$1.9 bought a pretty nice riding horse :)

Crystal · Postby **Crystal** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:31 am

http://lexington.craigslist.org/grd/1648902725.html

Buzz Chace (as agent) bought this Forestry colt for $1.9 mill at the 04' Keen Sept Yearling sale. He is out of the stakes producing mare Clever Bertie (2nd dam- Clever But Costly) and from the family of some nice stake winners.

https://secure.keeneland.com/sales/Sep04/pdfs/477.pdf

He never made it to the track, but someone along the way made a VERY smart decision and gelded this boy and made him into a very pretty riding horse. They didnt just say hey he has testicals let's make him a stud.

I think this is a great story (even if the horse is for sale) of someone who did something responsible along the way and didnt just see $$ in their eyes.

Des · Postby **Des** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:40 pm

Now...Did they geld him just for the heck of if or was he studdish...That would be my question here... Peolpe are just SOOOOOOOOOO quick to say lets geld him..WHY

Louise · Postby **Louise** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 5:01 pm

Des wrote:Now...Did they geld him just for the heck of if or was he studdish...That would be my question here... Peolpe are just SOOOOOOOOOO quick to say lets geld him..WHY

The horse didn't even make it to the track. WHY would you not geld him? There are too many inferior stallions crashing to the lower level tracks as it is, and stallions are darn hard to place into second careers. IMO, many more should be gelded.

Fair Play · Postby **Fair Play** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:21 pm

Louise wrote:The horse didn't even make it to the track. WHY would you not geld him? There are too many inferior stallions crashing to the lower level tracks as it is, and stallions are darn hard to place into second careers. IMO, many more should be gelded.

Exactly. Once they are past 2, they are major bucks to geld here, (like $500 to $800) so try to give one away, no matter how nice and attractive, that is still a stallion.....

photofinish · Postby **photofinish** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:38 pm

Des wrote:Now...Did they geld him just for the heck of if or was he studdish...That would be my question here... Peolpe are just SOOOOOOOOOO quick to say lets geld him..WHY

Because a good colt makes a great gelding. Doesn't matter how much they paid for him, he couldn't run. What else would you do, keep him intact so can go to some state and breed 5 mares a year for a $500 stud fee?

Crystal · Postby **Crystal** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:48 am

My whole point. He is doing wonderful things as a riding horse and seems to be very happy and well taken care of.

Somebody at sometime made the right decision for the future of the horse

ElPrado · Postby **ElPrado** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:09 pm

A stallion doesn't usually make a good pet. It takes a very experienced handler to work with one. Just think "dominance issues".
You geld a colt that is not top quality, so that it can be handled and perhaps have a useful life. In racing, top quality means performance on the track, not "ooh, he's pretty". Stallions can easily kill or seriously injure someone.

erins isle · Postby **erins isle** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:20 am

just think about the horse, as a gelding he will have a nice life, think about staying in the field with a group, nice and social!