New Posts For Thread: Coolmorehttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29153107/coolmoreThey are on a different planet. All the Arab money can't get close to them. They consistantly breed and buy the best and their cast off stallions are gems to other studs. Is there no outfit out there that can mount some sort of challenge to them?TheyWee jonny says Highclere consigned (and where Dam resides) yearling (which goes on the be Grp1 winner) was the best yearling he's ever seen....must be significant. He looks quite Kingmambo / Tarfah like to me. Hope he wins the Triple Crown, all goohttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29153107/coolmore?post_id=520385937#520385937Wee jonny says Highclere consigned (and where Dam resides) yearling (which goes on the be Grp1 winner) was the best yearling he's ever seen....must be significant. He looks quite Kingmambo / Tarfah like to me. Hope he wins the Triple Crown, all gooSun, 03 Jun 2012 01:18:04 -0500Canford Cliffs is a really weird one for them. They hardly go for the Mr Prospector line in Ireland ( Hawk Wing dumped and Henrythenavigator standing in the US ) never mind something from as left field as CC.https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29153107/coolmore?post_id=520377827#520377827Canford Cliffs is a really weird one for them. They hardly go for the Mr Prospector line in Ireland ( Hawk Wing dumped and Henrythenavigator standing in the US ) never mind something from as left field as CC.Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:47:51 -0500truehoncho, watch what you say now, I don't want you jeapordising your knighthood just to keep us amused on here!https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29153107/coolmore?post_id=520377287#520377287truehoncho, watch what you say now, I don't want you jeapordising your knighthood just to keep us amused on here!Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:25:11 -0500PotMI think their existing lines have a few miles in them yet, at least another decade or so. But I do agree everything is getting more and more closely bred.On my point of who can compete with them, I'm not sure anyone is trying. J Warren is supposehttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29153107/coolmore?post_id=520376049#520376049PotMI think their existing lines have a few miles in them yet, at least another decade or so. But I do agree everything is getting more and more closely bred.On my point of who can compete with them, I'm not sure anyone is trying. J Warren is supposeSat, 02 Jun 2012 15:36:52 -0500"A serious, compatible/outcross, broodmare will have a write your own cheque vibe about her in time to come." Anyone (other than Khalid Abdullah, who doesn't exactly need the dosh) with a half-decent Selkirk or Distant View mare/filly with not too muhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29153107/coolmore?post_id=520373553#520373553"A serious, compatible/outcross, broodmare will have a write your own cheque vibe about her in time to come." Anyone (other than Khalid Abdullah, who doesn't exactly need the dosh) with a half-decent Selkirk or Distant View mare/filly with not too muSat, 02 Jun 2012 14:32:14 -0500whats the real story behind the green monkey deal?https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29153107/coolmore?post_id=520343109#520343109whats the real story behind the green monkey deal?Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:41:14 -0500They had Sadlers, they had Danehill, they had Montjeu they have Galileo and they know how to use them. They effectively control Galileo because his fee is too high to make him viable commercially for an independent thus forcing foal shares and the chhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29153107/coolmore?post_id=520340375#520340375They had Sadlers, they had Danehill, they had Montjeu they have Galileo and they know how to use them. They effectively control Galileo because his fee is too high to make him viable commercially for an independent thus forcing foal shares and the chFri, 01 Jun 2012 16:54:37 -0500Coolmore / Ballydoyle are peerless as a racing machine but a bit of perspective - they've won 2 of the last 10 Derby & Oaks races. Hardly a monopoly. What they do have a monopoly on is the best Galileo and Montjeu offspring and clearly will then wihttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29153107/coolmore?post_id=520337163#520337163Coolmore / Ballydoyle are peerless as a racing machine but a bit of perspective - they've won 2 of the last 10 Derby & Oaks races. Hardly a monopoly. What they do have a monopoly on is the best Galileo and Montjeu offspring and clearly will then wiFri, 01 Jun 2012 15:10:31 -0500lol well thats why they are great judges. Man walks on moon!https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29153107/coolmore?post_id=520334689#520334689lol well thats why they are great judges. Man walks on moon!Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:05:54 -0500Coolmore have a budget for purchases so do all the other oufits. Coolmore buy plenty of failures(or just overpriced) but they buy the good ones too. The rest don't (at least not with such regularity).https://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/29153107/coolmore?post_id=520334533#520334533Coolmore have a budget for purchases so do all the other oufits. Coolmore buy plenty of failures(or just overpriced) but they buy the good ones too. The rest don't (at least not with such regularity).Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:02:26 -0500