Ok, so it's been officially a week since I've ridden. Starting to get ants in the pants....
I learned some more things about Amber last night. The nice thing about thoroughbreds is that they are truly the most documented breed of horse in the world. I did some digging on her produce record. I figured out that she had given birth to 5 named foals but over a ten year span that's a little odd. I found out why. Her first offspring in 2001 was Zack Attack (by Honor Grades). Then in 2002 she was bred to Sandpit (BRZ) but was barren. The following year she carried a foal by Formal Gold but aborted it. In 2004 she produced the chestnut filly Quaking Asp (by Gentlemen) but 2005 she was again barren after a breeding attempt with 1984 Breeder's Cup Mile Champion Cozzene. Half Hitch was the result of a successful second mating with Cozzene but he proved to be the least successful offspring. In the only successful consecutive breeding Amber produced Skip the Drama (2007) by Horse of the Year and Breeders Cup Classic champion Skip Away! A foal by Irish Stallion Castledale was aborted in 2008, but the best offspring yet may be the Yonaguska filly (Ms. Discombobulated) that she foaled just before she came into my life. This yearling filly has no inbreeding through the third cross and Yonaguska is currently 25th on the North American sire list.
Photo: Yonaguska
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