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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
You only notice all the UBS horses that get hurt because he sires A LOT of very decent or better horses with very good speed.
Unbridled Danger is by UBS - and he's made 85 starts in his career - 16 so far this year and 24 last year.
He's tough as nails.
People only notice the huge list of unsound UBS's because he actually sires a lot of noticeable horses.
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You are 100% correct.
Some idiot on a racing forum years ago decided that UBS were "fragile" and were "ruining the breed". That fallacious opinion has taken on a life of it's own repeated here.
Sure...the people who pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for UBS's progeny are all" stupid" and just like to "waste money on fragile UBS racers".
UBS sires alot of fast, very good racers. Injuries are an occupational hazard for ALL thoroughbred race horses...UBS is no more "fragile" than any top sire who has been breeding for years.
I's like someone to present a valid statistic that proves UBS sires more fragile horses than other sires vis a vis his number of foals who raced and "broke down" vs other sires with comparable time breeding w/ same amount progeny who race.
That doesn't exist. All internet bs.