< too weak to get excited about Bernardini's future as a sire. >

WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE...I'VE BEEN STUDYING PEDIGREES LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE THE EDUCATED GUESS THAT HE HAS A CHANCE TO SERIOUSLY IMPACT THE BREED AND GET TOP CLASS PERFORMERS....HIS PEDIGREE AND BRILLIANCE ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT HE'LL GET ALL OF DUBAI'S BEST MARES FROM THE NORTHERN DANCER SIRELINE (because why would they support Lane's End with A.P. Indy when they can get to that blood with their own brilliant stud?)....IT IS VERY EASY TO SEE HIM BECOMING A SIRE OF SIRES - AND SIRES OF SIRES IMPACT THE GAME AS MUCH AS ANY HORSE CAN...

< Besides, the most noteworthy change in the breed in the last 25 years is the apparent increase in fragility. >

THE DAMAGE IS DONE AND THIS PROBABLY AND SADLY WILL NEVER CHANGE...THE GAME HAS EVOLVED AND BUYERS WANT PRECOCIOUS HORSES WITH LASER QUICK LOOKS AND PEDIGREES TO POTENTIALLY STRETCH...THAT IS WHAT BUYERS ARE CALLING FOR AND THAT IS WHAT SELLERS ARE GOING TO GIVE THEM....IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE MARKET THEN YOU MAY WANT TO START BREEDING AND SELLING SOUND ROUTE HORSES, BUT IT WON"T BE VERY PROFITABLE FOR YOU BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO WAIT ON TO DEVELOPE....THAT IS JUST THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT THE BUYER'S MARKET IN OUR GAME...HORSES ARE BRED TO BE FRAGILE NOW SO THAT THEY ARE IRONICALLY FASHIONABLE TO BUYERS....JUST THE FACTS AND IT WILL PROBABLY NEVER CHANGE...SORRY MAN, YOU NEED TO GET OVER THAT LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO SAVE ON-TRACK ATTENDANCE...THAT IS ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE GAME THAT IS SIMPLY A THING OF THE PAST AND PROBABLY WILL NEVER CHANGE...HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU LIKE THAT...

< I don't think you know what the gambler wants. As a serious gambler, I want to bet horses that run frequently. >

I THINK I KNOW AS WELL AS ANYBODY WHAT THE SERIOUS GAMBLER WANTS, HOWEVER I WANT TO LIVE UNTIL I'm A HUNDRED TOO, BUT HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT...I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN, BUT THE FACT IS THAT IT WILL NEVER CHANGE BECAUSE TRAINERS AND HORSEMEN JUST DON"T CAMPAIGN HORSES LIKE THE OLD DAYS ANYMORE AND THEY WON'T CHANGE BECAUSE HORSES JUST WILL NOT GET BETTER BUILT...COLD, HARD FACT..

< But I'm pretty certain that the typical horseplayer would not say that the breed needs another good sire. >

WHY THE HELL NOT?..EVERYBODY GETS EXCITED ABOUT NEW, GOOD BLOOD IN OUR GAME....LOOK AT THE PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT OFFICER AND JOHANNESBURG THIS YEAR, AND THE PEOPEL THAT CANNOT WAIT TO SEE VINDICATION'S BABIES SELL IN THE RING THIS YEAR AND RACE NEXT YEAR....THE GAME CAN ALWAYS NEED GOOD, NEW BLOOD....ALWAYS...A.P. INDY WON't BE AROUND FOREVER AND WE NEED HORSES LIKE MINESHAFT AND BERNARDINI TO CARRY THAT LEGACY AND BLOODLINE....JUST LOOK AT SEATTLE SLEW NOW...HE IS DEAD AND NOW HE ONLY HAS A COUPLE SONS THAT HAVE ANY PROMISE OF BEING GOOD SIRES TO CARRY HIS BLOOD ALONG FOR GENERATIONS TO COME AND THEY ARE A.P. INDY AND VINDICATION AND THE REST OF HIS SONS ARE LITTLE PLAYERS.... THERE IS DEFINATELY A REASON TO GET EXCITED ABOUT NEW DYNAMIC STALLIONS...