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pjrhodes1970 Group 1 winner Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 8:48 pm Posts: 15179 Location: Republic of Ireland	a bit special this is zenyatta named after the great american mare she is breed to go 1m2f but she is a speed freak she has won group races at 5,6,and 7f i am hopefull one day she will get a mile or 1m2f and see if she can carry that speed over those distances she is well down in trip compared with her bredding i dont no where she gets the speed from she is by zarriano who won g1s at 1m2 and 1m4 and her mother was a miler who only won at g3 she was a very average horse so how they have produced such a star sprinter i d'ont no i look forward to when she is older she just keeps inproving her ideal distance right now is 7f has anyone has hoses bred to go a certain distance be so strong at a completely different distance Uploaded with ImageShack.us
Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:10 am

kenny1972 Group 2 winner Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:41 pm Posts: 801 Location: Scotland	I've had a few like that, breed for 8f-10f as a 3yo they were sprinters with some winning at 8f at the end of the season and as soon as they turn 4 they were milers. I have also seen this with 10f-12f horse they were 8f horses at the start of the season then needing 10f by the end of the season. I like this in the game where you can win the Guineas at the start of the season and win the champion stakes at the end.
Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:57 am

pjrhodes1970 Group 1 winner Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 8:48 pm Posts: 15179 Location: Republic of Ireland	kenny1972 wrote: I've had a few like that, breed for 8f-10f as a 3yo they were sprinters with some winning at 8f at the end of the season and as soon as they turn 4 they were milers. I have also seen this with 10f-12f horse they were 8f horses at the start of the season then needing 10f by the end of the season. I like this in the game where you can win the Guineas at the start of the season and win the champion stakes at the end. i agree with you completely there should be more of this in the game i really hope she will get a mile 2f in time that would be some achievement winning the golden sheem over 6f and the world cup over 1m2f
Tue Nov 23, 2010 1:04 pm

Trader Selling plater Joined: Wed May 19, 2010 12:04 pm Posts: 26	7f claimer ? any particular reason
Wed Nov 24, 2010 7:43 pm

East Pier Whitby Group 1 winner Joined: Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:28 pm Posts: 1132	Interesting spot Trader
Wed Nov 24, 2010 8:19 pm

anubisrich Group 1 winner Joined: Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:53 pm Posts: 2325	Getting a run in? I usually run my 1m6f+ 2yos in sellers and claimers and buy them back when they hose up due to the lack of races early on in the year. Bit odd here though.
Wed Nov 24, 2010 9:29 pm

HurricaneRun Group 1 winner Joined: Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:12 pm Posts: 2133 Location: Newcastle England	5days before a group 1??!!!
Thu Nov 25, 2010 4:28 am

pjrhodes1970 Group 1 winner Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 8:48 pm Posts: 15179 Location: Republic of Ireland	always give my horses a run early season if no feature races for them whats wrong with that
Thu Nov 25, 2010 5:10 am

Trader Selling plater Joined: Wed May 19, 2010 12:04 pm Posts: 26	what's the most you've had to buy one back for pj ? any real big numbers from memory ?
Thu Nov 25, 2010 8:45 am

pjrhodes1970 Group 1 winner Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 8:48 pm Posts: 15179 Location: Republic of Ireland	usually set the reserve at 99..000.000 but i have forgot and had to pay 2.9 million to buy back you dont actually pay the 2.9million but you pay the vat and commission so a costly mistake
Thu Nov 25, 2010 3:38 pm

pjrhodes1970 Group 1 winner Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 8:48 pm Posts: 15179 Location: Republic of Ireland	still a sprinter Uploaded with ImageShack.us
Fri Dec 03, 2010 7:14 am

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