The Prime Minister

Blogger has been ill with flu. Very debilitating over last 2 weeks..  Made mistake stopping at McDonald's on way to LA is probably when it happened. On with Hip #148. 

My colt of which I'll post some vids soon--he's grown from those skinny legs in the LA vid--looks nothing like his sire, Rainmaker pictured last post, and instead bears notable resemblance to his broodmare sire The Prime Minister.

It would take someone that's been around for a while to appreciate The Prime Minister who now stands in Georgia for $1000.00.  Must be in his 20s.  And, wish I could find one of his stallion photos to post.  This was one big beautiful horse by noted sire Deputy Minister out of foundation broodmare Stick to Beauty (see Maplejinsky, Sky Beauty, Gold Beauty--anybody remember Sinister Minister? et. al.).  He won the Goodwood Handicap, which is a Grade I, I think, before they hurt him.  The Prime Minister has been one of those stallions over the years that I take note of.  I've in the old days tried to buy The Prime Minister progeny.

So, having quite by accident now stumbled on to one now by The Prime Minister, this is right up my ally.  And-take note I latched onto the horse before even looking at his catalog page.  That he has The Prime Minister, Storm Cat, Antespend, Spend A Buck and Pleasant Colony through Cherokee Colony at the bottom all in one pedigree--some of my favorite stallions from the early years, good grief, I am thrilled. I'd tried to latch on to a The Prime Minister in the early '90s.  Who'd have thunk it would take to 2012 to get one in the barn, and stakes placed $50,000 win broodmare to boot.
 I did violate one of my precepts.  And, it worries me.  The colt has significant white stockings on two of his legs.  I always consider white legs as weak, and I always eliminate them from my catalog.  Here I bit and bought one with white legs.  He's got everything else.  Will see.  Here's the pedigree again: