I sold Ocelli for 12k, yesterday he ran 3rd in the @KentuckyDerby & won 500k.
And gues what? I'm celebrating.
Because of what this means for everything we still have.
Ocelli's brothers just became a lot more valuable. His mom Zalia is now a queen.
The bloodline we've been building for years just got validated on the biggest stage in racing.
One horse running 3rd at @ChurchillDowns does more for your breeding program than a decade of "he has potential" conversations ever could.
But there's a bigger lesson here.
Everyone passed on Ocelli because he had a "weird gait." Moved different. Didn't fit the template.
Turns out that weird gait was elite. Top 3 in the world elite.
The market constantly undervalues things that don't fit the mold. In horses. In real estate. In people.
The ones who move different aren't always broken.
Sometimes they're just built for something the rest of us can't see yet.
Condolences to the Poonawalla family on the death of Economics from colic. As a colleague of theirโs in the industry I know how they must feel. Reading all these xenophobic comments about the Indian breeding industry is sad. Poonawalla Stud Farm like many in India is a world class facility with a seven decade record of excellence in breeding horses. Economics was retired to one of the worldโs best homes any horse could have the good fortune of going to, his owners in India are fine people with a long and great history of looking after their horses. Their Champion gelding Mystical who won twice at the Dubai Carnival in 2007 lives out his days with the best care at Poonawalla Stud aged 24. Wootton Bassett dies shipping halfway across the world annually, none of these aftercare comments are made, when Exceller & Ferdinand are slaughtered none of these racist comments are made. When horses in National Hunt racing fall and die none of these comments are made. I see stallions bred to 400 plus mares across hemispheres year round looking haggard, no welfare comments are made by any of you. The facts are that Colic is a problem the world over and despite their best attempts to resolve the problem with the best care, unfortunately the horse succumbed to the affliction. I know we ainโt white but we do know how to look after our horses and better than ALL of you raging here, especially the idiot who doesnโt know the difference between India & Indiana! RIP Economics โน๏ธ
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