Breeding

[sumitas]

this is from the reknowned creator of the Reines de Course
http://www.reines-de-course.com/

[Pedigree Ann]

A G1 winner with a Kee select sale pedigree can clear a heck of a lot of money before anyone can tell whether his progeny can run or not - 4 seasons of, say, 100 mares at $50K for 4 years is a couple million $. And you don't even have to worry about raising the foals to saleable age. I'd rather have a good mare, too, but in the business side of breeding, a stallion can earn you more money more quickly as a stud horse than as a racehorse, while a top mare can earn more money more quickly as a racemare than as a broodmare.

[jpops757]

How do you balance the value of a broodmare with a great record at the track with modest breeding and a broodmare with very strong breeding with a modest record at the track{no black type]?

[sumitas]

i prefer the latter because many of those mares have established their soundness by running many races. the former would have the most value because of black type.