does anyone have a clue what curlin's stud fee will be?

[wallinga]

I agree... this guy will serve full books in his first three years, regardless of what they stand him on... the surgery will have no effect what so ever.

[Ill-bred]

He had an OCD lesion removed from his left ankle as a weanling.

From Frank Mitchell's DRF piece:

Curlin began to bow out at the knees and turn in at the ankles, faults that are severely penalized by yearling buyers.

"He toed in badly in the left front ankle," White said, "and to correct that we had a transphyseal bridge put in place, and after it has been in place more than 30 days, you can have some calcification, which was the case with Curlin. The procedure was done at about 60 days of age, with one screw above the growth plate, one below the growth plate, and a wire that applied torque on that side of his ankle."

This procedure was done by Dr. Rolf Embertson at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital.

[ASB]

Well if that's the case, you can add that to the OCD surgery.