Saturday, January 17, 2009  On to the Two-Year-Old Sales
Charlie said...  Would be curious to see a comparisonn of how
the TB breeding "industry" faired during the early 1930's and
other pre-1980 recessions as compaired to now. Probably no way
to do that - I suspect folks didn't breed like crazy then in
hopes of one or two money makers. Rather, they bred, as you say,
to race. The current TB industry - like industrial farming -
forgot what they were really about and decided to just turn
themselves into pure and simple (and unsustainable) money-making
machines. 35,000 foals every year?? That's just nuts.  George
said...  Another nice post Steve,but, I wouldn't go so far as
saying it's depressing. Though I imagine there are a lot of
depressed people exiting the sale. I had another take on the
situation it you care to give it a read.  Max said...  With
Betfair buying TVG and Magna going under, the possible changes
to this industry are massive. Why isn't there more speculation
out there? Will Churchill