Schembechler Thoroughbred Stallion

[SummerT]

Last year I delved into the project of discovering who my horse is. She is an off the track thoroughbred born in Alabama. I found out that her name is Jazz Scatt, that she had six starts and never placed herself on the board. Furthermore I discovered that her sire is Schembechler. I’ve looked high and low for pictures or information about this stallion - my mare has the sweetest temperament (minus a crazy spell here and there) but she’s nicely put-together and well balanced for an OTTB. My question here is: does anyone know anything about Schembechler? Or have a picture of him somewhere? Or know how well his offspring perform/have had experience with them? I posted a while back on the Racing forum and was told I might have better luck on this part of the forum… thanks for any help!

Summer.

[TKR]

Schembechler stood around here, just south of Birmingham at Longview Farm. He was owned by Dennis Murphy, possibly in partnership with a heart doctor, who is now deceased. He was a blood bay with a bit of chrome, very handsome. Personally, I liked him, but thought he was a bit light boned in his legs for his body. However, I did start one of his babies for a good friend. He was out of her appendix mare and was just a sweetheart that was fun, kind and easy to train. She sold him to someone in the Carolinas as a hunter prospect. I can’t remember his name. He was a bay also. I think Schembechler was Foolish Pleasure on the bottom and had been one of D Wayne Lukas’ 2 year olds that washed out at the track. That wasn’t unusual for Lukas – he went through alot of 2 y.o.'s and tended to push them IMO. Dennis got his trainer’s license at Birmingham and ran some homebreds. I also was licensed there and ran a few of mine and others and also galloped and started youngsters. I was very involved in the Alabama Thoroughbred Assn at the time also as an officer and on the Board of Directors. Brings back some great memories! I don’t know what became of Schembechler, it was a long time ago. He seemed like a good guy. They were so weird about anyone getting around their stallions! I stood two of my own, rode and bred them, so they weren’t a big deal to me.
PennyG

[cuonxc]

TKR gave you a great recap.

I have a Schembechler daughter so I will add my 0.2$ though my memory may not be accurate on all things -probably best to contact the source at http://www.longviewhunterjumpers.com/

He is by Damascus (!) and is out of the What a Pleasure mare Jedina (a half sister to Fappiano). Jedina is also the dam of millionaire and stakes winner Clabber Girl.

I have met him and he was a very kind stallion. I liked him very much (I did breed to him after all!) but will agree his babies tend to be lighter in bone.

My mare -a 1996 model- is everything I hoped for from the breeding. She has a truly excellent temperament (safe but is very sensitive-you ASK her and she says yes) and was very easy to start. She has a 10 trot. Scopes out at about 3’6’’ courses but that was more than fine for me. Very brave!

She has been showing my little girl the ropes for the last few years. I have never been so proud as when they jumped their first 4 foot fence

[SummerT]

Thank you so much for posting back to me! One thing I see across the board is that Schembechler has thrown some nice babies. I was able to contact Mrs. Murphy a while back and I spoke with her about my mare and her dam - she says that Buckaroo’s Jazz was a personal favorite and they recall Jazz on the farm before she was sent to the track. Unfortunately I am not in possession of her papers (something I would love to have), but right now she’s doing very well. While she’s packed with spunk and has a purely devilish streak in her sometimes she’s very clever and willing - sweet, too. She likes to cuddle and put her nose in your business (especially while grooming). She’s curious but has a very willing attitude - she and I have been working on some jumping and I’ve never met a horse more willing to tackle new things.

My main question is: does anyone have a picture of Schembechler? And does anyone have pictures they’d like to share of Schembechler babies?

Thanks!
Summer.

[Calamber]

Here is a blog of a woman who had/has a mare by Schembechler, with a photo of the mare which is not the best but I am sure she has more.

http://www.horsejunkiesunited.com/?p=78866