First Musings

A first look at some prospects for inclusion in my Crop of 2007 :o)

EUROPEAN-BRED
I like horses named after animals, so when I saw that a Mark Of Esteem colt was named Siberian Wolf I was pretty excited. He is out of Mary Rose (Royal Academy). However, the breeder seems to be Spanish, so he will probably end up running in that area, which makes it pretty much impossible for me to follow him, so it's no use including him unfortunately...
Same goes for another Mark Of Esteem filly named Bramble out of the Doyoun mare Babalu - lovely name, but likely based in Italy, so another toss.

A lot of Shadwell-breds have been named already. I picked a few of the names I like the sound of, such as Tamaathul (grey colt by Tiger Hill), Kayaan (brown colt by Marju) and Turuqaat (brown filly by Fantastic Light).

Some others under consideration from this side of the Atlantic: Play Of Light (bay colt by Fantastic Light), Oak Leaves (bay filly Mark Of Esteem), Fearlessness (bay colt Exceed And Excel)

NORTH AMERICAN-BRED:
There are plenty of well-named yearlings about, so I will have plenty to choose from. Snow Sprite will likely be part of my crop, partly because this bay filly has a lovely name, but also because her dam is by Thirty Six Red, who is an old favourite. She is by Snow Ridge.

Wind Tamer (dark bay colt by Kitten's Joy) and Untamed Wolf (chestnut filly by Kokand) are also very likely to make it to my final 50 simply based on their names.

another instalment soon!

Decision: Crop of 2007

Instead of following all my past crops on here, I will from now on exclusively dedicate this blog to my Crop of 2007 to make things easy for myself and maybe more interesting as well.

I will document my progress as I choose my 50 2yos of 2009 over the next few months. I have been researching in the last few weeks already, so I will soon be able to list some prospects that I am thinking of including.

By concentrating on one crop I will be able to explain fully why I chose those particular fifty horses and document their progress through their racing careers more closely.

I have already thought long and hard about what kind of horses to include. I really want a nice mixture breeding-wise. Of course I will include some well-bred animals, but I would also like to include some of the non-commercial sires that might only have 10 or 20 mares a year or even fewer.

I have also already seen a lot of youngsters with beautiful names that I am keen to include. Dance With Ravens lends himself to lovely naming options for instance and Fantastic Light always seems to get some nice ones. I am superficial after all and a beautiful name goes a long way in my book!

I am already getting excited about choosing my fifty :o)