"Spaced" Races And "Fresh" Horses Are Killing The Sport

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

As usual, this is right on the money. RIGHT ON THE MONEY.

Most stakes horses out there are not worth tens of millions. A very high percentage of them can make more on the track than they will be worth for breeding. It is only a very small percentage of horses whose trainer's every move is to best maximize the horse's value for breeding.

So to say that this is a different times with regards to trainers' goals, that's simply not true. It may be true with well less than 1% of the horses out there but it is not true with most horses. Most stakes horses are not worth tens of millions of dollars for breeding. The goal of every trainer out there is for his horses to make as much money as they can on the track. The only exception to this rule is the rare horse that is worth millions for breeding.