HOY - what is the benefit?

Originally Posted by Danzig188

yeah, i know about the stud fee and all the math....

let's put it this way..

smarty was syndicated well before the end of the year. stud fee announced. had he ended up winning hoy, they can't raise the fee--do they raise the book to make the difference if they have to pay a bonus?? breed to 110 rather than 100 so they don't lose money on that part of it?

Zieg you are incorrect.
Smarty was done after the TC was over. It was already a given that he would be 3Yo champ. Would there have beena bonus paid had he won HOY? You bet your ass. because they woulda bumped it up 25 g's.
Look at the Zapper. His fee went way up after he won the BC and got HOY.