Sell Your Racehorse!
 

So...your three year old has just won the Kentucky Derby and is 4-5 lifetime. A perfectly bred colt with impeccable conformation and virility that would make Golden Missile blush, you are looking to sell him and your agent has been working the phones day and night. You have three incredible offers, all very similar in money and terms. All three sales are for 100% of the horse and all have indicated that the "House" trainer would be taking over. Your only choice is...who to sell to? So...given the choices of IHEAH/Dutrow, Sheik Mo/bin Suroor or Jackson/Assmussen...who gets the Colt and why?

Sheik Mo/bin Suroor ........... He Has the Most money by miles & miles & miles

Would sell to the Sheiks. .

They are in my eyes the lesser of the three evils I would think... (course what do I know? I don't think before I type :rolleyes: )

At least they seem to take good care of their horses..

jakson and ass.... keeping the horse in america, and IEAH is not an option

edit*** contingent that blasi spending the majority of the time with the horse, and not ass

-bt-

Let's see...How about which ever group pays the most.. Why is it so bad to sell your horse or horses anyway? It's not like selling your daughter to the shiek to be his sex slave..I don't get the whole issue..

People get romantically involved in these animals and although I am sure you can have a horse as a pet and that horse can bring you great pleasure, typically those aren't racehorses.. I am sure plenty of folks become attached to the horse that they ride and work with daily. I would think those horses are a lot tougher to sale and leave then a fast filly who you can bearly pet.

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Freddy..my man...all offers are the same dude..It's not a question of whether you sell, it's WHO do you sell to? Realistic..no..but..

Jackson/Assmussen -

Keep the horse in the good ol' US of A

I'd sell him to Sheik Mo for two reasons:

1) Dutrow
2) Assmussen

OR take ALOT less $$$ and sell to some "decent" OR even keep the horse and finsih the 3 y/o season.

Good question!

I'd sell it to Ernie P - but only as long as Mullins gets to train it.

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Bob I really don't know. I guess it would be to IEAH only because I am guess some of the people in the partnership are OK.. I think Dutrow while a cheat is funny SOB and most likely a superior horseman.. Assuming all things equal IEAH

IEAH and hope the gelding turns out to be a huge flop

It wouldn't be IEAH, I know that.

Would weigh how much Jackson annoys me at times and how much I dislike Mr. Steve against how much Dubai disgusts me, but how much more I'd rather have my horse with them as far as their being horsemen goes.

OK, I fold. I think I'd be more disappointed in myself if I sold to Godolphin.

Jackson gets him.

Hell I'd sell the horse to Iranian President Imadinnerjacket if the price was right.

same here

Sell to Sheikh Mo...Most money, and a good chance the horse won't do anything after sale.

Probably go with Jackson and Assmussen with hopes of keeping in the US.

I would go with either IEAH or Sheik Mo as my disdain for them is less than it is for Jackson / Assmuseen. I keep waffleing on which of the two I would choose so I would probably end up do what I always do ask my wife. She would probably say IEAH eventhough they're a "Swarmy" bunch. At least we could get a few good laughs out of Dutrow.

In the end though all of their money is green ans accepted at the local liquor store where I'd be drowning my sorrows after making what would probably be the most difficult decision of my life. And no I wouldn't be drinking any of KJ's wines.

Very Thought provoking exercise.

I will take option D:

Mandella and B. Wayne Hughes or/Diamond A Racing!! :D

I guess Godolphin was feeling a bit left out too.
I wonder what they paid for him.

http://drf.com/news/article/103577.html

I like all three so it would be a difficult choice for me. I think the deciding factor would be if I sell him to Godolphin, when he runs in the World Cup the next year, I could probably get a free trip with all expenses paid over to Dubai out of the sheikhs. I'd go with them.

Assuming they were all the same offer, I would play them against each other and hope the price gets to $16 million.

This is just stupid. Why would anyone pay that much for a horse that's won four of five, including the Derby.........when they could buy an unraced yearling for that same price? I don't get it.