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brent fernung, bwana charlie, consolidator, journeyman stud, medallist, mobil, offlee wild, oratory, pollard's visiion, roman ruler, second-crop stallions, sire lists, stallion selection
Hardly had the van door closed on the Storm Cat stallion (and former Kentucky resident) Consolidator than his runners began knocking over more victories. Now standing at Journeyman Stud in Ocala, Fla., Consolidator has 21 winners, including one stakes winner and three stakes-placed.
Currently, Consolidator ranks 16th nationally among second-crop sires, one notch below fellow Journeyman resident Hear No Evil (by Carson City), the sire of Jackson Bend, most recently second in the Holy Bull to the now sidelined Winslow Homer.
The lead beast in the Journeyman Stud stallion barn is the Forest Wildcat horse Wildcat Heir, who ranks fourth nationally behind only Roman Ruler (Fusaichi Pegasus), Offlee Wild (Wild Again), and Pollard’s Vision (Carson City).
Not a bad showing for Journeyman Farm owner and stallion selector Brent Fernung (widely recognized as “The Genius” for purchasing the dams of two Kentucky Derby winners before they had that honor).
Fernung appears to be at least useful in the art of selecting stallions too.
Nor are the thundering herd in Florida the only ones with good prospects on the list of stallions whose first crop just turned 3 on January 1.
The good racer Medallist (Touch Gold) is standing in Pennsylvania and ranks 17th on the list, while Mobil (Langfuhr) is in Ontario (20th place) and Oratory (Pulpit) is in Maryland at 23rd place.
Bwana Charlie (Indian Charlie) is ranked 25th and stands at … Journeyman Stud. Fernung is going to be hard to live with if this gets any better.
Florida is truly rich in stallions this year. The stallion shows were a real pleasure to attend and we saw some horses that a few years ago we would never have expected to stand here. It’s nice as our mares need some new crosses quite terribly.
what were your thoughts on some of the stallions you saw?
I wish I’d gotten to Journeyman but was just too busy that week. We did see Congrats and D’Wildcat and were absolutely wowed. Very balanced and athletic horses.
We are breeding to three stallions from Signature this year – Western Pride, Straight Man, and Bachelor Blues, all of which are unique crosses to our mares (the Grand Slam, Saint Ballado, and El Prado lines have not been tried in them yet.) We were looking for soundness and body-type combinations as well as exciting paper crosses.
congrats is a splendid animal. one of the best-looking young stallions in fla.
sounds like you found some interesting young sires to use.
which mare lines are you working with?
Well we have Northern Dancer, Nureyev, Buckpasser, and Valid Appeal going on here.
The Northern Dancer mare has never been crossed with a Saint Ballado stallion so we’re looking forward to this cross. She’s had some success with Mr. P in the past and had an extraordinary filly by Western Pride last year. And we have a Nureyev-Valid Appeal cross that we are taking to the Sadlers Wells line.
We love crossing pedigrees here, it really whiles away the winter rain!
C’mon guys……..how about a little plug for REPENT who has a pretty good ranking. We have one of his colts ( FEW REGRETS) ready to go into training and are keeping our fingers crossed that it can emulate his daddy. LOL
omg, let’s say a lot of nice things about repent. and you know who managed his early years at stud … at cloverleaf … the G-man Fernung!