Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

This blows my mind....Fulton sold him to Stonewall and he was instantly retired and will stand in 2007. Injury would be the initial guess, but actually Sherriffs said that he was 100% sound and that it was NOT AT ALL an injury issue.

If thats the case, has he really accomplished enough through 3 to retire him and expect his accomplishments (or lack there of IMO) to make him marketable to the Kentucky breeders at a reasonable stud fee?

The fact is that most A.P. Indys aren't at their best until they get older, so if A.P. Warrior was 100% sound then why not try to race him another year or two and give him a chance to improve into a solid handicap horse and build a resume of a worthy stallion that could command a decent stud fee. God knows he has the pedigree...he just lacks racing credentials to this point IMO.

I don't get this at all. He can't expect to stand for more tha $10,000 - $12,500, and to me his upside to improve as a racehorse and knock off some more graded stakes wins at 4 and maybe even 5 to improve his status is much better than allowing him to go to stud not at the fee range he'll have to stand at - especially if he is healthy enough to do it.

Strange and disappointing...the horse was never a world beater but he gave off the impression that he possessed an upside to be better.....I wish they would have given him the chance...