Mares That Surprised You

[Diane Townsend]

I would love to hear about the breeding mares that surprised you. Maybe it was a mare with a mediocre bloodstock comment that produced a superstar or maybe (like me) a Blue Hen from nowhere.
I'm still pretty new to the game but I acquired a mare while I was at Trial Park that had a poor pedigree (she was her sires highest earner with $11K), she managed to win a maiden but I had little hope when I pressed the ask the agent button and almost skipped it, You cannot imagine my shock when she came up Blue Hen!
What mares have you had that have surprised you?

[Brian Leavitt]

https://www.simhorseracing.com//horse.p ... eID=554563

This is a formidable mare.

Her best foal was a flat B nick.

I've had slides happen before, but nothing quite that ridiculous

[Fanta Arcadia]

https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=209579

A "good" broodmare, I bought for 60k, and her best foal was bred on a B- nick. I bought this mare only because I loved her headshot, and bred her to Bright Heart because I loved his headshot. That best foal became my 1st SC winner and legit made my barn.

[Rochelle Bos]

I can’t think of any specific examples, but I love when I pick up a mare who’s only produced claimers and solids and stuff, and then she starts producing Allowance babies. Makes me feel like I might not be completely clueless lol

[Rochelle Bos]

https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=209579

A "good" broodmare, I bought for 60k, and her best foal was bred on a B- nick. I bought this mare only because I loved her headshot, and bred her to Bright Heart because I loved his headshot. That best foal became my 1st SC winner and legit made my barn.

Man. I wish I had that kind of luck lol

[Nick Gilmore]

Humorous Lady

Purchased for $18,000 and spent $7,500 to breed her. The result was Jabberwocky. I loved the classic lines in the pedigree and was shocked when the Steward told me he was a monster...he initially galloped wings! (now would be listed as productive). At the time he was a 3 year old who had just won his first stake. I’m not sure when his gallop changed, but it was quite the trip campaigning him!

[Rochelle Bos]

Humorous Lady

Purchased for $18,000 and spent $7,500 to breed her. The result was Jabberwocky. I loved the classic lines in the pedigree and was shocked when the Steward told me he was a monster...he initially galloped wings! (now would be listed as productive). At the time he was a 3 year old who had just won his first stake. I’m not sure when his gallop changed, but it was quite the trip campaigning him!

Holy cats!

[Rochelle Bos]

https://www.simhorseracing.com//horse.p ... eID=554563

This is a formidable mare.

Her best foal was a flat B nick.

I've had slides happen before, but nothing quite that ridiculous

I’ll take one to go please

[Nick Gilmore]

Rochelle, I forgot to mention, she was listed as ‘good’, lol

[Rochelle Bos]

Rochelle, I forgot to mention, she was listed as ‘good’, lol

Of course she was lol! My ladies need to step it up

[Darcy McBride]

This mare surprised me. https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=774268
Star BM I bred to DR several times with nada. Then bred her to RL sires. To date she has produced 2 Freaks of the DM kind. I was on the verge of pensioning her.

And this this mare. https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=339113
Formidable BM that produced this mare: https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=651514. To date, Sweet Sinsation has produced 6 Freaks.

To be honest, over the years, some of my best runners were out of Formidable mares. It goes to show you, you just never know!

[Nick Gilmore]

And it teaches me that most deserve a chance, a mare has to be pretty bad before I AJ it.

Not mine, but Ara Davies had Alix Von Hessen and she was listed as ‘good’!

[Rochelle Bos]

This thread is just making me sad now

[The Harlequins]

probably got no right to be posting on here but am a bit buzzy this morning as i am able to breed my 2 mares for the first time.

I have bred Glow Worm with Moon Faced and called it Xmas Carole.

In a few years time ..........remember you saw and heard it here first lol lol


Regards Frank.

[Carole Hanson]

I’m sure most you are tired of hearing about this one, but looking at her page you would think she was a blue hen who hypoed A’s. Well she was a formidable who hypoed B with everyone apart from Reddington (B+, and that filly turned out to be a freak). She produced 3 Freaks and 5 Stakes and has produced 7 Grade 1 winners and 6 millionaires (and a couple multi millionaires to which she could still add).

Another mare from the same family who produced a surprise was this one who popped out the ‘freak’ King of Ashes. She was also just a formidable but I guess being a sister to the above mare, she always had the potential to be really good.