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I see that retired super sire Storm Cat is to be used as a Quarter horse stallion this year, "covering" a limited number of mares by AI at a fee of $20k.
His son, Hennessy, sired a few QH foals some years ago.
It seems funny to think of a horse like Storm Cat being an outcross,but that’s what he’ll be in QH land. The predominant QH racing sire line is through Dash For Cash and his son, First Down Dash, who trace back to the notorious Derby winner, Hermit, whose thoroughbred male line is extinct.
Fascinating stuff, Quarter Horses are truly wonderful and attheraces showed some of them racing not too long ago, scarily fast when bred to race but as you say Ven, operating out of a very small gene pool. Frankly over the quarter distance they make the Nunthorpe look like a hack, worth seeing if you ever get a chance. The reining horses are considerably more comfortable to ride!
Believe these horses wouldn’t be true QHs but ‘apprendix Quarter Horses’ bred purely for racing as opposed to the reining / show lines.
Racing Post reported that Storm Cat’s son Hennessey covered five QH mares and got two stakes winners.
He’s already covered QH mares – he covered top QH mare Corona Cash a long long time ago.
It was probably Ruidoso Downs if it was on ATR Zoz – cracking racing and they really really do blaze up the track.
Racing Post reported that Storm Cat’s son Hennessy covered five QH mares and got two stakes winners.
The best was Check Him Out, who was the second top rated 3-y-o in 2002, now at stud.
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I suppose moving from advertising handbags to agreeing with people is a marginal step in the right direction ……….
Rob
Think that Storm cat is being used as a 1/4 oss stallion because they allow artificial insemination.
I was speaking to a friend that breeds QH in USA about this the other day, and he seemed top think they stopped using him over QH mares through lack of interest.
Believe these horses wouldn’t be true QHs but ‘apprendix Quarter Horses’ bred purely for racing as opposed to the reining / show lines.
Yes, the foals from a TBxQH cross go into the "Appendix" Registry. However, if they excel on the track (or in any of the other disciplines like Reining, Cutting, or even in the show ring) they can then be ROMed (register of merit) into the main studbook. An Appendix can arise from a QHxTB cross, or a QHxAppendix cross. One parent must be a main studbook QH.
There are quite a few racing QHs that are 7/8ths TB, even more. Dash for Cash himself was 15/16ths. He was out of a TB mare and as such was an Appendix, but was ROMed after his successful career on the track. He was the result of several generations of Appendix crosses that received their ROM on the track.
Here’s his pedigree… http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/dash+for+cash
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