Owning the Franchise -- Darley Signs on Street Boss

re: Owning the Franchise -- Darley Signs on Street Boss

Chris — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:47:17 GMT

Personally I think it's a good idea. I mean who wouldn't kill to be in their position right now.

But, ultimately only time will tell. It still just comes down to whether or not they turn out to be a good sire or not.

Even with all of the information and resources that we have today, success in horse racing is still kind of a crap shoot. I mean...How many times have we seen a classically bred sire turn out to be a dud as a stud ???

re: Owning the Franchise -- Darley Signs on Street Boss

Darryl Burrow — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:49:33 GMT

Thats exactly what Coolmore has done for years. "If you can't afford Daddy here is his heir apparent - get in before he's too expensive"

Arrowfield are doing the same thing and what a great start with Not A Single Doubt.

One starter, one brilliant winner the first time of asking.

re: Owning the Franchise -- Darley Signs on Street Boss

Frank J. — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:01:51 GMT

brogers,

Hi, being a Street Sense fan I wanted to read your article. I'm not the smartest person when it comes to sire lines or terminology but can you tell me what you meant by "underpinning"? Thanks for any help.

Byron's Reply: What I was referring to here was that as a stallion becomes a "sire of sires" it has an effect on his service fee. Part of the reason people breed to AP Indy is that he has proven himself as a sire of sires, thus his service fee is underpinned by the success of his sons at stud.