What was it specifically that impressed Mr. Murdock?

Gregory: He was very aware of the capabilities of *Bandos as a sire. We have on the farm several mares who have produced champion stock sired by *Bandos. We also have five Comet daughters.

Everyone knows about the nick with Comet daughters bred to *Bandos. We had a barn full of reasons to want to own *Bandos. His beauty is admired by all and his fame has come because of his record as a sire, Mr. Murdock believes you never have a great farm until you have a great stallion.

We have some outstanding stallions, but with consideration to our mares and their production records, *Bandos would make Ventura Farms truly complete. Arabians: Did you really think Poland would sell the horse? Gregory: We didn't know.

He was very important to their breeding program and had, of course, been very profitable for their auctions. We also realized they had several of his sons standing at stud in Poland. The only way we could find out about his availability was to ask.

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