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Originally Posted by Handicappy

I really don't. If the dam produces a grade 1 placing from her off-spring, her value does increase. That would only make sense. Doesn't it?

Having a foal finish third in a Grade 1 is not going to add three million dollars of value to a dam's worth.

That particular dam's value was established by two other foals of her's. If Capote's Crown had wings, and won a Grade 1 ( she was a very mediocre horse ), that would have added to the mare's value. However, considering her progeny, Capote's Crown ( even with a third in a Grade 1 ) was hardly going to increase her value substantially....and nowhere close to three million dollars.

You do realize we're talking about the dam of Smoke Glacken.....don't you?