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Hi PotM, a number of people have expressed the same view to me and I concede it's probably the right one. Yer Ma I tried to do that calculation of what percentage of the foal crop would be conceived at 40k or more. I got as far as the number of foals born in the UK and Ireland at around 12000 but realised that a large number of these were NH so I gave up. I think the point is well made though, many hundreds/thousands wont get anywhere near covering their costs and it is far from a zero sum game.
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There are a lot of lemmings in the breeding ranks and rushing to very expensive fashionable stallions is the equivalent of hurling oneself off a financial cliff, especially when those sires are new and unproven! The only new sire in GB priced properly in my view is Study of Man, though Masar might be too. There are some very interesting opportunities in second and third season stallions where patronage has been sufficient in quality and quantity, and I think several established sires still offer much better value than Blue Point, Advertise and the rest. Yer Ma, Oasis Dream hasn't lacked for good mares or sales value, and I'd always follow my dream cover when affordable, if that isn't too bad a pun. Sea the Moon still at excellent value too as is Bated Breath. Under 10k Mayson, Equiano and Sir Percy still have enough in the sales ring to be worth using if the mare is right. For me, both Charm Spirit and Havana Gold have too much risk versus reward.
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careful with Bated Breath, his yearling median this year was 13k. The lowest its ever been.
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I'd not be afraid to send a good fast mare to Sea the Moon.
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There aren't the hours in the day for me to vent off about this. Rest assured I will be back!
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I notice that Exceed and Excel is £40k. Is that not good value in this market. I thought he was still in demand. Am I missing something with him?
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Decorated Knight is surely good value at E9K?
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