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Originally Posted by Dunbar
If what you say is true about the courts, then the artificial insemination ban would not have held up. Why not grab a bunch of Sunday Silence sperm and have another 100 years of Sunday Silence offspring? Wasn't that their property, too?
There are already regulations about what kind of horse can race in a thoroughbred race. Restricting it further to horses that are the offspring of 5-yr-old or older stallions isn't a huge leap of imagination.
As far as your last question, I already addressed that. An injured horse that has value as a breeding prospect can live happily for a year or 2 without being bred. Yes, the owners will have to wait a bit to collect the breeding dividend, and the dividend may be a little smaller with 1-2 years taken out of the breeding lifetime.
I agree with you that it is extremely unlikely we'll ever see this change take place. But it won't be the courts that stop it. It will be shortsightedness and fragmentation in the industry.
--Dunbar
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I dont really know enough about the politics of AI to comment on it but do you have any idea how expensive it is to board a HEALTHY horse??? So now, you would suggest having owners pay that expense without any financial compensation for at least a year or two (noting that with a mare, you'd have to pay a stud fee and then wait almost another year while gestation was taking place... oh, and boarding fees increase when dealing with a pregnant mare/foal). Now adding insult to injury, literally, if your horse had mounting vet bills, you could add thousands a month to that already building bill.
I understand we all want to see talented horses continue racing until they're either past their prime, proven their mettle, or unfortunately get injured, but its not financially reasonable for MOST owners in the sport. Be a fan, be a vocal fan... but view the issue from every angle possible. You may change your tune slightly.