rosso.
Housatonic Recommended Matings of 2024 – Faze the Nation
Faze the Nation’s first foal is a black-type runner by a grandson of Danzig & she’ll visit another Danzig-line horse in 2024 when she is part of the first book of mares covered by Two Phil’s.
Housatonic Recommended Matings of 2024 – Super Twenty Five
Super Twenty Five, from a super Stuart Janney female family, gets a shot in Kentucky with the exquisitely-bred and very talented young stallion Greatest Honour in 2024.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 14
- Next Page »