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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
Points in no particular order
1. Darley's American breeding operation has been pretty lousy
2. It is no secret that Sheikh Mo wants to do anything in his power to hurt Coolmore (which he has)
3. There is zero chance that they paid $50 mill for AGS
4. Winstar has Distorted Humor, they dont need AGS (plus they think that they going to get one like him every year...), why not cash out before he possibly gets exposed?
5. Speculating on the success of future stallions is difficult because other than proof of being top class, racing performance does not have that much to do with it.
6. Darley's buying these three year olds up because they are convinced that this is an outstanding crop and they want to be a bigger player in the stallion ranks in USA (which they now are)
7. I don't think that they will buy Curlin unless he wins out the rest of the year , then all bets are off.
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There is every chance they paid $50million for him. Money is no object for them and WinStar had already expressed their delight about standing him next year. There is no way they would have let him go for any less than twice what he is worth. With his pedigree and race record, and the fact he is still improving (so it seems) he would easily be worth $20million at least as a stallion prospect.
Sure, they have Distorted Humor, but these days studs want as many sons of their stallions as they can get. Just like Coolmore wanted as many sons of Danehill as they could get.
I'm pretty certain that they wouldn't have let him go for anything less than $40million.