I'll Have Another's pending retirement...?

[slotdirt]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

Does it really matter what his bloodlines are? If he wins the TC Reddam will get offered plenty of millions.

I want you guys to be right about continuing to run, but all it will take is some Smarty Jones "hoof bruising" as an excuse to retire him.

Short answer? Yes.

[pmayjr]

If he wins the TC he'll be the hottest sire on the market when he retires. What prospective buyer wouldn't want the sire of a horse they bought to be a Triple Crown winner?

I get that AP Indy, Distorted Humor, Giants Causeway have great results, but that won't matter if all of a sudden there's a triple crown sire.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

If he wins the TC he'll be the hottest sire on the market when he retires. What prospective buyer wouldn't want the sire of a horse they bought to be a Triple Crown winner?

I get that AP Indy, Distorted Humor, Giants Causeway have great results, but that won't matter if all of a sudden there's a triple crown sire.

Cmon man.

[clambeau]

tough crowd...

[slotdirt]

I'm sure Michael Tabor is spending many breathless minutes wondering about how Giant's Causeway will possibly succeed once I'll Have Another hits the breeding shed. Similarly, I'm sure the folks at Winstar are making emergency preparations with Distorted Humor (not to mention Tiznow, Speighstown, etc.) for the inevitability of I'll Have Another taking over the market. (Winstar is probably thinking about shipping Drosselmeyer to boost the Ohio-bred program, though that is probably independent of the whole I'll Have Another thing.)

AP Indy has been pensioned, so there's that.

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

If he wins the TC he'll be the hottest sire on the market when he retires. What prospective buyer wouldn't want the sire of a horse they bought to be a Triple Crown winner?

I get that AP Indy, Distorted Humor, Giants Causeway have great results, but that won't matter if all of a sudden there's a triple crown sire.

WOW.. DT just keeps getting better and better!

[VOL JACK]

http://www.pedigreequery.com/progeny/flower+alley

I hate to let the facts get in the way of a good story.