ElPrado wrote:What is this fascination with 17 hand + 2 year olds? God knows what growth hormones they've been given. I wouldn't want an 18.2 hand 3 year year old. The jock would need a ladder to mount, leg up or no.
I am also baffled by this. When you get into the really, really tall category of Thoroughbred, for every Zenyatta you have 999 unsound egg-beaters that can't beat a fat man on the way to a free meal. Give me a well-balanced, athletic looking 15.3 hand youngster any day over those 17h babies (who will most likely break down anyhow).
My yearlings (4/24-6/17/10) are all 15-15.2 now and we are prepping to sell in October. They are nice, athletic yearlings.
Back to this $925K horse, we shall see what happens...