Adena fees are up
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Rokeby Forever
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Why does Frank Stronach set his initial fees so high only to see them plummet? I just don't understand his logic.
What synthetics are to California racing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gb0mxcpPOU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gb0mxcpPOU
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kimberley mine
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Well, why did Lane's End start Mineshaft and Lemon Drop Kid at $100k when less than half that would be more likely? Why did Smarty Jones start at $100k and Point Given at $125k and all that?
Stronach isn't making a trend, he's following a trend. His problem, if you can call doing the same thing as just about every other major stallion operation a problem, is that unlike every other major stallion operation, he tends to deal in less-than-fashionable (for the US) bloodlines. North Light at $50,000 is a perfect example. There just isn't a strong market for sons of Danehill in the US. No matter how hard you try, sons of Danehill, particularly those out of Rainbow Quest mares, are not going to light a fire under a market obsessed with 6f juvenile speed.
I agree that Aristocrat would make a good gelding.
Stronach isn't making a trend, he's following a trend. His problem, if you can call doing the same thing as just about every other major stallion operation a problem, is that unlike every other major stallion operation, he tends to deal in less-than-fashionable (for the US) bloodlines. North Light at $50,000 is a perfect example. There just isn't a strong market for sons of Danehill in the US. No matter how hard you try, sons of Danehill, particularly those out of Rainbow Quest mares, are not going to light a fire under a market obsessed with 6f juvenile speed.
I agree that Aristocrat would make a good gelding.