Breeders’ Cup officials have decided to suspend the entire Breeders’ Cup stakes program for 2009

[Silver Charm]

HP this was once a $140 stock that now trades for a $1.20 and somehow you are claiming you were right.....lol. That the guy had a healthy Balance Sheet for a year or more then it went bad on him.....lol  

Yes he has real assets but so do the Wall Street Bankers. Just that none of them are worth what the debt on the books is for.

Everybody did the same thing. They kept borrowing until they couldn\'t borrow anymore, the asset appreciation not only stopped but began to decline and now you and me and everybody else is Fu(ked.

[HP]

I understand Silver.  You\'re a long term trader!  You nailed it bro!  You must be RICH off that four-year short...

I posted...and a year later the stock was up...  Yes I think that makes me right.  Anybody can see it.  I don\'t think ANYONE would imagine my 2004 post was meant to talk about what would be going on in 2008.  

I will skip over your posts from now on...so you can have the field to yourself.  I can\'t compete with your intelligence...  

HP

[Flighted Iron]

Richiebee,

  Hopefully someone with an unraced well-bred mare, showing similar traits as her
stakes thrower dam, doesn\'t make an uninfluenced decision and breeds her to an
uninfluential stallion.


Respectfully,
mjs

[TGJB]

Knock it off, guys.

[Silver Charm]

http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/629802.html

[HP]

TGJB - Has not been a post on this in...17 hours.  I think you could have considered it \"knocked off\" already.  Some of us get in early...

HP

[richiebee]

Message To BC \"Braintrust\":

The second day of BC may or may not have been the right move. In my opinion,
Sunday, not Friday, was the proper second day to expand to.

I haven\'t forgotten about the big bad NFL, but I have heard that there have
been some recent developments (internet wagering and the TV remote) which would
allow the average gambler to enjoy both Racing\'s biggest event and one of the 22
or so (counting playoffs) weeks of NFL action.

Another note to the Braintrust. If you insist on running the races in
California on synthetic on Friday, why not try Hollywood-- which would allow a
later post time, lets say 4:30 PM (7:30 ET) and likely garner you a larger
audience.

[richiebee]

Flighted:

I am not happy to express my true feelings, that Racing and Breeding each need
contraction to maintain acceptable quality levels, and I am certainly not happy
that this contraction may be a result of a bad economy and not careful planning.

I have had some great times at some of the quaint tracks which need to close.
I have seen and been around some very fast and brave runners who were \"nickle
bred\", if that. There are some great stories of teaser stallions who have
somehow impregnated mares and produced quality runners.

Part of the romance of Racing is the obscure trainer or jockey who ships in
from a leaky roof track to a major venue and takes down a big purse at a nice
mutuel, or a  gritty runner who gets good and moves from
cheap claiming heats to stakes races.

If I recall some of your previous posts, you are a follower of Maryland racing.
How much stronger would Maryland racing be if either Philly Park or Delaware
closed? Or if both Philly and Delaware shortened their seasons?

Too many thoroughbreds are being produced. When they do not pan out they are
thrown back into the breeding pool. Is the Green Monkey scheduled to stand stud?
The abundance of thoroughbreds being produced also enables the pinhookers to
trade horses for hundreds of thousands of dollars,horses who realistically may
not have anywhere near that earning potential on the track. Young horses who are
being prepared for a fast 1/8th breeze at a 2YO sale will usually not be seen
running 1-1/8th miles as a 4YO.

I do not think that it is too much to ask that any mare have at least made it to
the races before being bred; the next step might be to exclude non- winning
mares.

[Flighted Iron]

Richie,

     I agree that horses are to be bred to improve the breed and not drag
it down.I don\'t agree however with your blanket type answer regarding breeding
non winning mares.The Essence\'s mare,the little slow gray,couldn\'t win a race
yet she threw  _ _  _ _ _.

btw,was the teaser
Piolt Ship?

   Respectfully,
    mjs

[richiebee]

Flighted:

I may be mistaken, but I seem to recall reading that Kipper Kelly began his
stud career as a teaser.

Going further back, to the early/mid 80s, Shug McGaughey, before hooking up
with the Phipps family, had a runner foaled by a stud named Smead, who
apparently was at one point or another a teaser.

Having a hard time verifying this, so if I am wrong I apologize to all of the
equine descendents and human connections of these fine stallions.

I am sure it would be interesting to statistically evaluate the produce of
unraced mares, I would not be surprised if this has been studied extensively.

You did not react to my comment about Mid-Atlantic contraction. Do you agree
that virtual year round racing in Delaware, Philly and Maryland is overkill?

[miff]

\"I do not think that it is too much to ask that any mare have at least made it to the races before being bred; the next step might be to exclude non- winning
mares\"

Bee,

You forgot to ban NY Nickle Bred Filly/Mare SNAILS from the breeding shed.A disgrace that females like that will compete every day in the winter at a venue like New York.Many of these females cannot break a TG fig of 20 or a Beyer of 40 but will still be bred by someone with an upstate backyard.

Re racing dates in New York, the upstate politicians that are bleeding the game will not allow reduced race dates. The subject was addressed before.

Mike