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In this edition, we're collecting the many, many thoughts we're seeing in the Twitterverse and in our inboxes about The Jockey Club's decision on Feb. 17 to rescind the cap it had instituted on the number of mares bred to stallions born in 2020 or after. Read the full announcement from The Jockey Club here.
Jockey Club is ultimately a breed registry and as part of registering thoroughbreds, US breeders relinquish data and intellectual property rights of their horses. The KY bill was about stopping the mare cap but would put the data monopoly at risk if a new registry was launched. https://t.co/tVXHAZTMi7
— Craig Bernick (@craigb1818) February 17, 2022
Enact a fee for every mare over 140 based on a % of the stud fee and designate the funds to aftercare. You're welcome. https://t.co/qekR9vj2mT
— Susie (@ponyace) February 17, 2022
https://t.co/VfXnYQP7mm pic.twitter.com/AkNap7esxL
— Kyle Johnson (@KJKid92) February 17, 2022
I'm pro artificial insemination and embryo transfers. Works great in QH breeding and it cuts down your pedigree handicapping by like 98%. https://t.co/o3jAIWzJtN
— Michael Joyce (@TVGMike) February 17, 2022
The small time breeders would have gone bankrupt in one breeding season alone with the proposed 140 mare cap. The mares would not have trickled down to the lesser studs. The breeders simply would have left the business. No one will breed to an unpopular stud, 140 mare or not..
— John Henry Mulholland (@Ruffian1981) February 17, 2022
Free trade is essential to every industry. Any thoroughbred breeder in the world has the right to decide which stallion he/she wants to use for each of his/her mares.
Jockey Club Rescinds 140 Mare Cap Rule https://t.co/4przkKHDLI— Marie Yoshida (@MarieYoshida2) February 17, 2022
Thoroughbred industry should unite behind Jockey Club's welcome decision on stallion cap.
We welcome the decision of the Jockey Club's to drop its 'stallion cap' rule change, a move which… https://t.co/kcdqtwtnDI pic.twitter.com/s2JB3Tgx8P— Coolmore America (@coolmoreamerica) February 17, 2022
This is very unfortunate for the little guy https://t.co/4N70WRM69Q
— IndianaThoroughbredAlliance (@IndyTBAlliance) February 17, 2022
A statement from Spendthrift owner Eric Gustavson pic.twitter.com/84TIYyg4bR
— Spendthrift Farm (@spendthriftfarm) February 17, 2022
For totally different reasons, I'm disappointed. If a cap was implemented, the JC would have no argument against AI. I'm very much in favor of AI for both the welfare of the horse and the breed.
— Victoria_Keith (@FHVictoriaKeith) February 17, 2022
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