jennyema
Chef Extraordinaire
Poor Barbaro was euthanized this am.
Renee Attili said:Unfortunatly there are no offspring of his. He never got to retire to breeding. maybe some brothers or sisters.
auntdot said:No one at the moment, as I understand understand it, accepts artificial insemination for thoroughbreds or standardbreds.
Why? I am not sure. But it sure seems if artificial insemination was accepted there would be many chances for corruption. The track has been known for its very classy and honest persons, but at least equally as much for the many crooks who have fixed races.
Many confidence schemes have focused on racehorses.
If a stallion services a mare the owners only pay for the services when there is a foal.
And then they know whom the daddy is.
Just my take on the matter. There may be many others.
Take care.