BARGAIN BRED RACING SERIES & BREEDING CORNER

Vindication is by Seattle Slew. His dam sire is Strawberry Road and his dam’s dam is Hail to Reason. He was four for four as a two year old including the Breeder’s Cup Juvenile. He was very impressive as a two year old and because of injury never raced as a three year old. His victory in the Kentucky Cup Juvenile was most impressive when he stumbled out of the gates and nearly lost the rider and still managed to win by six lengths.

On the Hill N’ Dale website it says “perfect outcross for Northern Dancer and Raise A Native line mares” Those lines would seem great choices but I would also consider Bold Ruler and In Reality line mares as well.

Vindication has a good deal of stamina but ran well as a two year old so expect him to pass along those qualities. Vindication has had ten runners as well with the fastest posting a 72-speed figure. There was one other over 70, six others 60+, and two in the 50’s. The Mr. Prospector/ Raise a Native line were well represented in seven of the ten runners. There was one Northern Dancer line (Storm Cat), one In Reality line and one inbreeding using Seattle Slew (?) as the dam sire.