"Spaced" Races And "Fresh" Horses Are Killing The Sport

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Yeah, but...

That is kind of deceiving dont you think? If Empire Makerr would have been syndicated, how much would his deal have been? How about Minehsaft? How about Giants Causeway? How about Ghostzapper?

The reason there arent more mega-syndication deals is because it is a rarity to see a little guy own a blue blooded champion.

Yes, I guess that's true. I forgot about some of those horses. But still, there aren't many horses that are worth $30 or $40 million for breeding when they retire. I was thinking we get 1 every 10 years. Maybe we get 4-5 every 10 years. The point is there aren't a lot of them. BB was acting like there are plenty of horses that are worth $40 million when they retire. In reality, there are very few. Even a great horse like Saint Liam who won the BC classic was only worth about $8 million. Pleasantly Perfect won the Dubai World Cup and the BC Classic. I think his deal was only worth about $10 million. A trainer is only going to make about $100,000-$300,000 on a deal like that. The trainer would make much more if the horse kept running. The trainers aren't anxious to retire the horses.