Strong Contender to Stonewall

[cakes44]

I know Robfla, I was being sarcastic, but that's hard to read on a message board. So was he injured and retired, or did they figure he'd just be in great demand as a stallion because of the 40 or 50 bullets Baffert had him fire leading up to the BC?

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by cakes44

I know Robfla, I was being sarcastic, but that's hard to read on a message board. So was he injured and retired, or did they figure he'd just be in great demand as a stallion because of the 40 or 50 bullets Baffert had him fire leading up to the BC?

I think Stonewall wants to expand their breeding operation so are just breeding anything with four legs and a set of testicles and hoping a couple succeed at stud. I guess if they are looking for eight new stallions and can get two out of six to pan out each year they'll get there in four years. Doesn't seem a good strategy to me since the majority of the horses would be better served on the track this year but I guess they can blow their millions however they want.

[Danzig]

when i saw the news yesterday, my first thought was 'who didn't see that coming?!'

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I think Stonewall wants to expand their breeding operation so are just breeding anything with four legs and a set of testicles and hoping a couple succeed at stud. I guess if they are looking for eight new stallions and can get two out of six to pan out each year they'll get there in four years. Doesn't seem a good strategy to me since the majority of the horses would be better served on the track this year but I guess they can blow their millions however they want.

Currently I have a hard time seeing any of the stallions they stand having any major success.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Currently I have a hard time seeing any of the stallions they stand having any major success.

Me too but at least if they have six with little chance of success their chance of one succeeding is a little better.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Me too but at least if they have six with little chance of success their chance of one succeeding is a little better.

Not really

[Danzig]

oh, you know those pages and pages of ads in bloodhorse will ensure all the success they can handle...

who needs a broodmare band to support a stallion when you can just run ads for second tier horses--other than medaglia doro that is. and i'm being too kind to some of hte others by calling them second tier!

[Cannon Shell]

Though we dont have any idea what their goals are, they probably should have gone after an established sire to build around instead of the current "throw enough crap aginst the wall..." theory they have now. Not that I am a huge buyer but I usually have around $600k - $1 million a year to spend for clients. And I can say that I don't have a great deal of interest in any of thier stallions. I will look at the babies but personally I hate buying horses by young stallions that I dont think will be good stallions.