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					Originally Posted by pgardn
					
				 
				The sport of Kings has not a flipping clue as to how good a runner a foal will turn out. 
			
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 But it has complete control over how valuable it will be as a yearling at auction. That, I suspect, is why the market breeders breed sales yearlings first and racehorses as an afterthought.