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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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They spend it like monoploy money so why all the "business decisions" when it comes time to retire? It is not about business with Sheik M, it is about having a stallion to one up Coolmore. Period. That is his drive here. He has been getting his ass kicked in the stallion dept. by Coolmore for years and now he has the stud that he thinks can even the score. And he may finally be right.