BARGAIN BRED RACING SERIES & BREEDING CORNER

Bestyoucanbe – is by Danzig. His dam sire is Blushing Groom (FR) and his dam’s dam sire is Nijinsky II giving him a 2X4 inbreeding to Northern Dancer. He was not much on the track with one win and one show from nine career starts. He only earned $26,410. In real life he is standing stud in Venezuela. He appears to have a good mix of speed, stamina and solid bloodlines.

A quick look at the pedigree and Mr. Prospector line sires pop into mind. It would seem a popular fit to use Mr. Prospector line sires as dam sires. Seattle Slew or his sons would also seem to fit well with the pedigree. Other lines that have worked well with Northern Dancer sires are Damascus, Turn-To, or Ribot sire lines. For a less expensive dam sire choice Minnesota Mac has produced very well when used with Northern Dancer line sires.

He is easily the most surprising sophomore sire. He has the #6 ranked three-year-old colt #73213 Pulling Strings and the #21 ranked three-year-old filly #85160 You Can Be Crafty. With his first group of three year olds he will have a Blue Grass Derby starter and maybe a Blue Grass Oaks starter. He also has three other stakes winners besides the two mentioned. Pulling String’s Dam sire is Gone West and his dam’s dam is Storm Cat. You Can Be Crafty’s dam sire is Crafty Prospector and her dam’s dam is Summer Squall. In both cases a Mr. Prospector sire was used as dam sire and a Northern Dancer line sire was used as dam’s dam.

 His other stakes winner’s dam sires were Ide, Coronado’s Quest and Danzatore. Ide and Coronado’s Quest are from the Mr. Prospector sire line and Danzatore is from the Northern Dancer line (a little too inbred for me). His fastest turf runner so far used Barkerville (Mr. Prospector) as a dam sire. His pedigree is pretty turfy but he has produced better dirt runners.

He has 18 two year olds so far this year. Four have already run 70+ speed figures with another four running 60+. He does not look as though he will slow down. He is a moderately priced sire. At weeks end he has been dropping below 120 points.