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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
Well, it is a business.
I don't think that retiring horses like Bernardini ruins the sport. In fact, to me it is the oppsoite. I have no interest in watching or betting on one-horse races. If the Jockey Club Gold Cup and the Travers were your idea of excitement, I have to disagree with you.
I really don't understand a lot of the comments that come from fans. On the one hand, fans get mad when owners over-spend. It seems to turn fans off when owners throw their money around like it's "monopoly money". On the other hand, when an owner acts prudently and makes a good business decision, the fans get angry about that too. When an owner shows that he does care about the money and the money played a role in his decision, fans get mad at that too. I don't get it. Why don't you guys make up your minds? Should owners make prudent business decisons where they consider financial implications or should they just treat the money like it's "monopoly money"?
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i don't understand a lot of it either...but i guess it's the same as people begging for winter in the heat of the summer, and then when winter comes....
azeri is a good example to me...when she was winning everything, everything was just peachy. than she slipped a bit, and then faced males...suddenly it was 'cruel' to run her, she'd 'done enough'. same as when funny cide runs....yet, many who post like that are the first to complain when a horse retires at the end of his three year old season. it's too soon, they should run them more, they haven't done enough. you can't have it both ways. well, apparently some think you can.
personally i don't care who spends what, they're all filthy rich and tossing around money like it grows on trees...whoopie for them. but i don't think money is behind the sheiks thoughts on retiring bernardini...he said he is looking at different ways of getting a derby winner-what he's done so far hasn't worked, so why not try to breed one--at his showcase farm he re-built from the ground up? i think he figures why wait another year to get started....
also, the meyerhoffs gambled big time and won with spectacular bid, his four year old season was a loss money-wise, but probably contributed to the syndication fee he ended up getting, far higher than had he quit at three.