New Column from Beyer

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

With due respect i think everyone else is overthinking it. They are basically saying that only the strong that survive should become breeding stock. My point is that why are technological advances either including or not including medication allowing the not so strong to survive ok? Isnt anything that allows horses to compete at a level that isnt "natural" what they are talking about?

And i understand that no one will breed to a crappy stallion forever but Fu Peg probably already has produced more foals than Northern Dancer.

Fu Peg was given a huge shot by people that know how to earn and have to earn to support there appetite for power. In the past when racing was dominated by people and not business such practice didn't exist.

I heard Pompa suggest Big Brown was worth 80 mil as a stallion...HUH

That's a lot of mares at 100k a pop to recoup such an investment. It's become a business not a hobby for wealthy folks.

I think the med's and medical technology are great things when used responsibly be folks.

Simply put we all would rather breed a horse to a sound fast SOB then a science experiment that without science would be a frog.. I don't think you can look past that there are to many stallions that needed too much science to make them semi successful and that i think that is the nuts of the Beyer comments.