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Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance
I guess you are just a little way behind with that process then. It's a shame because i thought America would manage to keep away from that problem. From what i have seen, your owners are far more stubborn to sell to bigger owners than they are over here.
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It's not so much that the smaller owners are less willing to sell, but that so many of the high-profile owners are utilizing many of the same trainers. For eaxmple, an outfit like Todd Pletcher's has hundreds of well-bred, well-connected horses. He manages the stable in such a way that his top horses rarely run against one another, save for a race like the Kentucky Derby (where he had five entries for different owners) and the Breeders' Cup. I'm not saying he is wrong for doing so, but the end result is that most Grade I stakes races in the US have small fields with a prohibitive favorite.