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Originally Posted by ELA
I completely understand your point, and I agree. However, I am also very clear on and aware of reality. Rather than debate who is and how a sportsmen would act, what I see is a very quick trigger pulled when an owner "disappoints" the public. It's become the common reaction, however, it also often comes from people who just don't understand the business. I hear people "count other people's money" and talk about a horse who could breed 100 mares at $75k and that's $15m in the first two years at stud. I've read this nonsense more than once.
Another example is James Tafel and Street Sense. As soon as he decided not to run in the Belmont, the gates of criticism burst wide open. In my opinion that was foolishness. Sure, different people have a different definition, but to critcize Tafel and say he's not a sportsmen -- that's BS.
Eric
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Perhaps we should examine the breeding industry as a whole then, 100K for Big Brown is an awful lot money for a debut sire when you look at his pedigree and the competition he has faced thus far. Once again I don't begrudge the owners at all, I understand what you said. I just wish there were more owners like Paulson.