The ebbs and flows

[Tammy Stawicki]

So my paint barn seems to be in a major slump. Below are the number of stakes winners I bred at each year and as you can say between my 7 and 6 year olds there was a major drop. And one can't help but wonder what happened? Its not like all my broodmares were lost at once, and shouldn't some of all those stakes winners been good broodmares themselves.

2 = 1
3 = 1
4 = 2
5 = 2
6 = 3
7 = 9
8 = 6
9 = 6
10 = 8

Meanwhile after going through a smaller dry spell my thoroughbred seem to be in a bit of a renaissance where my 2yo crop already has 2x more stakes winner than any homebred crop out to the 10 year olds. Those stakes winner numbers are below:

2 = 4
3 = 2
4 = 0
5 = 0
6 = 1
7 = 2
8 = 2
9 = 2
10 = 1

So for my 2yos 33.3% of my thoroughbreds are stakes winners and 2.6% of my paints. In comparison with my 10 year olds 6.7% of my thoroughbreds were stakes winners and 17% of my paints. Just find it interesting how things can change so quickly seemingly out of nowhere.

[Meghan Kingsley]

My Quarter Horses carried my barn for a couple of years, and now this year they've fallen off a cliff. I'm debating dumping them entirely. My TBs have improved, as have my Appies.