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Originally Posted by pba1817
As I said in my previous post, there will be circumstances in which the owner will have to assume some responsibility for injured horses without an immediate sell off when the racing career ends.
Also, why is everyone in such a hurry to breed unsound horses as soon as their racing careers are over due to injury? Do you all recognize the insanity of this proposition and just how it has ruined the breed's stability and soundness?
Is it not impossible to think that by imposing a minimum breeding age would make owners/breeders focus on breeding sound horses instead of brittle and weak speedsters?
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Sound horses get hurt too...
Obviously I'm not a breeder, but limiting the number of foals per stallion would seem to be a place to start. The knee jerk reaction of the breeder might be outrage that they can't maximize their stud fees, but limiting the number of foals and then yearlings might drive up the demand by limiting the supply. Based on the number of reserves not met at the Sep KEE sale and the declining middle and bottom averages, it certainly couldn't hurt.