Comeback Horses!

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Rose in his frustration let it slip that it was more an insurance issue than anything. The group that owned him was named Cash is King for God's sake. Yes, there were some new developments with the injury that did made him more of an insurance risk. In turn the insurance premium went up. If they wanted to bring him back the following year they could have but only while paying a much higher insurance premium. While I in no way fault them for their decision it was a decision to retire him, not a retirement due to a career ending injury. In the end cash was king.

If the horse was a $50,000 claimer, they may have tried to bring him back. Afleet Alex was worth over $15 million. As poor as the prognosis was, they obviously were not going to bring him back.

Even with a healthy horse, it would cost $750,000 a year to insure a $15 million horse. You are right that insurance is very expensive. Despite the fact that insurance is very expensive, they would have still brought the horse back if the prognosis was not so poor.