While getting him ready for the TC chase this year was pushing it, his dazzling maiden effort at Santa Anita in March appeared as if Stonestreet & Asmussen were sitting on a monster for this fall.
In fact The Daily Racing Form’s Beyer Speed Figures gave the colt the highest-ever horse racing debut figure at 114.
Then poof - gone - seemingly no works, no entries, and no mention by the press. Named after a grandchild of the late Jess Jackson this horse fell off the face the Earth it appears.
I found this . . .
http://www.horseracingnation.com/horse/Macleans_Music
looks recent - last update was 2 days ago.
Thanks for that info. I assumed he was injured in some form or fashion. Too fast on that harder SA surface not to get something thrown off. Good to hear he’s expected back on the work tab “soon”.
This article from two months ago, which claimed he had resumed training after a “minor setback” following his huge maiden win. Apparently that training doesn’t include published works…
http://www.drf.com/blogs/blind-luck-weekend-thoughts-and-beyers
Never seen again on the track one and done and finally retired … but to stud? And you wonder why some have doubts about passing along good quality traits.
Press Release - OCT 16, 2012 - Maclean’s Music retired to Hill ‘n’ Dale
John G. Sikura, President of Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms. “My strong belief in this stallion’s prospect as a Leading Sire are reminiscent of feelings I had when we started the stallion careers of Candy Ride, Medaglia d’Oro, and Stormy Atlantic. I believe Maclean’s Music can be the next Danzig.”
The exceptionally handsome bay won at first asking during the Santa Anita 2011 Spring Meet, winning by 7 1/4 lengths under wraps. Described as “very, very impressive” by Trevor Denman, Maclean’s Music set fractions of :21.24, :43.48, :55.05, and 1:07.44, leading Andrew Beyer to rate the scintillating performance with the Fastest Beyer Speed Figure [114] of any debut winner in history.
The horse was retired prematurely due to complications from the removal of a fractured splint bone.
Maclean’s Music has arrived at Hill ‘n’ Dale and is available for inspection. He will stand for a fee of $6,500 live foal.
They sent The Green Monkey to stud.
The second coming of Danzig? Sikura really said that and expects people with any reasonable amount of breeding/racing experience to swallow it?
What a shame… I was really excited about him when I saw him break his maiden.
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The second coming of Danzig? Sikura really said that and expects people with any reasonable amount of breeding/racing experience to swallow it?[/QUOTE]
Speaking as someone who was very pompous and embarrassingly wrong when Danzig went to stud, I never say never any more 
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Speaking as someone who was very pompous and embarrassingly wrong when Danzig went to stud, I never say never any more :)[/QUOTE]
Ah, the memories. Your post still has me chuckling because I thought the same thing at the time. I was in my early 20’s and just starting off on my apprenticeship of becoming a bloodstock agent. Woody Stephens the trainer of Danzig was a good friend of my fathers so I had the good fortune of spending a lot of time around him and being the fly on the wall. I remember very well how high Mr. Stephens thought of Danzig long before he ever was loaded in the gate. Mr. Stephens was one of the last of the old school trainers so a horse ran through their conditions before being tested at a higher level. Danzig ran and won 3 times before getting hurt and being retired. My father told me he planned on buying a share which if memory serves me right were priced at $80,000 a share, $225,000 in today dollars. I said to my father, I don’t see it. Even though he was by Northern Dancer who at the time was just beginning to show his prowess as a sire of sires Danzig’s dam side was a far cry from the royally bred mares that were the standard in Northern Dancer’s book. And he broke down after just 3 starts. My father said he didn’t disagree. But Woody told him he was one of the best horses he ever trained and he should buy a share. The rest is history. Eight years or so latter shares in Danzig were trading for around $5 million. Even thought he was a “dirt” horse the majority of his progeny ran in Europe. A number of his sons have become leading sires in other parts of the world. Interestingly it is only in recent years that a couple of sons of Danzig are starting to make their mark in this country.
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Never seen again on the track one and done and finally retired … but to stud? And you wonder why some have doubts about passing along good quality traits.
Press Release - OCT 16, 2012 - Maclean’s Music retired to Hill ‘n’ Dale[/QUOTE]
Though I understand your remarks IMO history does not bear them out. There are plenty of horses that had long and illustrious race records, stellar pedigrees and retired sound that were total failures at stud. Plenty of others that did not and became top sires, Danzig and Mr. Prospector off the top of my head. It has been my experience that it is all a crap shoot in the end. And I don’t say that in a derogatory sense. Just the nature of the game.
I have 2 words for you…Malibu Moon.
If anyone values what a horse accomplished in their career and overcame adversity I have to recite this: Maclean’s Music will stand for a fee of $6,500 live foal.
Vs. -
Just retired with 31 starts going 11-5-4 (9 of the wins being stakes races), 6 yr old, three time grade-1, Get Stormy, will enter 2013 at stud for 2013 for $5,000.
That doesn’t jive honestly. Its a free market system to be sure but GS really proved he had fortitude, heart, talent and determination. He wasn’t sidelined, never to recover from a single run on the track. Who would you breed to?
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If anyone values what a horse accomplished in their career and overcame adversity I have to recite this: Maclean’s Music will stand for a fee of $6,500 live foal.
Vs. -
Just retired with 31 starts going 11-5-4 (9 of the wins being stakes races), 6 yr old, three time grade-1, Get Stormy, will enter 2013 at stud for 2013 for $5,000.
That doesn’t jive honestly. Its a free market system to be sure but GS really proved he had fortitude, heart, talent and determination. He wasn’t sidelined, never to recover from a single run on the track. Who would you breed to?[/QUOTE]
Neither frankly but if that is the universe of stallions, McClean’s Music might get the nod. Plenty of failed stallions have brought credentials similar to Get Stormy’s to the table and I’m personally not jazzed by a son of Stormy Atlantic out of a Kiri’s Clown mare. Add to that the turf angle and there is a reason he’s standing for $5000.
No thanks.
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I have 2 words for you…Malibu Moon.[/QUOTE]
Malibu Moon is the extreme perhaps but Tapit had 6 starts in 2 years, Smart Strike 8 times in 2 years, Kris S had 5 starts and Red Ransom had 3 starts.
Of course if longevity is solely the key then you could have dismissed Danzig in favor of Devil His Due.
The rules are that there are no rules.
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The rules are that there are no rules.[/QUOTE]
Kinda like the first rule of Fight Club …
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