I'll Have Another injured, withdrawn, retired..

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by Dunbar

Exactly right, Danzig. How rich does an owner have to be before the enjoyment of watching his own top-notch horse race takes precedence over making money from stud?

--Dunbar

I don't blame him one bit. Wish we'd get to see IHA again, but I don't blame Reddam here. It's not like this is a perfectly healthy or mildly injured 3yo. It's a tendon injury which requires a long layoff and recovery. If he won't be ready to race til May at the earliest, and even then might not be back to his old form, it's hardly unreasonable for them to want go out on a high note of a dual classic win. What if he came back, won a minor race, then bowed a tendon? How is that worth it to anyone?