Steve Haskin's latest: 'Leave Crown Alone'

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not able? or didn't finish because of monetary concerns? only two horses on that list had actual career ending injuries. and how that list equals the majority i don't know...


i just don't agree with your whole argument that you've put together there. an injury usually is surmountable, but too many decide not to try because the shed is a much more lucrative place to be. that's what happened with point given, alex, smarty, etc it hasn't anything to do with spacing, the races, the distances-it has to do with money. so-the only way to change the amount of horses retired too soon is to increase the purse levels...either that, or have what you have right now-bad sales. every time the breeding end takes a hit, you have horses running longer-like when silver charm and real quiet ran at four.


aha...lookie what i just found at drf:

http://www.drf.com/news/article/104105.html


Stallion marketing turns inventive in tough times
By Glenye Cain Oakford
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The widespread economic downturn has prompted dramatic changes in the way many stallion owners do business. Competition for broodmares has been fierce all breeding season, and farms have slashed stud fees and offered creative incentives to lure breeders to their stallions' books.

Now, with the end of breeding season drawing near, another by-product of the recession is likely to become obvious in the stallion business, bloodstock agents say: a slower market for selling and syndicating stallion prospects.





The bloodstock market's 30- to 40-percent declines have kept stud fees and mare bookings lower this year. That makes it harder for farms to pay off a stallion's purchase price quickly, and few investors feel confident enough in their cash or credit lines to buy shares that could take several years to pay off