New Posts For Thread: Cost to the breeder/mare owner of a foal?https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/26189125/cost-to-the-breedermare-owner-of-a-foalFor obvious reasons, there has been much discussion about the value of yearlings at the sales, stud fees, training fees, prize money etc. I also see some comments about ongoing costs. The Racing Post quoted some figures recently.With that in mind, IYer Ma and Boba,My apologies,I guess I did not make myself clear.The numbers are hypothetical and the dates designed to ensure only 12 month costs.Perhaps it would be clearer if I said:I have just bought two theoretical mares, they include a guarantehttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/26189125/cost-to-the-breedermare-owner-of-a-foal?post_id=473042825#473042825Yer Ma and Boba,My apologies,I guess I did not make myself clear.The numbers are hypothetical and the dates designed to ensure only 12 month costs.Perhaps it would be clearer if I said:I have just bought two theoretical mares, they include a guaranteFri, 05 Nov 2010 09:16:21 -0500Very interesting and spot-on. Shame it will never be read let alone acted upon by the numpties that instead brought us the industry-saving RP Bonus scheme.https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/26189125/cost-to-the-breedermare-owner-of-a-foal?post_id=472953041#472953041Very interesting and spot-on. Shame it will never be read let alone acted upon by the numpties that instead brought us the industry-saving RP Bonus scheme.Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:33:21 -0500Interesting article here http://bit.ly/bmCucRhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/26189125/cost-to-the-breedermare-owner-of-a-foal?post_id=472939661#472939661Interesting article here http://bit.ly/bmCucRThu, 04 Nov 2010 14:02:58 -0500I understand the point of the analysis but there are clearly imponderables.1. Everyone thinks (mostly wrongly) that the mare with not depreciate - due to the stock on the ground / relations etc. Age related depreciation I would concede is a factor bhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/26189125/cost-to-the-breedermare-owner-of-a-foal?post_id=472932681#472932681I understand the point of the analysis but there are clearly imponderables.1. Everyone thinks (mostly wrongly) that the mare with not depreciate - due to the stock on the ground / relations etc. Age related depreciation I would concede is a factor bThu, 04 Nov 2010 13:07:00 -0500The 12 year old mare you would have to depreciate at a minimum of 25%++ a year. So that on a 30k+ purchase price would be an implicit 9k cost. The 3 year old you could depreciate at 10% per year. So a similar 8.4k++ implicit cost. Thats before you evhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/26189125/cost-to-the-breedermare-owner-of-a-foal?post_id=472784913#472784913The 12 year old mare you would have to depreciate at a minimum of 25%++ a year. So that on a 30k+ purchase price would be an implicit 9k cost. The 3 year old you could depreciate at 10% per year. So a similar 8.4k++ implicit cost. Thats before you evWed, 03 Nov 2010 11:06:51 -0500For obvious reasons, there has been much discussion about the value of yearlings at the sales, stud fees, training fees, prize money etc. I also see some comments about ongoing costs. The Racing Post quoted some figures recently.With that in mind, Ihttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/26189125/cost-to-the-breedermare-owner-of-a-foal?post_id=472781285#472781285For obvious reasons, there has been much discussion about the value of yearlings at the sales, stud fees, training fees, prize money etc. I also see some comments about ongoing costs. The Racing Post quoted some figures recently.With that in mind, IWed, 03 Nov 2010 10:40:41 -0500