Gann-Frankel Appear to Split..

Gann is sending all of his stock to John Sadler. This is very surpising to me based on the immense success those two have enjoyed together over the past 4-5 years. Frankly, Edmund Gann was the most successful owner in horse racing the last 5 years in terms of one that I can definately think of that won many top races and ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO SHOW A PROFIT ON THE BOTTOMLINE at year's end.

It seems like everything Mark Reid and Frankel acquired for him turned to gold.....Medalgia d' Oro, Peace Rules, You, Midas Eyes, Personal Legend, Seafree, etc....the list is VERY impressive of the good horses he owned relative to the number of horses he owned.

It makes you wonder what the story is behind this. The obvious pops up in your mind, but I guess we'll hear both versions of the story eventually.

Mike, do you have any idea what happened here?

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http://racing.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=35937

http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6019

Mark's a friend and I spoke to him just this morning(before word of this broke). He didn't mention anything about it.
Its stunning, thats for sure. I don't know what to make of it.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

'terns out ....these guys have been knockin this place for years.....if they werent so greedy they would have got en away with it..but there allways greedy"..SAM ACE ROTHSTINE..CASINO..

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

'terns out ....these guys have been knockin this place for years.....if they werent so greedy they would have got en away with it..but there allways greedy"..SAM ACE ROTHSTINE..CASINO..

LOL!!! Hooves, you have a way with words, and yeah, could be.

Originally Posted by oracle80

Mark's a friend and I spoke to him just this morning(before word of this broke). He didn't mention anything about it.
Its stunning, thats for sure. I don't know what to make of it.

Regardless of what may have happened here, Gann is probably going to really be in shock if he expects to have the same level of success going from Frankel to Sadler and from Reid, who I respect as probably the best bloodstock scout in the country, picking out his horses to whoever does going forward.

I know this:

If I had big-time cash and I wanted to be an owner in this sport at that level I would employ Reid for his services in a heart beat....the success is too great to ignore.

I guess this opens the door up for another big owner to be at the top of the list for him, and whoever that owner is I would like to know so that I can pay attention when those horses run - because Frankel and Reid WILL have success with someone elses' money.

If I'm Ahmad Zayat right now, I would call this guy ASAP....

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

Regardless of what may have happened here, Gann is probably going to really be in shock if he expects to have the same level of success going from Frankel to Sadler and from Reid, who I respect as probably the best bloodstock scout in the country, picking out his horses to whoever does going forward.

I know this:

If I had big-time cash and I wanted to be an owner in this sport at that level I would employ Reid for his services in a heart beat....the success is too great to ignore.

I guess this opens the door up for another big owner to be at the top of the list for him, and whoever that owner is I would like to know so that I can pay attention when those horses run - because Frankel and Reid WILL have success with someone elses' money.

If I'm Ahmad Zayat right now, I would call this guy ASAP....

Mark's already friendly with Ahmed.
I think there may be more to the story Joel.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by oracle80

Mark's a friend and I spoke to him just this morning(before word of this broke). He didn't mention anything about it. Its stunning, thats for sure. I don't know what to make of it.

As it happens, word of this broke last week when Sadler asked for an additional half barnful of stalls. Decorum prevented it from being disseminated before today.

I have heard a couple of rumblings about Cali trainers wanting to move their horses east to run on dirt. On the flipside, the owners are wanting them to stay in Cali to run on PolyTrack. I wonder if this was a deal breaker between the two or if it was just an ingredient to the overall split. It is sad to see these two split because they had so much success. I wish both parties continued success.

Originally Posted by eurobounce

I have heard a couple of rumblings about Cali trainers wanting to move their horses east to run on dirt. On the flipside, the owners are wanting them to stay in Cali to run on PolyTrack. I wonder if this was a deal breaker between the two or if it was just an ingredient to the overall split. It is sad to see these two split because they had so much success. I wish both parties continued success.

Since Frankel keeps divisions on both coasts its absolutely got nothing to do with it.

I also think its pretty apparent that there must be more to this than meets the eye. Gann has had more success than any owner in racing on a dollars and cents level. He didn't pay a million bucks for Medaglia, Peace, and You COMBINED!!!
Something of a personal nature, I suspect, caused this split. It obviously wasn't a performance issue.

Gann was probably tired of his horses ending up with no feet.

Hey, I am sure Dixie will be able to fill us all in about Boy Wonder. Seeing how he's been sleeping with him for the past 30 yrs.