The Stallion Cap

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TurfLover
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Tue Feb 23, 2021 10:15 am

Seems like Ashford, Three Chimneys and Spendthrift are going to try and get their way with a lawsuit...

https://www.racingpost.com/bloodstock/b ... cap/474817

Concern for the smaller breeder of course...
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Retrospectiv
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Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:18 am

We've been discussing that here as well:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7790

For what it's worth, the USTA (standardbred registry) has had the cap for over a decade, and they also allow AI. And the industry hasn't fallen apart.

They had lawsuits, and dealt with them and won... Perhaps the biggest difference is that one of their largest stallion farms was actually one of the intial people supporting the new rules, vs filing lawsuits against it...

https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/w ... -happened/
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halo
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Thu Feb 25, 2021 2:19 pm

Standardbreds only register 8000 foals a year. Stallions breeding 250 mares a year have far greater impact on a small foal crop than one of 20,000.
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Gemini
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Tue Mar 02, 2021 10:40 pm

halo wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 2:19 pm Standardbreds only register 8000 foals a year. Stallions breeding 250 mares a year have far greater impact on a small foal crop than one of 20,000.
But we've seen the annual TB foal crop drop from 40,000 to 30,000 to 20,000 in just a few decades. So the impact of those stallions breeding 250 mares a year has increased.
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