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Old 10-30-2008, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Cajungator26
Seems to me that back in the days of old, more farms actually owned the good offspring of the stallions they stood and it benefitted them by keeping the offspring on the track. Too many hands in the cookie jar for that nowadays ...
yeah, i know.

it's just that many think horses should be around longer, but no one seems able or willing to come up with incentives to actually keep horses on the track. obviously you have to make racing more lucrative-right now purses can't compete with potential stud fees.
i was just throwing it out there...
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