G’day readers, can you guess where I am today?! Well for those of you who don’t like playing guessing games I can tell you I have crossed the international date line and am currently resident in the town of Sydney , in the wonderful country of Australia. My series takes me to Golden Acres, established about 5 years ago and now one of the leading breeding operations in the game. The stud farm is on the outskirts of town but also close to the beaches which we have heard is where Steve Wilman, the stud owner, brings a lot of the horses on the farm down to splash!
Here he is – Hi Steve! Nancy, g’day and welcome to the home of Missy’s Bridle. Let me just snap his shank lead on for a moment and put him out in his pasture. Right where shall we start?
No time to waste hey Steve, I like it! Lets start at the beginning. Can you tell me the pedigree of Missy’s Bridle? I sure can Nancy. He is sired by the fabulous stallion Unbridled and is out of the unbeaten Missy’s Mirage (14-14-0-0) and, as you can see is a stunning chestnut with the biggest white face on the farm! His white nostrils won a few races I can tell you *wink*
Wow you are right – much more white on him that I first saw, with his two socks and coronets on each leg he would fit the old saying “four white legs keep him to the end”! So true Nancy so true, he is my star and there isn’t enough money around to make him leave this place. He is a great horse to be around, he has his quirks like all the best and is never far from his stable companion, a goat called Finbar. Whilst I wouldn’t say he is a total gentlemen in his stall, I can forgive him the odd nip and kick here and there, but in the breeding shed he is all focus and his handler reckons “MB” has to be one of the most professional stallions he has ever been around.
I am sure you could forgive him anything! What is his current fee? $20,000 at the moment which we think is a bargain considering that he has sired one of the hottest 2yr old colts around at the moment in RunMissyRun, who also runs for our stable.
Sounds extremely reasonable Steve and a good price to get a quick return on. How many mares did he cover last season? 12 and he consistently has an almost full book in each of the 3 seasons he has stood. Most of the mares were from outside stables and I am pleased to say most return each year.
Steve, if you had to recommend a type of mare for your stallion, what would it be considering that he gets such a large book. I would say probably a mare who was effective at or about 8f up but as for track types there doesn’t seem to be any preference but I would hesitate to send a mare who had a preference for the very shortest of trips.
As he now has three crops on the ground and more importantly representative on the track, what are the results so far? He has had one crop race and they are still only 2yr olds so I can’t really tell but from his 2 winners to date, my own foal (RunMissyRun) has won over $1million but I will have a better idea when all the foals from his first crop have hit the track and probably know even more after they run as 3yr olds. I personally like to breed a horse that will mature after its 2yr old days, so anything they do as 2yr olds I consider a bonus and then focus on their “derby” year.
If you had to compare your stallion to a real life stallion, who would it be and why? Not sure physically who he reminds me off but as for his performance as a sire I would have to say REDOUTE’S CHOICE who also sired a Golden Slipper winner in his first crop. If MB can copy this great stallion then I will be a very happy Aussie!
Where do you see Missy’s Bridle in the future of Golden Acres? Moving on or being the start of the revolution? I will be keeping him for quite awhile Nancy. He has thrown me a lot of good looking foals and from his 1st crop has sired a few winners and placegetters that have so far earned just over $2,000,000 and without him there may well not have been a Golden Acres to come to talk to. We owe him a lot.
I can see that you love him to bits and no wonder. And on that note Steve I am going to have to leave you and find my next “victim” sorry, interviewee but I have to express my gratitude to you for taking the time out to talk to me and our readers and look forward with interest to the offspring of your horse.
Thanks Nancy for letting me share this with you and the Rag readers. If anyone wants to breed to MB this season tell them to drop me a line and I will book them a place, but if they are a new stable I am sure that something can be arranged if they are a little short on cash.
I hope you all enjoyed that visit to “Down Under” and my next article will be from the “home” country – and focusing on Success For All, who stands at Pumpkin Pastures.
Here he is – Hi Steve! Nancy, g’day and welcome to the home of Missy’s Bridle. Let me just snap his shank lead on for a moment and put him out in his pasture. Right where shall we start?
No time to waste hey Steve, I like it! Lets start at the beginning. Can you tell me the pedigree of Missy’s Bridle? I sure can Nancy. He is sired by the fabulous stallion Unbridled and is out of the unbeaten Missy’s Mirage (14-14-0-0) and, as you can see is a stunning chestnut with the biggest white face on the farm! His white nostrils won a few races I can tell you *wink*
Wow you are right – much more white on him that I first saw, with his two socks and coronets on each leg he would fit the old saying “four white legs keep him to the end”! So true Nancy so true, he is my star and there isn’t enough money around to make him leave this place. He is a great horse to be around, he has his quirks like all the best and is never far from his stable companion, a goat called Finbar. Whilst I wouldn’t say he is a total gentlemen in his stall, I can forgive him the odd nip and kick here and there, but in the breeding shed he is all focus and his handler reckons “MB” has to be one of the most professional stallions he has ever been around.
I am sure you could forgive him anything! What is his current fee? $20,000 at the moment which we think is a bargain considering that he has sired one of the hottest 2yr old colts around at the moment in RunMissyRun, who also runs for our stable.
Sounds extremely reasonable Steve and a good price to get a quick return on. How many mares did he cover last season? 12 and he consistently has an almost full book in each of the 3 seasons he has stood. Most of the mares were from outside stables and I am pleased to say most return each year.
Steve, if you had to recommend a type of mare for your stallion, what would it be considering that he gets such a large book. I would say probably a mare who was effective at or about 8f up but as for track types there doesn’t seem to be any preference but I would hesitate to send a mare who had a preference for the very shortest of trips.
As he now has three crops on the ground and more importantly representative on the track, what are the results so far? He has had one crop race and they are still only 2yr olds so I can’t really tell but from his 2 winners to date, my own foal (RunMissyRun) has won over $1million but I will have a better idea when all the foals from his first crop have hit the track and probably know even more after they run as 3yr olds. I personally like to breed a horse that will mature after its 2yr old days, so anything they do as 2yr olds I consider a bonus and then focus on their “derby” year.
If you had to compare your stallion to a real life stallion, who would it be and why? Not sure physically who he reminds me off but as for his performance as a sire I would have to say REDOUTE’S CHOICE who also sired a Golden Slipper winner in his first crop. If MB can copy this great stallion then I will be a very happy Aussie!
Where do you see Missy’s Bridle in the future of Golden Acres? Moving on or being the start of the revolution? I will be keeping him for quite awhile Nancy. He has thrown me a lot of good looking foals and from his 1st crop has sired a few winners and placegetters that have so far earned just over $2,000,000 and without him there may well not have been a Golden Acres to come to talk to. We owe him a lot.
I can see that you love him to bits and no wonder. And on that note Steve I am going to have to leave you and find my next “victim” sorry, interviewee but I have to express my gratitude to you for taking the time out to talk to me and our readers and look forward with interest to the offspring of your horse.
Thanks Nancy for letting me share this with you and the Rag readers. If anyone wants to breed to MB this season tell them to drop me a line and I will book them a place, but if they are a new stable I am sure that something can be arranged if they are a little short on cash.
I hope you all enjoyed that visit to “Down Under” and my next article will be from the “home” country – and focusing on Success For All, who stands at Pumpkin Pastures.
3 comments:
Nice job Nancy.
Hey Steven, next time I'm within cooee of Sydney, I'll stop by and we'll go out for a Middy. You must be grinning like a shot fox with all the quid you've been making by breeding Missy's Bridle. But then again, we're both a couple of tall poppies, aren't we? Too right!
not as much as ive made from his son runmissyrun who has won me almost $2 million in his freshman season winning 4/7 with a further 3 3rd placings i have quite a few yearlings by him at home just bursting 2 race next season! bring it on
oops...and thanks nancy ;)
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