Thoroughbred pedigrees

1sock · August 12, 2020, 1:03am

There’s a post a little farther down asking if a young TB is tattooed, is it likely they were started under saddle. The filly in question, (the Artax daughter), is one of ours and I thought I’d post a bit more info and some questions myself.

We bought Devil’s Tax and the others, (there are 5 total), at an auction recently. We went specifically to see them as we know that unfortunately, TBs, ASBs and Arabs tend to sell poorly at our local sale barns. We looked up pedigrees before the sale and figured either they would be big and fancy and likely be no-saled, or they would just be let go for whatever they brought, (which turned out to be the case), and unsurprisingly no one else in the crowd was interested in TBs being run through the ring loose, (with the exception of the meat buyer).

I tried to find info on the breeder online and couldn’t find much. His name is Gordon Marjama. The 3 year olds were foaled in NY and the 2 year olds were foaled here in MN. I’m assuming he lived in NY, and moved to MN. They were all sold with their paperwork.

The catalog only stated “Take advantage of some good-bred Thoroughbreds” for descriptions on the 5 and the sale barn owner didn’t have much info to give, in fact he didn’t even think that 4 of the horses were halterbroke, (they all are, the 2 year old filly is the only one I think wasn’t worked with much).

That’s all the info we have, no idea why he sold the horses or if any were started under saddle. At the sale barn they thought the chestnut gelding had been raced, (he is not tattooed and his records show him as unraced), but he may have been started in training? No mention of any training on the black filly but she IS tattooed, and I believe they don’t go ahead and tattoo until they are planning to race the horse?

Just an FYI: You could probably fit everything I know about TB racing in a thimble. :lol:

We plan to contact Mr. Marjama in the future, but having no idea why these horses were sold, (getting out of TBs? Death in the family? Health problems? Forced to sell for some reason?), and thinking that some situation must have caused him to have the horses hauled to and sold with no reserve at the auction, we want to wait a little while before we do.

Devil’s Tax, the Artax daughter, found a home yesterday.
We’ve had quite a bit of interest in the horses already and I’m confident we won’t have trouble finding them good homes.

I have looked up pedigrees and found info on sires, but don’t know a whole lot about their potential abilities based on their pedigrees, so thought I’d post them on here to see what you all think. The bay gelding, Glory Fever, is my favorite. I love his disposition, he’s so calm and friendly, (well, they’re ALL friendly!). His ear tips were frozen off which to me just makes him more appealing. He’s a cutie.

Realdevilish: http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/realdevilish

Glory Fever: http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/glory+fever

Glorious Thought: http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/glorious+thought

Allclearnow: http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/allclearnow

Devils Tax: http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/devils+tax

danceronice · August 20, 2020, 6:24pm

I like Allclearnow’s pedigree. They all have nice names, nothing rare, especially Storm Cat, but Fappiano is always nice if you’re looking for sport breeding.

If you want to look up pedigrees you know for sure are correct (pedigreequery’s bad, allbreed is worse) use brisnet.com or equineline.com, which can’t be modified by the users. Brisnet will also tell you whether they’ve raced.

1sock · August 20, 2020, 6:24pm

Thanks for responding! I did originally look up the horses on the equineline site, (found that via the JC site a while ago) but thought it would be easier to just link the allbreedpedigrees, (didn’t know if I could or couldn’t link off equineline?). I like the equineline website and the info available off that.

Allclearnow is a character, and looks like a slightly smaller twin to my friend’s unregistered TB mare. Thanks for the info on Fappiano, other than the more obvious-to-a-layperson names like Storm Cat, I really am lacking in TB pedigree knowledge.

maxxtrot · August 20, 2020, 6:24pm

love the allclearnow pedigree for a sporthorse prospect. lots of names i look for. should be a nice horse. thank you for saving these wonderful horses, and hope you can find them loving and wonderful new homes.

MCamille10 · August 28, 2020, 2:17pm

Glory Fever

I know that you had posted this ages ago, but in 2010 I ended up purchasing that silly bay gelding with his ear tips missing.

I had purchased him from a gal in the Bemidji area who had owned him for a short while. He was too quick for her and he ended up being my first horse that I had purchased completely by myself as an adult and taught me SO MUCH through all of our little adventures. I even have his name tattooed on my wrist! He had such a personality.

Unfortunately, I ended up having to sell him in 2013 while escaping an abusive relationship. He ended up going to a gal in Wisconsin.

While thankful to find him a home, I have always had a little space in my heart for him, and have been trying to find him ever since. I know that you probably have the same amount of information as me…none haha. But I just had to reach out and say something as this is the first thing I have found online that actually relates to him! While this feels totally silly, I just wanted to say thank you for putting a little bit of hope in my search of trying to find him now. If only the jockey club made it a little bit easier to keep track of owners. I hope all is well and that you end up seeing this! Thanks again!

[QUOTE=1sock;5175382]
There’s a post a little farther down asking if a young TB is tattooed, is it likely they were started under saddle. The filly in question, (the Artax daughter), is one of ours and I thought I’d post a bit more info and some questions myself.