Is Tony Done?

[Brown jug]

congrats blackfin and good luck
as always  tony bought some quality ones at lexington
24 plus a few homebreds from some of the usual owners will likely total  half as many as normal, might be a good thing
hopefully he can lose those caviart horses, also would be a good thing
just curious why you think 2026 will be a good year, what will cause the improvement versus the last 3 progressively worse years

[Blackfin32]

Everyone know Tony Alagna is extremely dedicated  24/7 and if you look at his selections, they reflect a lifetime of
knowledge.   That does not guarantee success but he has again selected yearlings with tremendous potential and will
train them to be the best they can be.  You can't ask anything more from either him or the yearling.

[AgentQ]

You're drinking the kool-aid brother. And good for you but it comes with a price. Ask Robby Pryde or one of the many Myron Bell victims. Tony buys all the best pedigree from all the Brittany families and pays dearly for them, in the process helping George and Myron, and loses on 99% of them. He needs to do a better job of identifying the mid range horses for 30-60K and produce a 1M winner or two. Casie, Brown, Elliot, and many others do it every year. And he needs to streamline his interests and get away from running training centres and buying farms and just do what his very good at: training horses, most notably babies. I will add he's an extremely good guy and losing his mother had to be extremely difficult as they were very close. I hope he makes the changes I noted and wish him nothing but good fortune.

[Blackfin32]

Thank you for your nice comments.  Everyone knows how hard it is with this intense competition.  I would not comment on
others you mentioned and go by my life experience and my research before I started.  He needs to have success with his new yearlings and if you look at his selections, you can see how it is possible.   I started a thread to select 5 horses for $250,000
from the sales and see how they do.  It's not easy.  At the end of the year I will disclose my actual 5.