BARGAIN BRED RACING SERIES & BREEDING CORNER

Mineshaft is by A.P. Indy. His dam sire is Mr. Prospector and his dam’s dam is Hoist The Flag. He won the eclipse award as horse of the year last year. He won seven of nine starts including four grade I races just last year. He did not start to run like a champion until he was four. He did not start at two and only won three of nine as a three year old. He is standing at Lane’s End for a whopping $100,000.

His pedigree is just begging for Northern Dancer line mares. Other lines that should work well would be from the Raise a Native line like Alydar or any of his sons. Sires from the Turn-To line would seem to fit with Mineshaft’s pedigree as well.

Early returns on his progeny are very good. Ten of his sim progeny have raced already. His highest speed figure to date is a 78 and three others posted 70+ speed figures. Another five runners posted 60+ speed figures. Those are very good numbers this time of year. Eight of the ten starters are from Northern Dancer line dam sires. The other two were Trempolino (Native Dancer crossed with Northern Dancer) and Seeking The Gold X Nijinsky II.