TapitsGal wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:26 pm
Squeaky wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:45 pm
Dortmund to South Korea
Over on HRN fans are talking about contacting the korean farm that purchased dortmund and offering to buy him once he's no longer wanted as a stud...
At that point he will probably be worth less than his plane ticket, so of all the fan groups "trying" to buy a retired stallion, this seems like one of the more realistic ones... if they can pool something like $50,000 to get him back to America.
When he first retired they couldn't find a farm that wanted to stand him, so he's put back in training, then retired for good, then he's off to Korea after 3 very unproductive seasons in Maryland
2018/2019 - 14 foals from 25 covers - 56%
2019/2020 - 8 foals from 17 covers - 47%
He covered 13 mares in 2020
I'd be shocked if he was sold to Korea for anything close to $100,000. I'm kind of shocked that anyone anywhere would be interested in him as a stallion. No pedigree, soundness issues, and dodgy fertility. I guess the allure of his first crop turning two in 2021 leaves the chance that he could sire a superstar.
This isn't meant to be a roast of Dortmund, but just saying why I think it isn't all that unrealistic that common folk would be able to afford to bring him back in a couple years' time. 40-50k sounds like a lot of money, but in the horse racing world, heck even in the showjumping world, it's the bottom end of the market.
