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Originally Posted by SentToStud
Maybe he's just anxious to see the "Bernie's Babies" hit the track.
Maybe the cost to insure him ($3 mil? $5 mil?) for a year without a realistic chance to earn that much on the track coupled with the chance of a catastrophic breakdown plus the desire to get him going as a stallion makes it a more palatable decision.
It ain't likely about the money. Probably the chance of him getting injured or worse is more important to the owner than it would be to most other people.
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if a lumberman can dig deep to run slew at four...you really think a guy tossing money around like he grew it in his backyard can't?? then there's the meyerhoffs who ran the bid at four. silver charm, real quiet, they ran at four...but of course when horses stick around, it's because the sales #'s are down. there is a direct correlation between the breeding market and whether a horse sticks around to run or not....right now, $ is flying thru the air at a dizzying rate at these sales....everyone is trying to pile on. and as long as these guys with oil money to burn are willing to indulge themselves, it'll continue. as will premature retirements.