Horse racing aficionado. University of Louisville graduate/fanboy. Views are my own/shared by no one. Racing as Thorough Crowd.
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Don't agree with a lot of Repole's points. But, this one is dead on. I also worry about the concentration of money spent on so few stallions' offspring. At Keeneland Sep 26 50.7% of the $558M spent was on offspring of just 5 sires - NTT, Gun Runner, Flightline, Nyquist, and IM.
A lot of complaints on HRT last night and today around foreign buyers buying some of the top fillies last night at @FasigTiptonCo. Silly complaint, IMO. The Thoroughbred breed needs outcrosses and increased diversity.
Instead of complaints, the US needs more outcrosses to come into the states. Plenty of European mares end up here. But, do we need 19 sons of Into Mischief at stud in KY? We're up to 12 sons of Gun Runner. Would be nice for stallion farms and breeders to diversify our stock more.
David Crone retweeted
Sudden Squall ran a good 2nd today at @HSIndyRacing jumping into allowance company off a win vs maiden 20 fillies last out. Tried the whole way and proud of how shes developing!
People are talking (rightfully so) about Sovereignty and his $150k stud fee. I think it's high, sure. But Knightsbridge at $75k is insane. He has ONE Grade 1 win. That 122 Beyer against a 5 horse G3 field with a perfect trip is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
David Crone retweeted
It was so awesome to see these guys win again. T O Elvis is something else. You know what else? The King will be back for an encore next year it seems! Sounds like he’ll be racing in 2027 as well! With 2 G1s there will also be a mini plushie Elvis coming out in about 6-8mo! Yay!
Breeders Cup superlatives
Best Ride - @KendrickCarmou1 on Deterministic.
Best Race - The Classic was one for the ages
Best Performance - T O Elvis sprouts wings
Best Conditioning - Mott gets THAT effort from Sovereignty on three feet
I'm struggling to come up with a comparison for T O Elvis. I can't think of a dirt sprinter I have ever seen with that type of turn of foot.
T O Elvis. Absolutely Incredible. Best effort of the weekend so far, what an unreal turn of foot. Huge effort from Englishman too, never saw him coming
Gotta feel for Dark Saffron. Horse goes out and wins a $2M Grade 1 and they reward him by gelding him
Comanche Brave is 5/2 second choice in the #BreedersCup2026 Turf Sprint. He's favored in the multi-race pools. He was 366/1 when he faced Ka Ying Rising 6 months ago
There are 69 horses entered in the #BreedersCup Juvenile races. 43 w North America trainers, 26 w Euro trainers
Of the NA entries 2 horses have 5+ starts. Of the Euro's 21 have 5+ starts
The 26 Euro's have a combined 139 starts (5.34/runner) vs NA 131 starts (3.04/runner)