If you have a couple of Group One winners who have won over 20 Group One wins how old would you keep them breeding for before you retire them from the game.

I usually retire them when they reach 10 am I losing out and should keep Breeding them until a certain age.

9 or 10

To be honest I don't generally notice any drop-off in the quality of foals after the parents reach a certain age. I'm not exactly the most perceptive person though.

Although.....it might be why I'm getting far too many foals that are merely top-line handicappers when on breeding most should be top-of-the-line horses. I probably should look into that.

9 or 10? jesus, i stud them when they are 5... don't know why lol i just thought flats was a young horses game.. will be doing different now though!

i race til 6 but i think the gent means when should he retire form breeding barn
i usually retire from barn at 9 or 10

oh sorry i completely misread! Thank god, thought i was wasting my horses, gonna give them till 6 now.

yes they are still very competitive at 6 start to dip off at 7

I had a few Iron Horses, who won the dubai world cup aged 7. But after the Dubai races I sent them to the breeding bar.
These horses I could definitely not retire from breeding such early as 9 or 10.

Retiring from breeding depends on the quantity of quality of the offspring. If I don't have a good one, I try a few years longer.
I don't want to lose a breeding line.
Having an outcross stallion I try even longer to get good foals.