Thank you Mike... when people start realizing that there are people who try to make a living in the sport, and like anyone else in any other industry make the best financial decisions they can for themselves, maybe people will let up a slight tad on the breeding industry.

In this sport, its so HARD to break even, let alone make a good profit that when you get the chance with one animal, you take it, because that animal has to carry all your other ones who arent getting it done.

Yes, some connections have more money than God himself... but who can blame them for still treating the sport as a business? It is what it is. Its a vicious cycle that checks itsself every few years. Hell, thats the universal theme of economics. Do what your can while the market is hot so you can weather it when its not.

Suggesting a horse cant breed until 5 is like suggesting every horse that cant win a graded race shouldnt be bred. In theory it sounds good for the sport, but its an extremist attitude geared toward the fan and gambler, not the breeders who make their income on luck and chance.