I want to meet the person that would pay this

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Linny

The issue I have with AH is his lack of "will to win." Look at some of his races, most in fact. The jock has to ride the fur off him to get him to accelerate. He had no interest in exerting himself to catch or pass a rival. He had no gate speed to assure he was in front at any point. He just seemed indifferent to the whole thing.
I'd rather breed to a tenacious horse with lesser breeding and take my chances that I'd get a runner, a beast that wanted to beat horses.

The chances that he passes on his lack of desire to win are slim to none IMO. FuPeg was what I consider "tenacious" and he didn't pass on that tenacity to AH...

You just never know what you're going to get... a lot depends on the mare. I do believe that $12,500 is too high, but I believe he will get some nice runners, but we'll have to wait and see. He's definitely a nice looking horse.

[largo1]

Even if they were the same price, I would definitely breed to AH over Bandini. I'm not a FuPeg fan but AH has beautiful conformation, he can run all day and he stays sound. I hope some breeders think $12,500 isn't too much to shell out to (hopefully) breed some soundness into the offspring. Actually, now that I think about it, I'm kinda curious to see what AH produces. In fact, the more I think about it, if I was a person who threw around hundreds of thousands of $$$$$$ breeding racehorses, I would send him a few nice mares.
So there. I'd pay it.
But I also wouldn't pay 1.98¢ to breed to a stallion with major soundness questions.

In the current overpriced market, it does not seem that outrageous to me. At least he is no China doll and he showed up regularly as an older horse in big races.

[sumitas]

I'd go to Cryptoclearance way before AH but it's a matter of pedigree and physicals as well.

[Five Star Derek]

I'll take Congaree for a couple of grand more