:eek:Or in other words CC will be shuttled to Oussama Aboughazale’s Sumaya Stud near Santiago, Chile.:eek:
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/220477/california-chrome-will-shuttle-to-chile
Reading some of the comments is just mind boggling sad. How do those folks manage to survive day to day;)
One would think it’s the end of the world & CC is doomed to become dog food, with the way some of them are carrying on…
Ok, permission to carry on…:lol:
I knew before opening this thread what it would be about. :lol: I wondered when the Chromies would come out about this. Chile seems like a good place for him. Probably more popular there then he will be here.
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On the chrome FB page one of the geniuses was worried because “they get trapped in mines down there”. :lol: Someone did let her know Chrome probably wouldn’t be mining.
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I did too. It is sad when you can predict crazy!
I figured most on here would get it LOL
Crazy people. And when someone does try to explain things, they get banned. 
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I can see why the Chilean TB industry would be delighted to have CC at stud. This dated article explains why. To the horror of the chrome heads I am sure, CC might be successful there. I know from reading the Aussie blogs, they are skeptical of his future.
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My very favorite comment thus far is the one that Chrome was “raised as a pet”.
That, and the one on the FB page citing “International Velvet” as proof of why flying is dangerous for horses. :lol:
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I just came from the crazy FB group. Someone on there has been trying to educate them. She has posted the same thing over and over, and even corrected some grammar
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OMG, WHAT?! :lol::lol::lol:
I do find it interesting after a lot of fanfare was made about him retiring to Taylor Made. I wonder if he isn’t seeing the numbers that they were hoping for.
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That would be me…I’m a glutton for punishment clearly. Also, I can’t stand that kind of complete ignorance. I mean, if you LOVE the horse so much, why dont you bother to actually LEARN about them?? Plus, it IS kind of fun sometimes to correct them when they’re SO wrong…and who doesn’t love explaining that it’s “moot point” not “mute point” and that they’re using it wrong anyway? 
I’m new here, btw…someone gave me the heads up about my charity work with the Chromies being mentioned so I had to check it out. Y’all are clearly awesome!
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Welcome!
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I would consider myself more educated than the average person when it comes to stallion management. Personally, I’d rather not see our popular boys work as dual hemisphere stallions. It has nothing to do with care, safety, accommodations, or travel. My opinion has everything to do with big books and overuse. I don’t think it’s healthy in the long run.
But those FB group Chromies… oy vey. Talk about nutters. :lol:
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I agree. I worked in breeding, though just at smaller operations in NJ, standing a couple stallions and breeding horses intended for the regional market. But that and my own voracious reading habit (LOTS of nights sleeping in the barn during foaling season, reading stacks of old BloodHorse magazines and any books on farm management the boss left for me) gave me a more than casual knowledge of the industry. It’s been quite a while since those days but even though things had begun to change, most farms still had books capped at 60 or 70 mares, and for the elite stallions the saying “approved mares only” was taken seriously. Now if you look at the 2016 sire lists, 10 of the top 50 are grandsons or great grandsons of Seattle Slew, while 8 of the top 20 first crop sires are from his sire line Plus AP Indy was the #3 broodmare sire. I personally love Slew and the fact that he became a major influence but it seems like this kind of overkill can only weaken the breed over time, especially with Tapit being as prolific as he is.
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The books have gotten crazy big, that much I definitely agree with. The stallions themselves likely are covering around the same amount of mares as back in the old days however. Vet care has gotten so much better that it isn’t unusual to only cover a mare once and get her in foal. Two to three covers per cycle used to be the norm and it often took a couple of cycles to get the job done. They are sort of victims of their own success I guess.
Nice to have another knowledgeable voice in our choir!
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It’s not like they can breed all year. If there’s a southern hemisphere market, why not shuttle so they aren’t spending six months eating and doing nothing? No point in paying to feed and house a horse who’s doing nothing unless he’s making six figures per cover or is too old to do anything other than graze and nap.
…“People get trapped in mines in Chile”? I think we have less to worry about in breeding horses than in breeding people these days.
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On the Paulick article, one comment talks about the fact that CC won’t recognize English when he comes back, and another person reassured that person that he already knows Spanish. Wow!
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I’ll have to admit to mixed emotions about the shuttling, but Chrome is a mature stallion who has known for years what fillies and mares were good for. Better he do his shuttling while he still is full of youthful enthusiasm. The traveling? No problema.
Do we (the royal ‘we’) know how full CC’s northern hemisphere book is for 2017?
It may be that he isn’t filling his book? His fee is $40K which I think is reasonable to possibly a stretch given his pedigree.
I would agree some of the Chromie’s comments are funny if they weren’t on the sad side of lack of really understanding TBs and the TB industry.
I did see one comment over and over and was wondering if there has been a study done if dual hemisphere stallions have an earlier fatality rate? I wouldn’t think so but that sure seems to be a popular thought…
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That’s insane. Of course he might already know Spanish if he had Spanish speaking grooms. Don’t roll your eyes, but I do know a couple of retired police dogs that were brought over from Germany, their commands were/are in German. If you say “lay down” in English it’s only about a 50/50 response rate.
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