My best friend bought Secretariat's grandson, Secretariat's Joy. Joy (Barn Name) raced but his old owners took him off the track and kept him out in the pasture, with all thier retired racehorses! I mean, he's Secretariat's grandson!! Shouldn't thay have kept him on the track? And He Won 5 out of 6 of his races in his first racing year!! I had to help my friend get him back into shape because he had been out in a pasture eating grass for to long!! Now he can jump and is probably the best horse on the farm. Tell me what you think about this story.
2006-07-08 09:17:01 · 7 answers · asked by moose_luver 2 in Sports ➔ Horse Racing
Many horses sired by great horses are not racing.
Just becasue they came from great sires and dams does not make them great as race horses.
My horses grandsire was also a Tripple Crown Winner and he did not do that well racing.
He is a much better riding horse.
I know one person who has a horse that cost 1/2 million dollars to beed it is a Storm Cat baby and it is not racing. He did just awful at the track just not fast enough. He is also a great riding horse.
2006-07-08 15:21:14 · answer #1 · answered by tlctreecare 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I *HIGHLY* disagree that Secretariat was a total failure at stud. Siring Eclipse Award winners is NOT a failure!! People expected him to do the impossible - reproduce himself. No horse can do that. He sired champions Ladys Secret - and well known horses Risen Star, General Assembly and others - he's sired stakes winners and many who have produced winners. As a broodmare sire he really shined - major stars Storm Cat, A.P.Indy and many others trace to him.
It is an oddity though after so much criticism of racing horses that here is criticism because they DIDNT race him. Solely being a grandson of a biggie doesn't mean a horse can run. There's 3 other lines figuring into the final package. But beyond that there may be very good reasons they didn't run him. He may have had soundness issues - something that had him out for an extended recovery and they didn't feel he would return to the top so retired him. Age could be a factor and many other things. Having talent one year doesn't mean the next will be good.
Any other horse with a sire record he did wouldn't be considered a failure. There's many considered successful that haven't sired champions.
2006-07-09 11:03:15 · answer #2 · answered by Jan H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of Secretariat's get weren't all too successful on the track. There's no point in keeping them out there racing if they're not going to amount to anything. Just because the horse is a grandson of Secretariat doesn't really mean anything.
2006-07-10 17:30:59 · answer #3 · answered by Stef 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to ride a horse officially registered as Secretariat's Joy...but it was a mare. In Quebec, Canada
2016-03-06 12:55:28 · answer #4 · answered by Fedoryak 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Secretariat was the greatest race horse in history. Believe it or not when ESPN did their list of the 100 greatest athletes of the 20th century Secretariat was listed at number 35 I think. Honest!!
2006-07-14 12:11:46 · answer #5 · answered by The Mick "7" 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe Secretariat's Joy's original owners decided to pull him from the track and breed him. If he showed some talent that was limited in some way, they may have wanted to go out on top and save him for stud.
2006-07-10 21:52:02 · answer #6 · answered by dracomullet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Secretariat did not pass his speed and stamina on to any of his offspring. His breeding shed record was horrible. His first foal, First Secretary, out of an Appaloosa nurse mare had a better stud career than he did. He did however sire some great broodmares, but as far as passing on his racing genes, it just didn't happen. But that's the business.
2006-07-08 17:12:12 · answer #7 · answered by lucygoon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋