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Originally Posted by Danzig188
then you're in the wrong business. horse ran one year, if retiring is the best for the horse, than this sport should end now, since running them is so bad. if you think it should continue, than you are a hypocrite....or is it just SOME horses who deserve to be done 'right'.
i wish there were more people like those who owned slew, affirmed and spectacular bid. they were good for the sport.
and the sheik ought to know damn well that retirement isn't so rosy, look at his all time fave, dubai millenium, and what happened to him.
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As I said, it is a combination of a business decision and what is best for the horse.
Why should Bernardini run next year? What do they have to prove? If he wins the BC Classic, that would be the perfect time to retire him. He could go out on top and he'd probably be worth about $100 million. It would make no sense to run him next year.
I'm not in the wrong business. It doesn't sound like you have much business sense when it comes to horses if you think that Bernardini should run next year. The insurance alone would cost $5 million a year.