To start a new career in eventing. A lucky lady in Idaho has him. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/225892/career-in-three-day-eventing-for-the-pamplemousse?utm_source=WeekInReviewNewsletter&utm_medium=email
I loved watching The Pamplemousse when he raced, and was so disappointed when he was injured. I’m glad he has the prospect of succeeding in a new job and that we may be able to see more of him. :yes:
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really wonderful! Great for the sport world!
one of his daughters was actually just listed on CANTER CA this morning. Sporty looking filly! Her name is the Grey Mousse and she’s a cute mover as well
Nice looking horse… I wish him & his connections the best in their future endeavor - lord knows we need quality TB stallions for eventing… although I have to ask, what quarter horses are they looking at to say “short backed, almost like a QH”? :lol: most of the QHs I know are as long as a bus!
If he moves & jumps as well as his paper suggests, he’s definitely one to watch out for in breeding programs that need a little more blood.
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God I loved this horse when he raced. Lucky, lucky lady. Sounds like he landed in a good spot to showcase his abilities as a competitor in his next career and as a sport horse stallion. Happy to read this.
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I think a lot of credit goes to the farm that had him originally Rancho San Miguel, for finding him such a soft place to land. The Pamplemousse failed as a stallion. I know that personally because I have a nice filly by him which I literally could not sell even though she was out of a stakes placed mare. She is in training and I still have hope for her but I have to think the farm experienced that loss tenfold because they bred quite a few mares to him. It took months to make this happen and I have to think it would have been easy just to get him gone as so many failed stallions and mares have disappeared in the past. But they did the right thing for the right reasons.
So many criticize the entire industry indiscriminately for the actions of a few. How about acknowledging when a farm or an owner does something right? I do a lot of business with them and that is the kind of people they are.
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Perhaps this will start a trend. There used to be a lot of TB stallions in the non-racing marketplace. Maybe there will be more.
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