Breaking from my usual lurking and reading on the forum, I must post something I found sort of interesting.
Take what you will from the article (I'm sure that you are all familiar with it). Would leave one to think that the hype outsells the performance. Always to be determined I suppose.
http://www.thoroughbredreview.com/94-97Stallions.htm
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too many things and too many horses
Actually, I would be most interested to read a "reverse" article... covering stallions that started elsewhere and then shipped into KY because of their Success.... Like Mr. Prospector, Service Stripe, etc.
A lot of the horses in the list in the article were themselves overpriced babies that didn't earn back their purchase price... and then, again, everyone is looking for the next Mr. Prospector. If you don't have the basics in the stallion, ie: conformation, performance, health (please don't breed bleeders.... so long Mountain Cat, may all your tied back babies be raised far from here), should he be bred on?
A lot of the horses in the list in the article were themselves overpriced babies that didn't earn back their purchase price... and then, again, everyone is looking for the next Mr. Prospector. If you don't have the basics in the stallion, ie: conformation, performance, health (please don't breed bleeders.... so long Mountain Cat, may all your tied back babies be raised far from here), should he be bred on?
So Run for the Roses, as fast as you can.....
Exellent reminder of the risk of breeding to unproven stallions. What I haven't been able to figure out is why buyers are so hot after these first/second crop horses over proven stallions. I suppose part of the answer is that proven successful stallions are so expensive, however, there are many older stallions that produce good race horses that are often overlooked. I suppose I already know the answer and that is 'speculation'. There is the speculative hope that the unkown will be the next Mr. Prospector or Storm Cat while breeding to a known, even though good stallion is not quite so exciting.