McCann Headlines
10/19/12 - Another McCann bred wins!!
I’m So Vain (Purim/Vain Vixen) wins at Keeneland in a maiden claiming. Goes wire to wire to secure the win.
10/17/12 - McCann co-breeder on Hawthorne Derby winner!
Bob McCann was co-breeder on Two Months Rent (Purim/Sharp Tradition) winning the Hawthorne Derby on soft going under strong handling.
06/29/12 - Colt by Super Saver
February foal by Super Saver out of a Successful Appeal mare.
06/26/12 - Harlan Showgirl Wins
Harlan Showgirl pressed the pace, dropped back in the stretch then came again late for the win at Churchill Downs on June 22.
04/02/12 - McCann Bloodstock Celebrates 25 Years
Full disclosure has been Bob McCann’s guiding principle for the bloodstock agency he created 25 years ago. The Winchester, Ky., native’s straightforward approach has been so appreciated that he’s brokered a steadily increasing number of horses and contracts for 22 consecutive years beginning in October 1986, when the door of his agency opened.
Just a couple years into his new venture, McCann recalled how the sale of a stallion season gave him a client for life. The buyer had already agreed to purchase a stallion season for $15,000. Because it was the late 1980s when stud fees—actually the entire industry—were in a state of flux, McCann called the shareholder selling the season to double-check on the fee before sealing the deal. As it turned out, the fee had dropped to $12,000.
McCann rewrote the contract, adjusted the fee to $12,000 and lowered his commission accordingly. “The client had already agree to $15,000 and it would have been easy to make $3,000, but then I don’t sleep at night,” he said. “Th at man has been a regular client for me ever since and a friend.”
04/02/12 - Recent Newborn Foal: Gowestforgold
One of my recent newborn foals. This is a colt by Discreetly Mine out of my mare Gowestforgold.