The Matchmaker

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Would you support the Steelers/Cowboys, etc., if they only played every few months?

I think not.  Perhaps, it is simple fact that our best horses do not race very often for the slide of racing into the fall of the cliff of our sport. 

So Rachel was spectacular so what.......Out of sight, out of mind.  If she is too fragile to race, I want no part of her or the sport that supports that kind of crappy thinking for its fans.

No support, no fans, no sport.....and the trainers deserve what they get...another job if they can find one.

George

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Breeding to Stallions with Large Books of Mares

I've heard it ever since I have been in the business.  I've never understood the logic, but I couldn't express why I never understood the logic, since many of the people espousing the statement were successful and smart people.  In fact, since so many felt that way, I was almost sure that I was missing the big picture and that I was blind to the problem.

Before I tell you what the heck I'm talking about, let me tell you how I arrived at the solution of my problem.  I was flat on my back, semi-conscious, staring up at the ceiling trying to decide whether I should get up or go back to sleep.  The computer was waiting with work to do.  My head was going through going through pillow separation anxiety syndrome. 

I was not thinking so it couldn't have been any measure of my intellect, but there it was standing in front of me, nude.  By nude, I mean no agenda, not clothed to hide the answer I had been seeking. 

The Statement: I can't breed to that stallion.  He's being bred to so many mares in our market that a lot of his foals will be going through the sale at the same time mine will and that will reduce the price we all get for his foals.

Do you see the problem?  It hid from me, but I couldn't put my finger on why things didn't add up.  That is until the answer was suddenly blurted out of my brain and onto my pillow.  Of course, some or all of you might know the problem and that I was just being dense for over a double digit number of years. 

The Answer:

1.      Everyone will be able to compare the other foals by the same sire to mine and since my mare does not have a great pedigree, the foal will have to be truly outstanding for buyers to put mine ahead of the others.  This is not likely to happen as my mare's pedigree shows it doesn't happen very often.

2.      A lot of foals by the same sire can be compared to each other and the weakness of the sire can be easily seen by the buyers since the foals have been nicely gathered up and put in the same area to be sold.  And since most sires fail, my foal will be worthless to buyers.

In short, the foal out of my mare that can be compared to any other foal by the same sire will most likely not be worth the money I spend on stud fees and board and effort to raise the foal.  But if I can hide the true worth of the foal from the client, maybe I can turn a profit.