http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/outlook-for-2010-3698.htm William Shanklin Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/outlook-for-2010-3698.htm/comment-page-1#comment-407 Dan Cunningham Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:55:11 +0000 http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/?p=3698#comment-407 Federal income tax receipts are reportedly down 29 percent, meaning the economy has contracted far more than acknowledged. Unemployment is closer to 20 percent. If the foal crop decreases substantially, there will likely be an even higher concentration of foals from the very popular sires, further decreasing genetic diversity of a breed already prone to bleeding and unsoundness. Federal income tax receipts are reportedly down 29 percent, meaning the economy has contracted far more than acknowledged. Unemployment is closer to 20 percent.
If the foal crop decreases substantially, there will likely be an even higher concentration of foals from the very popular sires, further decreasing genetic diversity of a breed already prone to bleeding and unsoundness.

]]> http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/outlook-for-2010-3698.htm/comment-page-1#comment-406 Steve Zorn Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:54:17 +0000 http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/?p=3698#comment-406 It'll be a wrenching decision, but I think major culling is in order. We need to get down to a foal crop of fewer than 25,000, taking into account the inevitable contraction in North American live racing that will occur over the next few years. That's going to drive stud fees down, and put a lot of marginal stallions out of business. Unless -- a probability on the order of pigs flying -- the Jockey Club institutes curbs on the number of mares that can be bred to a signle stallion. It’ll be a wrenching decision, but I think major culling is in order. We need to get down to a foal crop of fewer than 25,000, taking into account the inevitable contraction in North American live racing that will occur over the next few years. That’s going to drive stud fees down, and put a lot of marginal stallions out of business. Unless — a probability on the order of pigs flying — the Jockey Club institutes curbs on the number of mares that can be bred to a signle stallion.

]]> http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/outlook-for-2010-3698.htm/comment-page-1#comment-405 G. Rarick Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:11:47 +0000 http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/?p=3698#comment-405 Seems to me that if one is a breeder, it is necessary to look ahead two years. If one has a broodmare that has produced racing-quality foals with little trouble, the decision isn't whether to cover her or not this year, the decision is with what. I would imagine that breeders would simply be choosing less-expensive sires rather than leaving mares empty. They still need to eat unless you're going to cull the herd, so better to feed a producing mare than a barren one. Seems to me that if one is a breeder, it is necessary to look ahead two years. If one has a broodmare that has produced racing-quality foals with little trouble, the decision isn’t whether to cover her or not this year, the decision is with what. I would imagine that breeders would simply be choosing less-expensive sires rather than leaving mares empty. They still need to eat unless you’re going to cull the herd, so better to feed a producing mare than a barren one.

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