Yet another TB mare pedigree inquiry

[jdeboer01]

I got her as an ET recipient mare, but she has really stolen my heart. She lays to waste any “chestnut mare” stereotypes, that’s for sure! What a sweetheart! She didn’t settle the embryo we tried transferring this year, but I’ll likely try again next year. I was wondering what the TB pedigree pros might have to say about her pedigree? Mostly just for curiosity sake on my part. Thanks!

Pedigree: http://www.pedigreequery.com/sgt+reckless

Not so great pics:
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She is standing on a slight incline in this one. She’s not THIS uphill! (but not downhill either):
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[vineyridge]

Very nice pedigree for sport. Her damlines are especially nice. She is from an American female family, A5. which is fairly rare.

The mare, Flare Pass, is a full sister of the stallion Buckaroo. The ProFlare family seems to have been mostly turfy and quite a few raced in Europe. Proflare was also the dam of War Zone, a stallion who was sent to Korea.

I love Maria Mon’s pedigree for sport, and the Flare family has been quite good. Latent Heat had a half sister named Indian Flare who was a good race mare. Pedigree is filled with good mares, although the tail female is less accomplished. This mare is from three horse generations by the same breeders–Frank & John Penn in Kentucky.

The dam had an unraced foal in 2008; this filly; an unnamed foal in 2010; and no produce after that.

Do some googling and see if you can contact her breeders and ask about the dam’s progeny. To have three that were of such quality that none raced and one wasn’t even named, would make me want to investigate more about her dam. For all one knows, she might have had serious foaling troubles, since they didn’t keep trying with her.

[Donatella]

Are you thinking of breeding her instead of using her for ET? You could breed her to a purebred Friesian :yes: or better yet you could check out www.riveroaksfarm.net/Lexington.html

[jdeboer01]

Thank you so much, viney! Your TB knowledge never ceases to blow me away. This mare was in race training and doing quite well from what I understand. I guess she initially sold for $70,000, which ain’t too shabby if you ask me, but I’m no race horse pro. Lol. She sustained a suspensory strain on her right hind, and her owners decided to retire her and adopt her out rather than wait out her recovery. I adopted her from New Vocations, which seems to have some very nice OTTB’s come through their program. https://www.facebook.com/new.vocations1 They liked my plan for her as an ET recipient for at least a year without any under saddle work because it gave her the time off that she needs. Vet said that he believes she’ll recover 100% and be able to go on to any career desired. I haven’t noticed any lameness in her whatsoever just hanging out in the field. Her temperament is so outstanding that once she is going under saddle again, she’ll be worth her weight in gold to somebody! Maybe even me! Lol. I may even breed her for her own foal, as she’s quite nicely put together as well.
Thanks again!

[jdeboer01]

Donatella –

I almost did try to breed her to a Friesian for her own foal after the ET didn’t take (ET was by River Oak’s Lexington, out of one of my purebred mares, BTW ;)) but I decided that my finances had already been stretched quite a bit this season and should wait.

[Donatella]

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(ET was by River Oak’s Lexington, out of one of my purebred mares, .[/QUOTE]

I’m sorry it didn’t take, that should have been a very nice foal. From what I’ve heard it’s been a rough breeding year for a lot of folks.