Scat Daddy retired

[miraja2]

Multiple-G1 winner Scat Daddy has been retired.
http://www.drf.com/news/article/86090.html

[MisterB]

Shocking

[blackthroatedwind]

Funny, I think I told someone last night he would never run again.

[miraja2]

The vet said the horse would need 90 days rest....so they figured they should just retire him. Wonderful. I thought that the conventional wisdom employed by many in this business today - including this colt's trainer - would say that a 90-day layoff would mean he would be nice and "fresh" for his next race.
Oh well, it wasn't exactly like I was eagerly awaiting his return.

[Cannon Shell]

"Our vets told us he would need 90 days rest, so we would have run out of time to get him back for the major races this year, and the decision was made to retire him to stud,'' Pletcher said.

In other words he was going to be retired at the end of the year anyway...

[Buffymommy]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

"Our vets told us he would need 90 days rest, so we would have run out of time to get him back for the major races this year, and the decision was made to retire him to stud,'' Pletcher said.

In other words he was going to be retired at the end of the year anyway...

That is how I read it.

[Mortimer]

THEBBY!

[10 pnt move up]

shocking, hope he goes to stud in Idaho.....

[Late Fires]

Originally Posted by mortyfeatherhands

THEBBY!

A greater injustice I have never seen. It was fine work.

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by mortyfeatherhands

THEBBY!

weren't me hon.

So, you think an owner should run their horse until it breaks completely down? The horse is theirs to make money with. Would you continue running a horse that you could make millions on in the shed, just so the public could see him run. As soon as he lost a couple races his value and public appeal would drop, and those of you who what to see him run now would never bet on him again.

[blackthroatedwind]

The truth is, it actually makes real sense to retire him, as his resume is much better than his actual talent, and in all likelihood his value would only diminish by his racing in the future.

I guess it's easy for me to say because I certainly won't miss him....except to bet against him.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by abe1947

So, you think an owner should run their horse until it breaks completely down? The horse is theirs to make money with. Would you continue running a horse that you could make millions on in the shed, just so the public could see him run. As soon as he lost a couple races his value and public appeal would drop, and those of you who what to see him run now would never bet on him again.

No one is saying that they should run the horse again. But the thinking that a psuedo good horse like Scat Daddy had accomplished so much to warrant early retirement if not injured is sad. I would not personally knock a person for selling a horse for profit because profits are so hard to come by in this business. But a horse like Scat Daddy's value wont go down if he loses a few races but it might have gone up he had won a legit fall stake. (not that I think he would have)

[NoLuvForPletch]

Originally Posted by abe1947

So, you think an owner should run their horse until it breaks completely down? The horse is theirs to make money with. Would you continue running a horse that you could make millions on in the shed, just so the public could see him run. As soon as he lost a couple races his value and public appeal would drop, and those of you who what to see him run now would never bet on him again.

MILLIONS? Please tell me why this horse is going to be successful at stud? Why do we need another mediocre stallion out there? This business is becoming a farce. With all of the stallions they have over there at Ashford who is going to show up at their door and say I want to breed my mare to the slow one who beat nobody? His resume is he beat a head case, NOBIZ, and CHELOKEE, who in my opinion had a pretty good shot of winning the race (FLA Derby) with a better trip. I'd rather breed to THE GREEN MONKEY than SCAT DADDY. This is pathetic!

[Danzig]

glad to hear it.

goodness knows we don't have enough horses of his calibre at stud already.