Why did they retire IHA when this kind of injury can heal pretty fast. Is there to much to make breeding to take the chance of running again. Seen a lot of great horses retire early to be put out to stud. Always heard the big money is in breeding but that was a long time ago.
Thanks buddy. 
Why did they retire IHA when this kind of injury can heal pretty fast. Is there to much to make breeding to take the chance of running again. Seen a lot of great horses retire early to be put out to stud. Always heard the big money is in breeding but that was a long time ago.
Thanks buddy.
Good question. My cynical side says that they lay him off until all the juice gets out of his system and in Jan. or Feb. he runs again after a miracle recovery. I obviously don't know the extent of the injury, but if they are going to walk him in the post parade then at least he's functional.
I mean, I have seen horses with serious muscle and tendon issues and they are often hung in a sling sort of apparatus so they can't put any pressure on the leg. the fear is that under the wieight they'll snap a sesamoid or end up with laminitis or somehting similar.
Assuming the horse is hurt, but will be sound enugh to breed, they might have already struck some deal with, say, a Japanese or Saudi connection for a helluva lot more dough than the "paltry" $600,000 he makes if he wins the Belmont. The deal might be that he will be syndicated and part of it was the new owners telling O'Neill that he can't run in the Belmont..
You or BULL or someone might remember this happening with another horse in the last 5-10 years (maybe before a BC race?), but I can't remember who it was.
Well might be this one Mike. Horse won the Derby in 2000 (one of my favorites, never seen a horse make a move like that) 2001 he was sent to stud.
This year's Kentucky Derby winner, Fusaichi Pegasus, has been sold to the Ireland-based breeder Coolmore Stud, where the colt will begin his stallion career in 2001. Although terms of the sale were not disclosed, the price was a record for a stallion prospect, the Coolmore spokesman Richard Henry said.
The Daily Racing Form reported the sale price at between $60 million and $70 million. The previous high is believed to be $40 million, which was paid for Shareef Dancer in 1983. Fusaichi Pegasus will race through the Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, in November for his owner, Fusao Sekiguchi. Sekiguchi, a Japanese venture capitalist who paid $4 million for Fusaichi Pegasus in 1998, won't retain any ownership for breeding purposes.
Fusaichi Pegasus will stand at Coolmore's farm in Versailles, Ky. The Racing Form said his stud fee would be in the $200,000 range.
At a price of $200,000 a live foal, Coolmore could generate as much as $20 million a year if Pegasus produces 100 foals annually, according to the Bloodhorse, a publication that tracks the breeding industry.
hear you go.............
Fusaichi Pegasus is the sire of 191 dams of 307 foals, 161 rnrs (52%), 79 wnrs (25%), 1 2yo wnr (0%), .95 AEI, 1.60 CI; 2 sw, Leading Earner: Free Judgement ($394,152).
THAT'S A SHITLOAD of Breeders Awards. Multi-millions.
So say I pay 200k to breed. Does the breeder get any cut of the purses?
So say I pay 200k to breed. Does the breeder get any cut of the purses?
Absolutely .......for everyone they've bred that collects a check.....
GOOGLE thorogubred horse breeders' awards. here is Kentucky:
https://khrc.ky.gov/Pages/KBIF.aspx
Mostly in the last 15--20 years since bredding has become such a great science now.
Established in 1995,
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