Wednesday, March 12, 2008

First Pick

The rest of you will be making your picks in the comments section, but I'll do mine here (at least for now).

The first pick in the contest is...

SOTT Stables (that's me)
Unnamed colt by Repent out of One To Five

My first 'Tier E' ($5k to $9k) pick.
Recently purchased at OBS sale by Padua.

6 comments:

Yards said...

I hope this is what you meant by the comments section...

Yardstick Stables

Tier A
Dr. Smarty Jack
Smarty Jones x Hoh Buzzard
$100,000

Hysterigirl
Distorted Humor x Alizea’s Song
$300,000

Song of Solomon
Unbridled’s Song x Regal Miss Copelan
$150,000

Schramsberg
Storm Cat x Serena’s Song
$300,000

Indy’s Spell
A.P. Indy x Charm
$300,000

Tier B
Unnamed colt
More Than Ready x Victory Trick
$60,000

Shafted
Mineshaft x Twist Afleet
$75,000

Wild Poppy
El Prado x Flanders
$75,000

Answer
Pulpit x Chateaubaby
$80,000

Retool
Gone West x La Rosa
$85,000

Tier C
Jazzandthemagician
Birdstone x Pat Hand
$40,000

Danger to Society
Harlan’s Holiday x Elrose
$25,000

Icyberg
Stormy Atlantic x Frosty Promise
$30,000

Hodgkin
Fusaichi Pegasus x Groovy Feeling
$45,000

Maxwell’s Demon
Speightstown x Indy Pendnce
$40,000

Tier D
Lunar Fleet
Northern Afleet x Luna De Miel
$10,000

Poltergeist
Tapit x I’m Relaunchable
$12,500

Sobhy
Friends Lake x Another Vegetarian
$15,000

Loch Dubh
Friends Lake x Star Landing
$15,000

Devil Wears Prado
Devil His Due x Prado’s Mystique
$10,000

Tier E
Jacques Sparrow
Ten Most Wanted x Paris Sky
$7500

Man o’ Wonder
Teton Forest x Glister Girl
$5000

Unnamed colt
Honour and Glory x Singing Breeze
$7500

Narrative
Horse Chestnut x Rhetorical Lass
$5,000

Forward Motion
During x Lost Wolf
$5,000

Tier F
Elvis Rocks
Scrimshaw x Painting the Town
$3500

Blue Suede Hooves
Mud Route x Gypsy Soul
$2500

Scrimshank
Scrimshaw x Dyna Flow Miss
$3500

Run Richie Run
Albert the Great x Hansel’s Annie Gal
$4,000

Blade Martin
Sweetsouthernsaint x Lavender Girl
$3500

Kris said...

I will keep it in this post, as this is where Yards posted his/hers!

I have kept to the horses I was following anyway to keep it easy and I will mostly stick to US horses, but will slip the odd Euro in as well.

Here goes:

Tier A:
1.Burgee(USA)
colt - Awesome Again x Gold Streamer ($150k)
2.Rotterdam (USA)
colt - Unbridled's Song x Zoftig ($150k)
3.Secret Wish (USA)
filly - Street Cry x Awesome Lass ($100k)
4.Sunspear (IRE)
filly - Montjeu x Out West (EUR 125k)
5.unnamed (USA)
colt - Storm Cat x Paiota Falls ($300k)

Tier B:
1.Ermine Slippers (USA)
filly - El Prado x Sweet As Honey ($75k)
2.Early Morning Rain (IRE)
filly - Rock Of Gibraltar x Honorine (EUR 35k = $54k)
3.unnamed (USA)
filly - Mineshaft x Wildwood Flower ($75k)
4.unnamed (USA)
colt - Mineshaft x Whitewater ($75k)
5.Seiun Knowledge(USA)
colt - Vindication x Dossier (60k)

Tier C:
1.Captain Captivated (USA)
filly - El Corredor x Captivated ($30k)
2.Barnstorming (USA)
colt - Thunder Gulch x Soul Of The Cat ($20k)
3.Race The Breeze (CAN)
filly - Theatrical x Wedding Day Blues ($40k)
4.unnamed (USA)
colt - Medaglia d'Oro x Mizzen Lass ($40k)
5.unnamed (USA)
filly - Lion Heart x New Jersey ($20k)

Tier D:
1.Flashy Flyer (USA)
filly - Valid Expectations x Wood Duck ($17.5k)
2.Legendary Peace (USA)
filly - Peace Rules x Red Mischief ($12.5k)
3.unnamed (USA)
colt - Five Star Day x Adventure ($15k)
4.Flat Water (USA)
colt - Stephen Got Even x Zirke Falls ($12.5k)
5.unnamed (USA)
colt - Kafwain x Unaltered ($10k)

Tier E:
1.Rightly So (USA)
filly - Read The Footnotes x Fit Right In ($8.5k)
2. Man Of Faith (USA)
colt - Essence Of Dubai x River Of Faith ($5k)
3.Bear Canyon (USA)
filly - Champali x Miss Vesuvio ($7.5k)
4.Oscar's Nominee (USA)
filly - Marino Marini x Theatrical Doll ($5k)
5.Hickory Nut (USA)
colt - Horse Chestnut x Masked Ball ($5k)

Tier F:
1.Ancient Future (USA)
filly - Cat Dreams x Ma Guerre ($4k)
2.Certainly You (USA)
filly - Certain Storm x Had To Be You ($2.5k)
3.Marleau
colt - Cat Dreams x Ascalon ($4k)
4.Storm's Ransom (USA)
colt - Certain Storm x Cushina ($2.5k)
5.Cat Dreamer
colt -Cat Dreams x Aunt Polly ($4k)

That's my lot - come on! :o)

Kris

Kris said...

My stable is Turn Of Foot by the way, after my blog stable

Unknown said...

My stable will be Winterwood Stables. Picks to follow.

Unknown said...

How do we assign tiers to deceased or pensioned stallions? I have a Maria's Mon colt- Good Measure- that I would really like to use in this contest. I also cannot find stud fees for Tumblebrutus or Unbridled's Image.

Otherwise, I have:

Tier A
Broadway Ticket
Distorted Humor x Bedazzle (300k)

Colors Flying
A.P. Indy x Storm Flag Flying (300k)

Distinctively
Awesome Again x Heavenly Prize (150k)

Nicanor
Dynaformer x La Ville Rouge (150k)

unnamed
A.P. Indy x Smok'n Frolic (300k)

Tier B
Dixie Frolic
Dixie Union x Lindsay Frolic (50k)

Good Measure
Maria's Mon x Unacloud (60k- last available fee)

Proven Right
Vindication x Tricky Bird (60k)

unnamed
Dixie Union x One Dream Cat (50k)

unnamed
Elusive Quality x Xtra Heat (75k)

Tier C
Closing Prayer
Songandaprayer x Finale Hopper (25k)

Frolic On Home
Came Home x Stormy Frolic (25k- last NA stud fee available)

Lama Chant
War Chant x Lindsay Jean (20k)

unnamed
Speightstown x Unbridled Lady (30k)

unnamed
Posse x Unbridled Treasure (30k)

Tier D
Arabian Peace
Peace Rules x Memory Rock (12.5k)

Domonique
Omega Code x Strikingperfection (7.5k)

Locke the Doc
Concerto x Fastnothalffast (7.5k)

Tier E
Billregard
Anasheed x Stormy Spring (5k)

Carolyns Rose
Graeme Hall x Spicy Dance (5k)

Gulch Point
Scrimshaw x Majestic Glitter (3.5k)

Mr. Camilo
Gulf Storm x Spanish Slew (3.5k)

Spirit of Dubai
Essence of Dubai x Lakattack (5k)

Kris said...

Sydney Road is the name of the Repent x One To Five colt.