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Old 10-15-2008, 03:52 PM
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I may be in the minority here... but imho BB is a more legitimate candidate for stud duty than at least half the stud population out there right now.....unless I missed something his retirement is not due to soundness issues but rather due to an injury that was sustained during training....and while it has been pretty well documented that he has had feet problems, I'm of the opinion that there are few if any horses that don't have some type of issues during there racing career.... I don't think he will necessarilly become a notably great sire but I don't agree that he will be negatively impacting the breed as compared to many many of the sires that are out there at this time.
I agree with most of this... there is a sire out there right now who stands for six figures who has almost 500 registered progeny, of which a grand total of NINE have started 30 or more times (which I'd consider a good 'durability' number)- less than 2%.
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Old 10-15-2008, 03:58 PM
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I agree with most of this... there is a sire out there right now who stands for six figures who has almost 500 registered progeny, of which a grand total of NINE have started 30 or more times (which I'd consider a good 'durability' number)- less than 2%.
who?
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Old 10-15-2008, 04:04 PM
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Breeding is luck of the draw , you can breed a correct horse to a correct mare and get a crooked legged foal , you can breed a correct stallion to a crooked mare and get a perfect foal. To me its the heart that matters and Big Brown has shown that he has the heart to race on three man-made feet and race pretty well.
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Old 10-15-2008, 04:16 PM
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PETA has zero interest in breeding a sounder race horse, PETA's goal is stopping the "abuse" of all horses by totally eliminating man's use of them in any manner whatsover.
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Old 10-15-2008, 04:13 PM
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Research project, my boy.

Clue #1: His most famous offspring never won a race.
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Research project, my boy.

Clue #1: His most famous offspring never won a race.
The Green Money's sire... Forestry?
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Old 10-15-2008, 04:25 PM
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The Green Money's sire... Forestry?
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How about you take that research and put it.....

My boy Linny already hooked it up...heck with you


(linny's a chick by the way)
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Old 10-15-2008, 04:29 PM
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sheeeesh.....kids these days.....they have got so much to learn.... ya gotta teach em every little thing....
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Old 10-15-2008, 04:23 PM
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Research project, my boy.

Clue #1: His most famous offspring never won a race.
How about you take that research and put it.....

My boy Linny already hooked it up...heck with you
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