bellsbendboy Wrote:
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> 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.
> BBB
>
>

Chief's Crown - 21 starts
War Chant - 7 starts
Lure - 25 Starts
Langfuhr 23 Starts

You picked 3 pretty solid Danzigs there. His average number of starts is much lower. He himself only had 3 starts.

To my knowledge Danzig never sired a Derby Winner. He got a Preakness winner in Pine Bluff and a Belmont Winner in Danzig Connection. Pine Bluff started 13 times, Danzig Connection 17, still WAY ABOVE his average.

The interesting thing about Danzig was he did come up with some decent horses IF he was crossed to a really good mare. His relatively small number of sound offspring generally were from such crosses. Obviously War Chant wasn't one, despite the fact Hollywood Wildcat was a pretty sound mare.