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Originally Posted by Cardus
One-hundred percent wrong.
It's clear that Shake Mo is retiring Bernardini because he wants him to be the foundation sire of his push to win the American classics, particularly the Kentucky Derby, the greatest race in the world. (The other race he covets is the Melbourne Cup.)
Discreet Cat cannot hold that position.
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In all due respect, Forestry has only been at stud long enough to have only a few crops at racing age (since 2000.) A.P. Indy has been around 7 seasons longer and I think it's unfair and premature at this time to say that a Forestry son couldn't be a foundation sire at SOME POINT. As it stands now, of the Sires currently standing in North America, Forestry ranks behind only Storm Cat (his sire) by Lifetime Percent Stakes winners from Starters and he's the sire of 24% Stakes Horses / 65% of which are Graded Stakes Horses. I wouldn't discount his influence just yet.