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Author:  iandavid59 [ Wed Apr 04, 2012 4:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Flat Breeding
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.
Author:  pjrhodes1970 [ Wed Apr 04, 2012 4:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Flat Breeding
9 or 10
Author:  Demonic_Panda [ Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Flat Breeding
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.
Author:  cotch [ Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Flat Breeding
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!
Author:  pjrhodes1970 [ Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Flat Breeding
cotch wrote:
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
Author:  cotch [ Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Flat Breeding
oh sorry i completely misread! Thank god, thought i was wasting my horses, gonna give them till 6 now.
Author:  pjrhodes1970 [ Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Flat Breeding
yes they are still very competitive at 6 start to dip off at 7
Author:  Oxydator KY [ Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Flat Breeding
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.
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