Who’s the Daddy? The sires that produce Grand National winners
March 1st, 2008Breeding experts will tell you that the stamina comes from the sire. So surely, in a race where the most stamina is required, we should be able to learn something by looking at the sires of past national winners. Are there any trends to help us find the 2008 runners with the greatest stamina?
The greatest Grand National sire of recent years is Roselier who is responsible for Bindaree and Royal Athlete as well as five placings in the last 14 years. In the same period he has produced 5 winners of Scottish or Welsh nationals and 4 placings. And all this is from only around 40 odd runners.
The only sire to get anywhere near this great record is Montelimar who produced national winners Hedgehunter and Montys Pass, as well as two other placings, from just 13 runners.
Montelimar is represented by Hedgehunter once again this year but of much more interest are Roselier’s representatives D’Argent and Ossmoses (if he gets into the race off 10st 3lb) .
AK Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Any significance in the fact that Patsy Halls dam’s sire is Roselier or am I clutching at straws? It looked like it didnt stay at Cheltenham but the link to Roselier could give us some hope i suppose???