Weird mare??

[Carole Hanson]

Burning Diamonds
Y47-W13-D5 Agent: If you had a barnful of broodmares such as 'Burning Diamonds', you would have a formidable breeding operation! Unfortunately, 'Burning Diamonds' probably won't produce a very good steeplechaser.

Y50-W15-D6 Agent: If you had a barnful of broodmares such as 'Burning Diamonds', you would have a formidable breeding operation! Additionally, 'Burning Diamonds' has potential as the dam of steeplechasers, so if you're interested in pursuing that I give you the green light!

How is this possible? Should I pursue her steeplechasing ability or would it be a waste of time? I don't know anything about chasers so any help would be appreciated!

[Ali Hedgestone]

They did some shifts to the scale of broodmare comments in Week 15, which was why we got free BSAs on everything.

I would say give her a shot. But I'm trying to breed flat/chase capable horses.

[Te Akau Downs]

i had this mare, blu hen, and also highest rating old comments for chasers
https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=256699
she produced a stakes TR who was also a stakes winner and a star mare and top BSA for chaser. she was an A- chase hypo also
https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=388270,
i think now i could of managed breedings better to produce more flat/chasers as i have alot more experience to back then

[Carole Hanson]

Hmm she's still a young mare so I might as well try a chase sire and see what happens! Thanks for the input!

[Carole Hanson]

Ended up sending her to Dandino, she hypoed Flat: B+ Chase: B+ so that's quite fun!

[Anne Conradt]

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https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=814134

I haven't bred a great many steeplechasers. I rarely run more than one or two a year.

While I don't remember hypo-ing this one's breeding with Excelebration ... I do remember he was the only one of the steeplechasers I've bred who came up flats claimer/chase stakes. All the rest were flats different career / chase (whatever ... stakes, allowance, etc.)

(That's why I ran Starbration on the flats in his first two races. They were light fields, and I thought of them as paid workouts.)

Makes me wonder about his dam. I got her when she was fairly old. The twins I got from her were her second to last year of foaling. She died on the next breeding.

She's one of the few I don't have on my spread sheet as showing what her BSA comment said.
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[Ali Hedgestone]

I've gotten Solid Flat/Stake Chaser so far.