Now consider: if he HAD run and did NOT win, the psychological reaction in the breeding community would have reduced the now probable exorbitant stud fees he will command. He didn't WIN the Triple Crown but he didn't LOSE the Triple Crown either. The connections have made a very smart "business" decision. (Had he have been gelded with no future stud value whatsoever, my hat is off unequivicably to the connections.) But I am tending to consider the cynical possibility. And I may never know!bigguy
Very good observation. At this point, the only thing Reddam is protecting is his cash cow, no pun intended.
It is interesting to note, that the injury is not career ending, but the horse is now being retired to stud. Reddam was quoted as saying "the horse owes us nothing." Yea right, what double-talk. What he should have said, was I am now going to cash in on this horse, vis-a-vis a steady stream of huge stud fees until he dies.
If he was to race again and lose, his value at stud would be diminished. By retiring him now, he is forever known as the would have, "if not for an injury", been Triple Crown champion.
As for the injury, who knows, in this industry. Guys like Dutrow and "Drug" O'Neill are such sleaze bags, you never know what you can believe at face value.
