Guess Square Eddie is OK; NTR in return..

[Cannon Shell]

At what point will they stop bothering to note "track records" on the main track?

[alysheba4]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

At what point will they stop bothering to note "track records" on the main track?

....good question, never seen anything like it.

[Merlinsky]

“He seemed healthy finally, and he hadn't been that great of a sire,” Reddam said. “So why not?" http://bit.ly/fMLNPg

What? He was just bred to mares in 2010. The foals aren't on the ground yet. Not "that great"? Most of those were Reddam's mares, and he'd said at the retirement that they weren't going to market Square Eddie very hard, so it can't have been about outside demand. It doesn't seem to be about fertility either.

I enjoyed Square Eddie before, and I really do hope he's back. It'd be great to have a talented edition to the older horse ranks. The quote from Reddam just struck me as odd. If he was temporarily retired until they could give him time off and check him, say that.

[hockey2315]

I think he meant that there was little to no interest by anyone to breed to him. 98 Beyer.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

I think he meant that there was little to no interest by anyone to breed to him. 98 Beyer.

But he didn't try too hard to get interest. You can't make a half-hearted effort--sounds like it was even less than that--and do a private fee, then expect them to be beating down your door.

[Pedigree Ann]

The track records for the old dirt course that was removed several years ago should remain on the books as the records for that course. This is a new course, a new surface, like when they enlarged Gulfstream and put in a new surface on a new base. The records set on this new surface should be for this surface only. When do you think that the speed figure guys will admit that their figures for this new Santa Anita surface are off kilter? <grin>

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

The track records for the old dirt course that was removed several years ago should remain on the books as the records for that course. This is a new course, a new surface, like when they enlarged Gulfstream and put in a new surface on a new base. The records set on this new surface should be for this surface only. When do you think that the speed figure guys will admit that their figures for this new Santa Anita surface are off kilter? <grin>

The speed figure guys are hardily the problem? The people making the figs are fine. The track is new and will take some time to develop into what it should be.