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Originally Posted by oracle80

Don't expect the trend to lessen anytime soon Mistergee.
The Sheikh's son Matthew is said to be EVEN MORE passionate about the game than his father is. Hes an amateur rider himself, and already buying horses just like his dad. I believe when you see "Zabeel" as the owner, its a partnership of Matthew and Mohammed or just Matthew.
Expect the Maktoums to carry on this love for generations.

but isn't this year a bit of an exception? you can buy all the high priced yearlings in the world and it will obviously bring you some level of success but there will often be some undervalued Seattle Slew/Smarty Jones type who turns out to be the best horse of his crop. they seem to have all the best this year, and they are certainly buying the expensive babies but that doesn't guarantee this kind of success 2 or 3 years down the road.