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Originally Posted by The Bid
I think it will cripple the sale Cannon. The median price of horses will drop drastically with sires being unproven on poly. I dont generally buy into the idea that turf horses like poly either, I think its a completely different surface all together. Also I dont think all polys are created equal, different composition.
At the very least there will be a very cool market in the median pricerange...between 30 and 150. How can you buy a horse by a sire whos unproven to produce a runner over a surface? I wouldnt do it and I buy every year.
Love Keeneland, I dont like politics playing a role in the games future. I think Keeneland getting involved with poly has forced it along, there should have been a period of tests, checks, and balances, instead of a rush to install POLY
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I think you are buying too much into the effect this will have on the sales. Remember that the people who buy horses at the top end make more money when the prices are high. I have reason to believe that almost all sales over a million dollars have some kind of arrangement attached.
Plus a downturn in the sales market would be the good fortune of racing as it will become more affordable to buy quality horses and the incentive for the top end to go to the shed will be lessened.
Like it or not politics plays a huge part in the sports future, now more than ever, and Keeneland is not who we should be afraid of.