BARGAIN BRED RACING SERIES & BREEDING CORNER

Authenticate- is by Gone West. His dam sire is Seattle Slew and his dam’s dam is Alydar. He is unraced. In 2000 he was purchased as a yearling for 3.3 million dollars by Padua stables. So how do you go from being purchased for 3.3 million dollars in 2000 to standing stud on a small farm in Texas in 2004 for $3,000 a live foal?

People in the Sim have taken notice of the pedigree and breed to him 15 times already. Northern Dancer line mares would seem the best choice to breed with Authenticate. Ribot, Roberto, and Turn-To lines would seem to solid choices as well. Looks like he will get a chance to show how well of a producer he can be. Already Arazi, Pine Bluff, Nureyev, Danzig and Fairy King have been used as dam sires.

Early results are ok. Only eight of his fifteen runners have run so far. Seven of those ran on dirt. The fastest ran a 66-speed figure. Another three were between 55-63. His one turf starter ran a 51 in her debut.