[QUOTE=Lord Helpus;8919244]
FuPeg is another horse who crashed. It did not help that Ashford had FuPeg and Giant’s Causeway come in at the same time. FuPeg’s initial stud fee was about $10k less, but both started over $100,000; anyone who can afford a 6 figure stud fee is not going to haggled about $10K difference, and clearly the farm (and the owners) thought more of GC, than of FuPeg.
Personally, FuPeg was more my kind of horse.
But the truth is on the track, and FuPeg just did not have it.
[All of the above has been written from memory, which may, or may not have any relationship to reality.][/QUOTE]
FuPeg came in a year before Giant. Giant stood in Ireland the first year (2001) then moved over to Ashford (the Kentucky branch of Coolmore) when 40+ American breeders sent him mares in Ireland. FuPeg stood for $150k his first year but dropped to $135k the following year and $125k his third year so it seems like they weren’t overly happy with the support he got early on (note: it was also during an economic downturn so that didn’t help either).
