Stud fees

[Linny]

Originally Posted by ELA

I am not so sure about that. You will not find foal shares from the farms or syndicates to to the AP Indy's, Storm Cat's, et al of the world. As much as the rumors fly, it is very, very rare. Now, I do know that people who have a share or a season might try it, and perhaps pull it off. But normally the farm has first and last right of refusal. Also close to impossible to find with non-commercial stallions, ie: Empire Maker.

Are the farms using the "pooling" method or something of the like?

Eric

I imagine that at the elite level, you better have an elite mare. Remember, it was a foal share deal that produced Secretariat. I don't know for certain but I imagine that now that a Phipps has married a Farish and the Phipps Stable is breeding to some Lane's End stallions that maybe "sharing" is involved. Of course, like the Phipps/Chenery deal it is an arrangement between two elite breeding parties and not two "public" or commercial entities who breed to sell.