first samurai

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

"Elusive Quality, Smarty Jones' sire, has sired 13 other stakes winners from just two crops to race, a remarkable feat considering his stud career started at with a modest $10,000 stud fee his first year. The son of Gone West was the leading first-crop sire in North America for 2002, however, his top earner, Elusive City, was later disqualified from a pair of wins and when his earnings were taken out, Elusive Quality fell to third on the list. "

I knew that it was at one point $10k.

right, but the year that smarty turned three, EQ was already at 50-60k due to his earlier successes.
also, don't forget that storm cat started at 25k and then dropped from that, before hitting the big time. he's been at half a mill so long...seems like no big deal anymore!
the one i thought was CRAZY was ghostzapper starting at 200k. unheard of, and ridiculous IMO. of course not as ridiculous as actually getting it!