Being called out as one of the children by the boss, and being asked to tone it down caused me to step back, but your post that Danzig passing on "ouchy" qualities is absurd.

I was working at Claiborne, when Danzig arrived, and the insurance company would not insure him because he had a crack in his cannon bone. Reports that it was a knee were/are ubiquitous, but I distinctly remember Woody being upset, and Seth being thrilled, and the xray I saw was the cannon bone. I believe the xray accurate, and the fake Devil's Bag xray, another story.

As I recall, Danzig initially stood for 10K a season, and 25K a share, yet by 1985 he stood for some 250K.

His "ouchy" offspring included over 100 graded stakes winners, a total surpassed only by Northern Dancer himself, his son Sadlers Wells, and Danzig's own son Danehill.

Chief's Crown, War Chant, Lure, Langfuhr, and winners of every triple crown race are a few of the "ouchy" offspring Danzig sired. He was an incredible stallion.
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