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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi
It's as if B. Wayne Hughes' entire operation is predicated on having unsound horses that run only a handful of times.
From Malibu Moon to all the expensive prospects that debut as 4yos to now collecting unheralded stallions, he has to have one of the most ridiculously unsuccessful plans in the business.
Of course, this is not shocking news. I wrote this guy off 2 years ago when he finally had a horse in top form that look to have a bright future (ie Into Mischief) and retired him anyways.
The only thing that will surprise me is if Crown Of Thorns isn't on the same plane ride to the farm in Kentucky.
As he doesn't appear to be slowing down despite the lack of success, I predict within 5 years he'll emulate the movie producer from "The Godfather", who showed Robert Duvall that 6-figure colt and said "I'm not gonna race him. I'm gonna put him out to stud."
I probably shouldn't lose my head over this, though.
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Malibu Moon is not a successful sire? He's very successful ..............and he was injured in his 2nd start; it's not like Hughes had some plan to retire a brilliantly fast son of AP Indy just on a whim.