Yes - I’d love to read the link.
@ravenclaw – I am not sure if they ever did freeze his semen, but yes, he is a very nice horse. Had I the means (or a mare worthy) I would have jumped at the opportunity to breed a nice sporthorse mare to him - alas, that is not in the cards for at least several more years.
Son of Sand(y) 
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And if any have an SFS experience (him, foal, or otherwise) I’d love to hear it.[/QUOTE]
Late to the thread here, but I have a SFS foal. He was Son of Sand (sorry, but always cringed at that name - too similar to the serial killer) so I renamed him Brunello - he goes by Bruno and he is the horse of my heart.
His dam was Darla’s Rush and I got him three years ago when he came off the track; didn’t have an illustrious race career - 19 starts, mostly losses - but racing’s loss is definitely my gain. He has the best personality.
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Late to the thread here, but I have a SFS foal. He was Son of Sand (sorry, but always cringed at that name - too similar to the serial killer) so I renamed him Brunello - he goes by Bruno and he is the horse of my heart.
His dam was Darla’s Rush and I got him three years ago when he came off the track; didn’t have an illustrious race career - 19 starts, mostly losses - but racing’s loss is definitely my gain. He has the best personality.[/QUOTE]
Oh! You must share pictures!
This thread was started a while ago, I know, but I should update too – this guy is so special, and apparently it is not unique to him alone: it’s a family trait. I don’t get to bring him out often but every time I have, I have had people approach me about him.
His “half brother” (I know, the racing people cringe when I write that) is currently up for adoption…
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Another thread about TB genetic diversity made me think of this one, and I should bump this up and update… we ended up getting another SFS horse, the one linked above.
here is a more recent picture of him, taken at his first XC school.
He’s got an even better brain than my other SFS gelding… and is almost as good a mover. I think he must have landed on the ground broke at birth - nothing phases him. We had him for 2 weeks and took him to the local fairgrounds while they had the standardbred pacers out doing workouts in their carts and while he was “up”, he did not misbehave at all. Good brains.
Any one hear of any SFS sons standing? Mares producing anything? It really would be a shame to lose the sire-line… there really are so few horses with diverse pedigrees now-a-days.
SFS stood local to me. nice guy. but ive not heard of any sons standing anywhere, or of daughters producing anything of note, either for race or for sport.
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SFS stood local to me. nice guy. but ive not heard of any sons standing anywhere, or of daughters producing anything of note, either for race or for sport.[/QUOTE]
that is too cool - did you get to see him in person?
Local to me, there are at least two UL eventers by him - one is a ** horse with an amateur rider and the other is young (from a sport perspective) but is moving up and had his first one star last summer. In this particular case, I’m defining UL as * and above. I know of one SFS Hunter/Jumper that does well enough that he travels to Ocala/Wellington in the winter, but I don’t know what level.
It might be a little early to tell his impact from a sport perspective, but he did not cover many mares. The selection pool in which to judge his impact is small, albeit promising given the two UL eventers I mentioned.
there are no available sons from him
BUT his last foal, a colt, was born in 2012 and has made one start in 2017. His name is SANDY STRIKES. a NY bred. Trained by Leo O’Brien and owned by a lady named Teresa M. Maher. He is racing and stabled at AQUEDUCT. He last raced on 1/20 at aqueduct and it says he DNF because his saddle slipped. He walked off the track with the outrider. Pedigree query still has him as a colt so maybe not gelded???
She looks lovely! Good luck and keep us updated.
So sad to hear of Sandy’s passing, 7/11, of a presumed cardiac event. But what a great horse and how wonderful that he had a good retirement. RIP Say Florida Sandy.
Thank you for bumping this up… we have two by him… both incredible, wonderful horses. So sad to hear of his passing, and godspeed – if he was anything like the two I have, he was a wonderful horse.
Just bummed, I went to KY last August and didn’t have time to visit him – it was my plan to do it this summer 
I thought it was interesting that Blowen commented that he was “sensitive” and needed to be at a farm other than Old Friends. Any thoughts on what that actually means?
Godspeed big guy!
I saw that too and wondered - I know four SFS horses in person, 2 owned by me, one owned by a friend, and one owned by a fellow eventer. They’re all very similar in personality - “sensibly sensitive”. They all have incredible brains when it comes to seeing and doing new things, I would not use ‘spooky’ to describe a single one of them.
However, one is sensitive about people. Despite being very chillax about his environment he is an internalizer and does not like lots of commotion or people around him - and he can be a little dramatic if he thinks he is being handled roughly. Wonder if it is something like that.
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