A.P. Warrior retired; to stand at Stonewall

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

I understand A.P. Indy's repect right now in the marketplace, but still...you have to assume he'll remain hot and only get hotter. I mean, hell, A.P. Indy is just now starting to be a sire of sires because he just started getting studs out in the market 2-3 years ago with horses like Golden Missile....I doubt anyone foresees a deprciation in that sirelines stock as much as an likely appreciation.

I just think the upside is such that they are doing an injustice to the horse by retiring him. I really do. You can't just retire every som of A.P. Indy now because they are 'hot'. Especially the ones who haven't proved all they could prove...A.P. Warrior still has something left to prove IMO and belongs on the race track.

I am breeding to a couple of different A.P. Indy horses this year and have bred to a couple the past few years - but I wouldn't look twice at A.P. Warrior for a breed.....he doesn't hold a very good reputation AT ALL to me in terms of genuinely being one of teh best of his generation...he needed to run at 4 to prove that IMO...

I don't disagree, but they made the guy a tremendous offer.

Originally Posted by oracle80

I don't disagree, but they made the guy a tremendous offer.

Based on the formula, it couldn't have been more than $4 million IMO...(I never saw a price, was it disclosed?)...hell, he was bought as a yearling for $1 million and has a 2-year-old and yearling that was also bought for seven figures and a yearliong that was just bought for a few milliion whom are both full siblings that could further flatter his reputation and enhance his value down the road if he sticks around and races a year or two more with any success at all.

Based on what he'll stand for in the marketplace and his probabe stud deal, I just think he has more value on the track at this point...I really do - but we'll never know I guess.