Obligatory GALLOPS Thread!

[Lily Wilkins]

How's everyone's Festivus going?

Mine was relatively lackluster... I leased a handful of snazzy mares last season and most of the results hit below my expectations.

Overall, I have 39 TB Yearlings.
2 Freaks - My fancy colt Quinny (no surprise there) and Whatever The Heck This Random Slide Is - Gotta love a surprise Freak Bloomer out of a formidable mare ya bought two weeks ago for $25,000.
7 Stakes - Most of which are Bloomers.
12 Allowance - Again, lots of Bloomers.
and then the rest consisting of Productive down to Claimer.

[Kelly Haggerty]

I think the universe is trying to tell me something. I thought my focus was TR, but I just won the SC with a DS and now my one freak and 5 of my 8 stakes are DS.

[Eric Gray]

101 TB yearlings
2 Freaks - Thank you Deputy Dog and the Steward https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.ph ... ID=1507715 and I'm really glad I didn't jinx him with the name https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.ph ... ID=1510975
2 Stakes - 1 Prog and 1 LB
24 Allowance only 2 are peak.

[Erin Sanderson]

Same as all of the last several years: an enormous waste of effort went into this crop -_-

Also go figure, a mare I can't get to throw anything decent at all gets sold and immediately throws a freak.

[Carole Hanson]

25 foals (2 SB)

3 Freaks (1 SB)
-Among Us
-Falling
-Owl Keep You Safe
6 Stakes (1 SB)
9 Allowance
5 Productive
2 Claimer

[Cleo Patra]

ABSOLUTELY OVER THE MOON!

80 bred, plus 2 steward-bred purchases

4 freaks (1 steward) 4.8%
20 stakes (1 steward) 24%
21 allowance 25%
20 productive 24%
8 solid 9%
9 claimer 11%

FREAKS
Defying the Odds (IL) - b.c.1 - War Like Me x Guide Her Home (Man of Mystery) - Late Bloomer
Ceremonial (NY) - bl.f.1 - Mr. Wonderful x Count the Ways (All of Time) - Progressive
Speechwriter (GBR) - bl.c.1 - Brilliance x Speak of Me (Black Tide) - Peak
Stellantis (CHL) - ro.c.1 - Owlpha Romeo x Ring Leader (Dragonfly) - Peak

STAKES
Coalition (KY) - ch.c.1 - Crayon x Rosa Luxemburg (James Dean) - Late Bloomer
Hobb (KY) - b.c.1 - Dave Matthews Band x Vivacia (Farseer) - Late Bloomer
Music Is a Gift (KY) - b.f.1 - Dave Matthews Band x The Gift Is You (Courage) - Late Bloomer
Royal Assassin (NY) - dkb.c.1 - Farseer x Look Into My Eyes (Nighteyes) - Late Bloomer
Estel (MO) - b.f.1 - Ivor x Elessar (Kementari) - Late Bloomer
Her Majesty (KY) - b.f.1 - Japanese Majesty x Memorable Me (Farseer) - Late Bloomer
Dance of Chances (TTO) - b.f.1 - Kendry x Ballroom (Dancer) - Late Bloomer
Tawny Man (TTO) - b.c.1 - Kendry x Counter Curse (Dragonfly) - Late Bloomer
Delectable (AR) - b.f.1 - Witted x She Stole My Heart (Heart of the Storm) - Late Bloomer
Will Be Remembered (FL) - gr.c.1 - You Will Be Found x Bronze (Bernardini) - Late Bloomer
Breezing On By (AUS) - dkb.f.1 - Be Right There x Breezes (Brilliance) - Progressive
Favoured (JPN) - bl.f.1 - Celebrates x Maria Celeste (Galileo) - Progressive
Pelennor (KY) - gr.f.1 - Dave Matthews Band x Windfola (Allonsy) - Progressive
Marching Far Away (KY) - ro.f.1 - Nighteyes x She Who Remembers (Delirium) - Progressive
Pantera (CHL) - ro.c.1 - Owlpha Romeo x Sensations (A Million Dreams) - Progressive
Chilled (FL) - bl.f.1 - Shaken Not Stirred x Untold Secrets (Obsidian Fury) - Progressive
All Heart (VEN) - bl.f.1 - Summerland x Whenyoulovesomeone (Reddington) - Progressive
Look Both Ways (NY) - b.c.1 - Holland Road x Somekindofpsychic (All of Time) - Peak
Glitzy (NY) - gr.f.1 - Improvisational x Perfume (Night's Quiet) - Peak
Send the Best (IL) - ch.f.1 - War Like Me x Final Tour (Dave Matthews Band) - Peak

[Tim Matthews]

No freaks lmao. But 21 (??) stgakes

[Gavin Guile]

One freak: Waiting on a Miracle

Can’t complain overall but disappointed in Bonecrusher who is allowance. Considering how close that horse is to The Evil Empire

[Nick Gilmore]

I was surprisingly satisfied with my Festivus this year. While I lost my mind and bred 200 mares, my results will keep me busy this year. Not counting 40 promising chasers, I ended up with 1 freak, 9 stakes, 49 allowance and 49 productive. Leaving roughly 25% rats, I’ll take it.

Highlights…

Christian, another Moulay el Hassan freak!!!!!
Lost Angel, Moulay el Hassan stake
Fools and Kings, Steward bred stake by Greatest Showman
Only Temperate, Only One stake, female line goes back to Mary Whalen’s lovely Chidori
Summer’s Jubilee, stake gallop from Summerland’s last crop
Little Girl Lost, Take Me Black stake
Mandalorian Chief, Valar stake
Make Him Cry, Kingdom Come’s last crop, stake
Phoenix in Flames, another Kingdom Come stake
The Grand Illusion, the lone dirt sprinter by Get Out, stake

[Sara Julin]

Normal for me, I guess.
But I am really pleased with the high Allowance % I managed to achieve this year. About 75% of the Allowances are LB's. Here to hoping for improvements!
And for the stakes all of them are LB's, so I'll cross my fingers for them to mature also ^^

94 foals in total
6 Stakes
39 Allowances
22 Productives
10 Solids
16 Claimers
1 Different Career

The Stakes Horses
Palace Pier - colt
Crayon - colt
Crayon - colt
Arizona - filly
Brilliance - colt
Hot Dog - colt

[Ma Springs]

132 TB

7 Stakes (4 late bloomers) by Improvisational, Take Me Black, Fearless Spirit, Tithanos, Avacas, Holland Road, Gunmetal Grey
31 Allowance
36 Productive

It's ok, steady improvement!

My Go West colt finally improved to freak at 4, 6 new stakes fillies among the 3-4 yos (will not gallop all, but did some), 1 chase freak 3 yo.

[Andrew Chillin]

Yes, i produced some freaks and some stakes along with everything else as well. 1 DC. Im moving up

[Durzo Blint]

All my “big” mares and leases missed, got one DR freak on a slide by You Are Everything - go breed to him!

[Shannon Hunt]

Christian, another Moulay el Hassan freak!!!!!

How on earth did you squeeze a freak out of that mare, I'm mad now that I sold her but also realize never in a million years would she have done that if I had kept her lol. Congrats!!

[Garret Folsom]

Call to Action is a Freak (Longbird x Thermodynamic). With the cross, I was hoping for some versatility, she is not versatile.

I have 8 Stakes from the following crosses:

Redmayne x Some Superhero
Franzia x D's Wando
Parts Unknown x Dave Matthews Band
Medinia Spirit x Choices
Contrail x Satono Crown
Franzia x Live the Dream
That Voodoo Youdo x Oncoming Storm
Don't Forget Me x Sideshow