Rail Talk Episode 119: Racing Off to Stud
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green take on several industry-wide issues, starting with the sudden retirement of recent Malibu Stakes winner Goal Oriented, and what it says about the breed-to-sell approach overwhelming the breed-to-race philosophy. Is the infatuation with sexy first-crop sires sustainable, or does the business need a major course correction?
The boys then react to John Sikura’s criticism of the Breeders’ Cup sitting on an endowment of nearly $100 million. How could that money be put to better use in an industry with so many holes, and what’s the Breeders’ Cup’s…
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