I'm new to this blog posting, but, my question in regards to this issue is, "Why would you open up a blog that was 420 days old?"
Lilacs and Laces was also retired sold/moved to Japan...she is in foal to Henrythenavigator...seems she just stepped out of the winner's cirlce not long ago. I mean, yes she did lose the Oaks, but jeez...
A good mare, I totally agree with Rossington though, I mean people were quite pre-mature to call her "Baby Z" I mean really people? Gettin your hopes a bit high. I do hope that she does have a wonderful broodmare career and develops little foals that can carry on her legacy
Stardom Bound WAS A GREAT RACE HORSES I HOPE THAT STARDOM BOUND HAS A GREAT LIFE
2YO fillies will often not develop like males... I think that's what happened here.
My take is, that other filly ran a pretty decent race for not being within 2 weeks of being ready to beat that field. When I read that she was at CD, was happy and turned in a good 5F work, I thought, good. There's hope that she'll show that she really is a good one.
Sometimes in racing, horses that start out their careers as superstar's, as in the case of Stardom Bound, just aren't able to hold or maintain that same form as they progress and get older. There's no question about the fact that Stardom Bound was, and is, a championship caliber filly. You don't reel off 5 Grade 1 win's in a row like she did in late 2008 through 2009 if you're not. But there in, IMO, may be the cause and effect result that has now forced Stardom Bound into retirement as a 4yr.old filly/mare. Even as good as this filly has been, I really think that grueling late 2yr.old-early 3yr.old campaign has ultimately proven itself to be just too much for Stardom Bound to continue her racing career with anywhere near the success that her owners and trainers are accustomed to seeing out of her. Such a grueling, grinding schedule, even producing result's at the time, can ultimately cause long term effect's on the horse itself. There in, making achieving those same kind of results as they get older, impossible. There's another 4yr.old filly in racing right now, who had an unbelievable 3yr.old campaign. With a very grueling and grinding schedule as well. And like Stardom Bound, she too produced those desired result's. But now, as a 4yr.old, she look's like a filly that me potentially be in the same boat as Stardom Bound has ultimately found herself in. Feeling the effect's of such a grueling campaign. TJMO. Good luck to Stardom Bound in her broodmare career.