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Originally Posted by oracle80
Joel,
The rush for AP Indy blood in the commercial breeding marketplace has been insane. Congrats, Suave, and now Ap Warrior will all be going to stud next year.
It actually makes a lot of sense. Bernadini will be out of reach for most breeders so going to a son of AP Indy is the next best thing in their minds.
Even in NY a horse named Anasheed will be standing here next year. I remember him, he was a slow as a kid on the short bus. Yet people seem to be really interested in going to him because hes a son of Ap Indy.
You have to seize the moment and capitalize on whats hot.
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I understand A.P. Indy's repect right now in the marketplace, but still...you have to assume he'll remain hot and only get hotter. I mean, hell, A.P. Indy is just now starting to be a sire of sires because he just started getting studs out in the market 2-3 years ago with horses like Golden Missile....I doubt anyone foresees a deprciation in that sirelines stock as much as an likely appreciation.
I just think the upside is such that they are doing an injustice to the horse by retiring him. I really do. You can't just retire every som of A.P. Indy now because they are 'hot'. Especially the ones who haven't proved all they could prove...A.P. Warrior still has something left to prove IMO and belongs on the race track.
I am breeding to a couple of different A.P. Indy horses this year and have bred to a couple the past few years - but I wouldn't look twice at A.P. Warrior for a breed.....he doesn't hold a very good reputation AT ALL to me in terms of genuinely being one of teh best of his generation...he needed to run at 4 to prove that IMO...