Why would they do this?

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by whorstman

25k, huh? Will they take a check?

Certified and remeber to include any local sales tax.

Originally Posted by paisjpq

breeders get 'fleeced' too...for every one that sells for 750K there are a dozen others that won't cover the stud fee.

Sorry ... I meant the stud farms ... the syndicates ... the big-name stallion owners ... they almost always come out ahead.

But not the broodmare and yearling owners ... they can take a hosing too.

Although in some cases ... they are one and the same.

[TitanSooner]

Originally Posted by Bold Brooklynite

Thanks ... I wasn't aware that they put a shadow roll on him.

you're attitude is terrific.. must have a lot of friends.

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

I'm more impressed with the conformation on a colt or filly myself. I wouldn't buy one with lousy conformation (I don't care what the pedigree says.) That's the problem though... people in the business care more about the "pedigree" and amount of black type than they do with the way the individual looks.

That's exactly how Rex Elsworth started his breeding barn. He found mares with good conformation and didn't care what thier race record was. The same applied to his first stallons and he managed to produce Swaps and a few other good horses.

We might note that his Champions weren't much when they went to the breeding shed. They never really produced much, so I guess you do need some blue blood in there.

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by TitanSooner

you're attitude is terrific.. must have a lot of friends.

LOL!!!
He invites them over to pass the bottle of red around the campfire, just a few feet away from the refrigerator box...in the "shadow roll" of the underpass, in between windshield "jobs" and "deposit bottle collecting".
Don't fret his library time must be almost up. His friends have to wait outside because if they don't bathe, they won't be allowed inside the library.
Stinks up the books, ya know.
The things people do to go to "townhall.com"......

Originally Posted by TitanSooner

you're attitude is terrific.. must have a lot of friends.

Make that "worshipers."

[post2post]

nice horse for 25 K !!!

plus $ 50 WP didn't hurt either

[Betsy]

As much as I love Indy, this colt clearly has little ability and the owners want to cut their losses. Even the best stallions sire their share of duds........

Originally Posted by Betsy

As much as I love Indy, this colt clearly has little ability and the owners want to cut their losses. Even the best stallions sire their share of duds........

They're cutting more than just their losses.