Chance Sea the Stars comes to BC?

[onebadbeast]

WITH ALL THAT SAID........HE IS COMING, TRUST ME, I AM NEVER WRONG. HE IS COMING, YOU HEARD IT HERE

[brockguy]

Anyone know how is race horse insurance works???

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009...nce-retirement

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by brockguy

Anyone know how is race horse insurance works???

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009...nce-retirement

Not absolutely sure about details of the horse insurance business, but I seem to recall some thing where what Big Brown was insured for wasn't entirely going to cover what he was worth to IEAH as a prospective stallion they were trying to sell. Of course that might've just been Iavarone talking out of his y'know.

Here's something I found discussing his change in insurability from Derby to Preakness http://www.cnbc.com/id/24457479 which makes me wonder maybe it's not that Sea the Stars can't be insured, just that the insurance company might not being willing to raise coverage or raise it enough to warrant the risk for the owner. Insurance guys might figure he's maxed out.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

Not absolutely sure about details of the horse insurance business, but I seem to recall some thing where what Big Brown was insured for wasn't entirely going to cover what he was worth to IEAH as a prospective stallion they were trying to sell. Of course that might've just been Iavarone talking out of his y'know.

Here's something I found discussing his change in insurability from Derby to Preakness http://www.cnbc.com/id/24457479 which makes me wonder maybe it's not that Sea the Stars can't be insured, just that the insurance company might not being willing to raise coverage or raise it enough to warrant the risk for the owner. Insurance guys might figure he's maxed out.

We cant take on too much risk. If we insure a horse for 30 mil and he dies, then the company is screwed. So we have to worry about our business and just cant take on any amount owners throw at us.

[Cannon Shell]

http://www.coral.co.uk/sbuk.go?page=...=20&sid=20&ms=

UK bookmakers have taken Sea the Stars off the board of the Classic

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

http://www.coral.co.uk/sbuk.go?page=...=20&sid=20&ms=

UK bookmakers have taken Sea the Stars off the board of the Classic

a dead giveaway that he won't be making the trip?

[brockguy]

2 interesting reads on Sea The Stars
from Nick Mordin
http://www.nickmordin.com/france.htm

One quote which I certainly agree with is "The connections of top horses need to be encouraged to risk defeat for their charges without the prospect of torpedoing their stud value. If we reserve our highest praise for those that are fortunate enough to establish a long unbeaten streak we're doing a disservice to the sport. We're forcing many of the best horses to be retired early for fear of breaking their winning sequence and losing millions in stud value."



and Racing Post Historian John Randall
http://www.racingpost.com/news/ajax_...018&ac=related