~*PREAKNESS 2009*~ - Atomic Rain

Apr. 28, 2009 - Atomic Rain

Heyy guys here's the lowdown on the horse who will be running in Square Eddie's place. And it isn't Take The Points, because his for some reason it was decided by heaven knows who that he wasn't running in the Derby.

Name: Atomic Rain

Color: Bay

Gender: Colt

Pedigree: Smart Strike x Paradise Pond (he's our third entry by Smart Strike)

Good Lines: Mr. Prospector, Smarten, Turn-To, Swaps, Nasrullah, Count Fleet, Damascus.

He's got good, solid lines on both sides, with only 2 inbreedings (you'll find Turn-To on both sides of the family, 5 generations back on his sire's female family, and 4 generations back on his dam's male family). I'm an incredible fan of the Smart Strike family--good lookin', fast versatile, crops (turf, dirt, synthetic, sprint, distance, you name it, he's got offspring at the top of it). I also want to mention that Count Fleet won the Triple Crown in 1943, then continued to race AND WIN for 2 more years--he raced until he was 5, which I think is something that should be as common today as it was even 20 years ago.

You don't see enough older horses racing anymore; most of the ones that race until they're old are geldings or horses who weren't good producers or winners. Except of course the immortal Curlin, who raced until 5 beautiful years of victory then entered stud at Lane's End; $75,000 stands & nurses. Then we have your horses like Raven's Pass and big brown (note that big brown's name is SECOND and NOT CAPITALIZED) who: A.) retire to stud after one big win and are bred to hundreds of mares before turning 4--- OR you have B.) horses who retire BECAUSE THEY CAN'T RUN WITHOUT STEROIDS!!!!!!!! OR WITHOUT MAJOR INJURY!!!! HAVE I RANTED ENOUGH????????

And then you have the immortal horses like Curlin, *gets faraway, dreamy look* who race, and race, and win, and win, and win, and then retire at a nice older age (although "older" is relative in the horse racing world).

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