[Danzig]

i don't know that GREED is the correct word here. the sheik felt that dubai millenium would be his big time stallion. of course poor luck and illness cost him his favorite horse. now he has another big horse in bernardini. it's strange, as others have said and i agree--people want that one special horse, one who sets the world on fire. but as soon as they get one, they get nervous and run scared. sheik mo thinks this guy is his big chance to have a signature stallion at his new farm. i mean, this guy tore down jonabell and re-built it from top to bottom, one end to the other. now he needs his own version of storm cat, ap indy, or dare i say...giants causeway to be his big star.

but doubting bernardini can live up to expectations is the right way to think about it. it's very difficult to make a stallion, especially a top notch, six figure commanding stallion who draws mares from all over the world. bernardini will start out as one, but where will he be in a few years? who knows?? he could end up a bust, plenty of others with fantastic pedigrees have done so. odds are more in favor of him failing to live up to expectations than of meeting them--and i don't see him exceeding those expectations! because plenty will be expected of him....