Discreet Cat

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Originally Posted by boldruler

Of course he does, but what do you expect from a guy whose best horse raced 2.7x a year. Why is it that great horses in the past used to be able to race 10-12x a year and now all of the sudden they can't race more than 2.7x/yr.

I dont know, maybe b/c breeders started breeding horses for speed, due to big yearling/2yo sales, the disappearance of classic distance races (very few 10F and no 12F dirt races b/c the horses ) which lead to those plodding type horses not becoming stallions and unsound,speed horses becoming stallions and those that had speed being bred to mares with speed b/c speed sells. That and medication allowing unsound horses to run and become stallions. just the tip of the iceberg.