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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
I don't completely agree. It's usually always about money. Earlier this year, when they realized George Washington wasn't covering mares, they retired a newly turned perfectly healthy 3 year old, who was a champ at 2, to fill his stud duties.
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partly money, partly a lot of owners of mares who suddenly were scrambling for a breeding with a danehill colt.
this from the bloodhorse mag after the belmont:
"We are at the stage in our lives where we like to enjoy our horses, and I certainly wouldn't want to retire any of them to be become stallions or broodmares at age 3. Now sometimes, because they are high-strung animals, you don't have any option. But in a perfect world, we would keep them all running through age 4."--micheal tabor