she's really done enough...

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

..a filly on the other hand won't earn a thing for close to 2 years...lets assume this filly gets in foal on the first or second cover...that sets her up for a feb foal in 08...the earliest that they might sell the foal is in the November sales...but more likely not til the yearling sales of 09...in the meantime you have stud fees vet fees and care for both mare and foal...personally I think that for a filly it makes more financial sense to run her if she is able

Not if they get her in foal to the hottest young sire of the year, one who hasn't any runners yet but whose weanlings have gone for big bucks, then sell her in foal at the November breeding stock sale.