Flower Alley to stand for $25,000 at Three Chimneys

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

That's precisely the reason I love that El Prado, Mr. Livingston so much... he raced sound until he was 7 (and retired sound), has an affordable stud fee and looks good to boot.

Noted. Give me a runner that stays sound anyday. These 2 year olds that take off like bats out of hell speeddemons and breakdown... forget it. For me:

No racing at two. Get into it a three. Start the tough stuff with a mature horse at four. And retirement at 7 sounds like a wonderful time. Maybe even run at 8 tappering off as needed. Build a huge fan following in the claiming ranks. Sell hats. Rich. Its a plan. A bad plan, but I could see that as being very enjoyable. I would plan on entering my 8 year old in 50,000 claiming races, Non winners of 3 lifetime. Think I would have to look around a bit to find a race.