main dane

I think that's what happened to Liancourt Rock as well, best trip 1200m-1400m?

@ RG BW prices but now suspended thought so .......

9/20 with Hollywood. 8/1+ the rest.

A man of De Kock's calibre thinks Main Dane is good enough to run in the july and has entered him in the july, anyway what does he know about top horses right?

I recall a horse by daryl hodgson by galileo nominated 4 ths years jnb met wth a MR 78 .......still cnt win a mr handicap race

Happens all the time...................one run and a horse gets labelled a champion.What makes a champion....one run or ..............rest my case.

BC,Mike De Kock has 22 horses entered in the July..............I doubt he believes they are all champions ,but he will see how they develop between now and acceptances I guess.

kaya Wrote:

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> I recall a horse by daryl hodgson by galileo
> nominated 4 ths years jnb met wth a MR 78
> .......still cnt win a mr handicap race


RAIN GAL has only had the 1 run since and finished 3rd or 4th over a 1600m

bad company Wrote:

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> A man of De Kock's calibre thinks Main Dane is
> good enough to run in the july and has entered him
> in the july, anyway what does he know about top
> horses right?


he has also nominated checcetti..red barrel..mozarts giovanni..right beauty and vettel...

JAP and others....the theory of the mitochondrial trial(likeyhood of a stayers genome) passes along the female line and Main Dane has plenty stamina in his female lines.....

Here is a Genetic Review of what stallions and dams contribute to their offspring.(I will post a rather lengthy case study on how this summary was deduced)

· Sex Linked Genes and the horse

Genes that are inherited in a sex linked manner is different from linkage in which genes that sit close together on one chromosome are passed on to the next generation as a combination during the formation of egg and sperm.

The large X chromosome (which carries a lot of genetic material that is not related to reproduction) and mitochondria DNA are inherited in a known pattern, as is the male Y chromosome (which carries very little additional material). The Y chromosome consists largely of repeated degraded copies of x linked genes.

This is the vital to learn. Without understanding how sex linked genes are inherited very little of what follows will make a great deal of sense.

· The X trail

A mare passes on an X chromosome to all her foals; a stallion passes an X chromosome only to daughters.

· Y inheritance

A stallion passes this to all his sons. A mare doesn’t have a Y so she has nothing to pass on to any offspring.

· Mitochondria

A mare passes this genetic material on to all her foals. Although stallions have this material they do not pass this on to any offspring. Similar to Y inheritance except goes to both male and female offspring.

Main Dane claim to fame is that his grand dam Rose Of Tralee produced.....
Serenade Rose a 3 time G1 winner in Ozz and her dam Circus Ring-Winnings: 4 Starts: 3 - 0 - 0, $53,994 1st Lowther S. (ENG-G2), Princess Margaret Champion 2yo filly in England. Granddam of triple Australian G1 winner Serenade Rose. Great-Granddam of Champion Hong Kong galloper Viva Pataca. Recently celebrated her 30th birthday at Coolmore Stud, Jerry's Plains Australia (2009).

Yes very well bred as it also carries the classic Danzig(though Danehill) and MrP cross little further back....but bred in the purple I think not....however if this turns out to be a star(multiple G1 wins) then his siblings can be termed as bred in the purple.

sorry boys..out of excuses now

opinions opinions but the proof is in the pudding..