Why do triple crown caliber horses like Big Brown only race for a year or so?

Question

Why do triple crown caliber horses like Big Brown only race for a year or so?

Answer 1

Why do you think,, That the The triple crown is the best of the best !

              Believe me it is Not,



Also There are many horses that where winning races Just as tough and even better while those races where going on, On that day  Better horse's and even faster ones.

Compare it to the Olympics;s Some think those are the best riders in the world THEY ARE NOT , neither are their horses,,

Best for you to do some homework on racing,  And find out why those horses chose to run the Triple Crown, And why the others did not !

Not all horses are Nominated to run the Triple,,

Come on now do you really think that all the T.B.S REG And are 3yr olds really want that pressure and where they maybe Calif breds ,and maybe they will run for MORE money some where else!

There are over Amillion T.B.S REG.every yr, Not all will want to run in the derby

or even get paidinto it by the breeders ,

The breeders Cup is richer so are many others,,



  

Answer 2

Boy Where have you been ?

They do race after

look at Affirmed he raced after, so did many others

Every one here only thinks what they know

If they looked at every horse that has been in the Big 3 T.s they would change their questions  

Answer 3

The horses owners make huge bucks selling the horse for stud duty. Its an absolute sin. To see War Emblem and King Glorious, for instance, shuffled of to the breeding shed without being able to see their true brilliance displayed as a more mature four year old crushes the true racing fan. Can something be done about this? I don't know. I had an idea which would work if the various racing associations gave a c**p about the fans. Here goes; every time an owner enters a three year old colt in a grade 1 or 2 event, he must sign a form, which would be a legally binding agreement, which states that unless the colts health precluded it, the owner would see to it that his colt would race through his four year old season [setting a minimum of, say, four races]. Subsequent failure to abide by that agreement would result in forfeiting (returning) all monies won in that race, and the horse would be officially disqualified to last place, forfeiting his black type as well.

Yeah, I know its a dream. But in this matter, it appears to be all the true thoroughbred racing fan has left.    

Answer 4

Owners are looking to hit a home-run by selling the breeding rights for millions and millions of dollars. The industry is so speculative nowadays that the top racers are projected out to a retirement ASAP, not viewed as top stakes racers as older runners.

Answer 5

There is way too much sindication money paid for these stallion prospects. And I say prospects! The breeders need to revaluate their breeding practices. The thoroughbred breed is suffering heavily from breeding to these young stallions. These stallions may have plenty of speed but they have yet to prove their durability and stamina. A quarter horse has speed, but a thoroughbred is supposed to be durable, speedy and have stamina. Shame on the breeders. Soon the Quarter horse will be king. What a shame.

Read on at http://www.saferhorseracing.com/gpage17....

Answer 6

well its cuz they are so good that they have really high stud prices so they retire them to stud early ..........though some horses race a lot after winning some or all triple crown races though that doesn't happen to often anymore  

Answer 7

Because top horses can make a ton more money in the breeding shed than they can in racing.  When a 3 year old colt is retired, if it has won major grade 1 races, it's going to command a big stud fee, regardless of the fact that it's unproven in the breeding shed.  Look at Smarty Jones.  His first babies are 2 year olds this year.  So no one knows if he'll actually produce good runners or not... but his stud fee is already $100,000.  And he can cover a few mares every week.  If he was still racing, he'd only win the purse money... but he could only race every 3-4 weeks.  And they'd have to pay for training.  And insuring that kind of horse would cost a fortune.  And if something did happen to him on the track, the owners would lose all the future money they could have made by breeding him.  In his two years of racing, Smarty Jones only made a little over $7 million.  In breeding, Smarty Jones can make $1 million every few weeks!  And racing is a risky business because he could get hurt... whereas the breeding shed is a very controlled environment where they take every precaution possible to ensure the horses can't hurt themselves.  Money-wise, it's more logical to send the horse to stud than to keep it racing.

Answer 8

what your saying is more common in colts and mares, its because they are often more valuable at in the breeding barn.

Answer 9

Horses such as Big Brown are bred to achieve while they are young and these horses don't often train on because they gain alot of weight and can't get back to race fitness or just lose interest in racing or are sent to the breeding barn or they brake down.

Answer 10

They have greedy owners. That sell out to stud.