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Originally Posted by NY BRED
I vote for retirement.
If "J" swept any one or all three of the prestigious races, what is really
gained vs what is potentially lost.
Purse money is irrelevant for the ownership(60% of purses) ; sure, there is
about 7,000,000 dollars that would be passed up if Justify swept these three races but, why risk injuryand/or the horse based upon the syndicated value
of roughly 75,000,000?
Potential injury to this incredible TBred and adverse public outcry is the
last scenario the racing industry needs.
Sometimes less is really better, especially on this topic.
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That's not syndicated value. That's an outright purchase value (but one that hasn't been verified).
But what risk are you talking about? He's got mortality insurance, so if he dies, they'll get the full value of him, so there is no risk there.
It's a bad idea to not race a horse just because it could possibly be injured. That's the case with all of them, every day, and no, Justify isn't any more special than any of them.
