Breeding Racing

It’s Not Always Dark at 5 O’Clock – The Greed Driven Problem Plaguing Breeders Around the World – Part 2

by : peterprofitracing
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Slipping effortlessly from Churchill to George Bernard Shaw, Byrne waxed lyrical that it’s not always going to be dark at 5 o’clock. Try telling that to the breeders who were at Goffs Sales last November and couldn’t even get a bid of E10,000 on a foal by Saxon Warrior who stood at a E35,000 fee. Many foals received no bid at all. Or the breeders of 264 mares covered by Saxon Warrior in 2023 who will produce foals in the next few months and will be offered for sale at Goffs in late 2024 when it will most definitely be dark again at 5 o’clock.

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