Wee thoroughbreds are typically euthanized when they break a leg because they don't recover from it. The years of breeding to get those long thin sprinters legs make it very hard for them to recover. It's pretty tough for any horse to recover from a broken leg, especially a bad one. When it comes to race horses, money realy is no object. I haven't seen the numbers in awhile, but half of the ten highest paid athletes in the world are retired race horses. Stud fees for a good horse are obscene, on the order of >100,000 for a decendant of secrariat or man o' war (again i don't remember the specfics). Even a so-so blodline will cost you 25,000. And a good stud can do his "job" every few days without depleting his sperm count. I wish my job was to sit around and do whatever the hell I wanted except for when I was paid great sums of money every few days to impregnate someone.
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Date: 2005-11-16 08:56 pm (UTC)When it comes to race horses, money realy is no object. I haven't seen the numbers in awhile, but half of the ten highest paid athletes in the world are retired race horses. Stud fees for a good horse are obscene, on the order of >100,000 for a decendant of secrariat or man o' war (again i don't remember the specfics). Even a so-so blodline will cost you 25,000. And a good stud can do his "job" every few days without depleting his sperm count.
I wish my job was to sit around and do whatever the hell I wanted except for when I was paid great sums of money every few days to impregnate someone.