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I imagine there are a number of reasons, and one could simply be the bad luck of the draw, in that there have been aberrationally few fast horses, but I imagine Godolphin plays a role in this. I don't mean this as a criticism, but they have simply purchased an inordinate amount of our high end bloodstock over the last two decades, as well as many fast horses that have appeared on our racetracks, and these horses seem to race infrequently at best. Plus, quite often these horses get shipped to Dubai, and are forgotten or rarely heard from again. Check the Dubai Winter Carnival/World Cup entrees, and you will see them littered with " I always wondered what happened to that one " type of horses. People don't even realize many of the horses they purchase.

Surely there are other reasons, or explanations, but I do think there has been a talent drain in this country. If you have spent the kind of dollars the Sheik has over the last two or three decades, you certainly should have done a reasonable job of cornering the talent market, and unfortunately ( for us at least ) many of these horses never seem to race here.