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The fact that he ducked the Beal for $300,000 to race for $80,000 in KY certainly indicates that they are trying to avoid anything with more than 2 turns.
If you don't adapt, you die. There is no financial benefit to race a horse longer than you need to. It is all about ROI. People ridiculed Myron for managing Captain T the way he did and he and his partners laughed all the way to the bank. If I came on here when Bulldog Hanover was a 3 year old and posted that he would be remembered as the greatest pacer ever, all you assholes would be posting how ridiculous that was. How did that work out? Karl is 16 for 18 with a nose loss and a third place finish. He will trot sub 49 and not one of your greats will be able to say that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, speed doesn't mean anything. OK, how about win percentage? Peace Corp was beat, as was Mack and Moni Maker. Karl may end the year 23 for 25. NONE of your greats can say that.
Sounds like Precious Bunny must be in your top 5 since he repeated schooled Artsplace.
You're just 49? Just a pup. I was a Shiek that year for Riyadh. Bittersweet memory.
I get it Grandstand and I gotta agree , In the overall look, Artsplace was better.Raced longer. He did romp him for that one year though.Don't know the stats but would love to hear the offspring stats of those two. Artsplace I would think probablybetter there also. The Bunny threw quite a few pretty good ones though
Going on memory, PB sired winners of maybe $50mm, maybe $60mm, mostly from his initial crops coming from Castleton Farm. I would call his production record average at best. He sired only three millionaires, those being Bunny Lake, Stout, and Precious Delight. After those three, I don't think there were any real superstars there. Artsplace, as a stallion I know very well...he sired winners of $170mm, was the leading money winning stallion six out of seven years, and (from my breeders report), sired 17 millionaires and the winners of 11 Breeders Crown races, and was the all-time leading broodmare sire.Wasn't so close in the breeding shed, LOL. Alydar and Affirmed, LOL.