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is this the beginning of the end for war chant?
war chant gets tomahawk chopped
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war chant gets tomahawk chopped
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Probably just a chance to generate extra income for now, since I think this is a seasonal lease rather than a purchase. If his first Chilean crop comes up gangbusters, that could change, especially if he continues to have modest results in the U.S.
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Mahubah wrote:Probably just a chance to generate extra income for now, since I think this is a seasonal lease rather than a purchase. If his first Chilean crop comes up gangbusters, that could change, especially if he continues to have modest results in the U.S.
I would agree...and FuPeg is shuttling there too...
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Perseveres with his heart
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The occasional deals I've been privy to for South American shuttle deals have been for a fixed price for the season rather than a "stud fee." Everything is very different there -- the currency, cost of doing business, plus the farms are scattered over the country as opposed to being clustered in a few areas. So a South American farm might buy the whole summer -- say for $125K or something. They get to cover their mares. They can sell seasons as they wish to other farms who might want to breed to the horse. Sometimes there is a "cap" on the number of covers the stallion is allowed to perform.
Besides giving the horse a chance to maybe get something going in another hemisphere, it gets him off his farm's feed bill for half of the year.
Besides giving the horse a chance to maybe get something going in another hemisphere, it gets him off his farm's feed bill for half of the year.
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madelyn wrote:The occasional deals I've been privy to for South American shuttle deals have been for a fixed price for the season rather than a "stud fee." Everything is very different there -- the currency, cost of doing business, plus the farms are scattered over the country as opposed to being clustered in a few areas. So a South American farm might buy the whole summer -- say for $125K or something. They get to cover their mares. They can sell seasons as they wish to other farms who might want to breed to the horse. Sometimes there is a "cap" on the number of covers the stallion is allowed to perform.
Besides giving the horse a chance to maybe get something going in another hemisphere, it gets him off his farm's feed bill for half of the year.
so what i am getting at is..let's say I like war chant (for some odd reason). and let's say I wanted to try a south american bred filly with him.. it would be cheaper to buy one down there, bred them down there and keep her down there until they foal than it would be to wait until he gets back?
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Probably not, especially if you were planning on running the foal in NA.
The foal would be at a disadvantage because of the age restriction and difference in breeding season down there. So you would lose time and racing options with the foal.
It's also been my experience that good South American fillies who were stakes quality (often group) runners in their homeland often find themselves in for a tag Stateside.
They're usually undervalued here but still bring a premium down in South America, especially with the current state of the dollar.
There's a few stallions in a South America that intrigue me, but I've never seen any indication that it would ever be cost effective to try to breed to one, whether it be on N.A time or not.
The foal would be at a disadvantage because of the age restriction and difference in breeding season down there. So you would lose time and racing options with the foal.
It's also been my experience that good South American fillies who were stakes quality (often group) runners in their homeland often find themselves in for a tag Stateside.
They're usually undervalued here but still bring a premium down in South America, especially with the current state of the dollar.
There's a few stallions in a South America that intrigue me, but I've never seen any indication that it would ever be cost effective to try to breed to one, whether it be on N.A time or not.
oliverstoned wrote:Fusaiachi Pegasus is going to Chille too. I thought the Aussies loved him?
Ummmm....no, we didn't love him. However Coolmore kept telling us that we did.
He is being replaced by his number one son Haradasun who spent half his racing career running sideways under pressure. It will be interesting to see what Aidan O'Brien can do with him in the short space of time he now has to turn the horse into a dual hemishere commodity.
Oh, Coolmore also think that Haradsun is the perfect stallion for all our Danehill line mares.
