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nijinsky's fetlocks said:leighton said:The 200 million they are losing out on Montjeu in the next 10 years was some quote and to have had a horse that could comand those prices is amazing. It makes you wonder how much it is they are making on Galileo if anything was to happen to him they would be counting the costs with the horses he sired in Frankel and New Approach that horse has 20 group 1 winners so far by the end he is finished they would of made a fourtune out of him.
Stud value is everything nowadays.
Even winning a group race or a classic pales into insignificance when it comes to breeding.
The downside is that some truly great horses are retired prematurely.
To true nf..
Just think Northern dancer was emptying his bollocks for a £1miilion a throw 25 years ago...