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Originally Posted by fmazur
No sales price mentioned, but it must have been in the many millions. They believe (the new owners) he will be Japans next Sunday Silence. He will end his stud career back in the U. S
The California Chrome Syndicate has reached an agreement with the JS Company LTD. of Japan to purchase California Chrome, subject to all the Japanese government’s quarantine and exportation requirements being met, Taylor Made Stallions announced today. As part of the agreement, the California Chrome Syndicate has the first right of refusal if California Chrome is ever sold, and upon retirement from breeding, he can live out the remainder of his life at Taylor Made. Owners Perry and Denise Martin will continue to participate in California Chrome’s breeding career in Japan.
“We were approached by representatives of the buyer, and being that California Chrome is owned by a 50-share syndicate, the offer was presented to the shareholders for a vote,” said Taylor Made’s Duncan Taylor. “Ultimately, the results were in favor of moving forward with the sale. California Chrome is the best horse we have ever owned, and he will now have the opportunity to have offspring performing in three different countries. California Chrome is a very special horse and means a lot to not only the team members of Taylor Made but to the thousands of fans he has across the country.”
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It's wishful thinking he'll end up back here. You're talking 15 or 20 years down the road, when the public will have moved on and Taylor Made, if it still exists, will be run by one of the sons, who may or may not care to pay the up-to-$50k to bring back a horse that will only cost them more as they feed and take care of him in his retirement.
I also doubt it was many millions. Maybe a few, if that. The only way they'd have sold is if they thought he'd run his course, they've gotten the majority of the stud fees out of him, so they took whatever the Japanese farm offered as the cherry on top.
