New Posts For Thread: Breeders rejecting Stamina for speedhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/30754949/breeders-rejecting-stamina-for-speedthere have been a number of letters to the racing post in recent weeks about this issue.............below is the link to the latest letterhttp://bloodstock.racingpost.com/news/bloodstock/letter-stallions-being-judged-too-early/2198587/top/im not a blsomething like the stud book agrees to allow AI in return for restricting stallions to 100 foals per hemisphere? Going the ai route would just mean that we'd only have galileo covering for the rest of time.would it work? I think its only a matter ohttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/30754949/breeders-rejecting-stamina-for-speed?post_id=550625301#550625301something like the stud book agrees to allow AI in return for restricting stallions to 100 foals per hemisphere? Going the ai route would just mean that we'd only have galileo covering for the rest of time.would it work? I think its only a matter oSun, 11 Dec 2016 10:15:11 -0600I am no expert but it seems to me the only way to alter the current trend is by self regulation, i.e the stallion masters need to impose restrictions them selves. "could" this be done? something like the stud book agrees to allow AI in return for reshttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/30754949/breeders-rejecting-stamina-for-speed?post_id=550624661#550624661I am no expert but it seems to me the only way to alter the current trend is by self regulation, i.e the stallion masters need to impose restrictions them selves. "could" this be done? something like the stud book agrees to allow AI in return for resSun, 11 Dec 2016 08:44:43 -0600I'm no legal eagle but I'm sure someone on here should have some contacts.It's one thing asking stallion owners to voluntarily contribute to the EBF or breeders cup but surely quite another thing to penalise them for running their business, legally ahttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/30754949/breeders-rejecting-stamina-for-speed?post_id=550619387#550619387I'm no legal eagle but I'm sure someone on here should have some contacts.It's one thing asking stallion owners to voluntarily contribute to the EBF or breeders cup but surely quite another thing to penalise them for running their business, legally aSat, 10 Dec 2016 14:50:38 -0600Lot of very good points raised/confirmed pm Ft, I think the ratcheted levy is a start, if they want to cover more make them pay so it's not economically viable to do it,It would probably make little difference to the very top end, galileo dubawi, thehttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/30754949/breeders-rejecting-stamina-for-speed?post_id=550619063#550619063Lot of very good points raised/confirmed pm Ft, I think the ratcheted levy is a start, if they want to cover more make them pay so it's not economically viable to do it,It would probably make little difference to the very top end, galileo dubawi, theSat, 10 Dec 2016 14:16:14 -0600Restricting a stallion's book can be done by the authorities imposing a ratcheted levy on any amount in excess of 100 so that each additional mare earns a diminishing return to the stud and raises money for the authority to spend on encouraging relevhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/30754949/breeders-rejecting-stamina-for-speed?post_id=550615687#550615687Restricting a stallion's book can be done by the authorities imposing a ratcheted levy on any amount in excess of 100 so that each additional mare earns a diminishing return to the stud and raises money for the authority to spend on encouraging relevSat, 10 Dec 2016 09:29:44 -0600cacique you need to keep working on this, as indeed do us all.Anyone with a stake in the game needs to consider what's to be done as if we end up with homogenised races all below 1 1/4 miles we can't possibly hope to keep the paying public enthused.Ohttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/30754949/breeders-rejecting-stamina-for-speed?post_id=550615147#550615147cacique you need to keep working on this, as indeed do us all.Anyone with a stake in the game needs to consider what's to be done as if we end up with homogenised races all below 1 1/4 miles we can't possibly hope to keep the paying public enthused.OSat, 10 Dec 2016 08:35:58 -0600The jockey club the hra, any official horse body. RESTRICTING the amount of mares a stallion can cover would cut out coolmore power. They have 16 national hunt sires churning out 200+ foals every year, 3200 foals, and most of their nh sires were vehttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/30754949/breeders-rejecting-stamina-for-speed?post_id=550613501#550613501The jockey club the hra, any official horse body. RESTRICTING the amount of mares a stallion can cover would cut out coolmore power. They have 16 national hunt sires churning out 200+ foals every year, 3200 foals, and most of their nh sires were veSat, 10 Dec 2016 04:29:03 -0600Cacique,there are already lot's of limitations on races horses can enter. Restricting what stallions can go to stud and how many mares can be covered belongs in Communist Russia. Who is going to approve them, not the small breeder on a budget that'shttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/30754949/breeders-rejecting-stamina-for-speed?post_id=550596869#550596869Cacique,there are already lot's of limitations on races horses can enter. Restricting what stallions can go to stud and how many mares can be covered belongs in Communist Russia. Who is going to approve them, not the small breeder on a budget that'sWed, 07 Dec 2016 15:28:04 -0600PMthese fillies races are not what is required, at least spread out the distances they don't all have to be over around a mile.The group one should be the culmination of of all the g3's and g2's winners and you get only one shot at winning the big onhttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/30754949/breeders-rejecting-stamina-for-speed?post_id=550595829#550595829PMthese fillies races are not what is required, at least spread out the distances they don't all have to be over around a mile.The group one should be the culmination of of all the g3's and g2's winners and you get only one shot at winning the big onWed, 07 Dec 2016 13:39:04 -0600Cacique, do the top horses that run in Group 1s stand in the stable when you take away the races that they run in?And by and large these races do get run at the correct standard or the will be downgraded if the quality of their winners/placed horseshttps://community.betfair.com/bloodstock__breeding/go/thread/view/94018/30754949/breeders-rejecting-stamina-for-speed?post_id=550590461#550590461Cacique, do the top horses that run in Group 1s stand in the stable when you take away the races that they run in?And by and large these races do get run at the correct standard or the will be downgraded if the quality of their winners/placed horsesTue, 06 Dec 2016 15:46:01 -0600