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The day of the Kentucky Derby is a good day to ponder American Pharoah , one year after he made history there and now at stud with his owner collecting a $200,000 fee per engagement. Treated like real royalty, American Pharoah is covering up to three mares per day. It's only a hunch, but I'm guessing he doesn't miss the track.
Last edited by ryck; 05/07/16 02:54 PM. Reason: Grammar
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It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it. 
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Yup….it's a dandy retirement plan. 
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Having worked on a thoroughbred stud farm for a few years I know that covering three mares a day will quickly result in a very low sperm count and an exhausted stud. The average is more like one a day to five a week. The breeding season only lasts about three months, so there is a 9 month "vacation" to recover from all the activity in the season.
If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
— Albert Einstein
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So, it would appear the sports reporter I watched had a poor source for information. However, all that being said….still not a bad retirement plan.
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Sports reporters are like fishermen. It is all hyperbole and exaggeration.
If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
— Albert Einstein
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still sounds like one heck of a retirement plan
or... "there are worse ways to go"
I work for the Department of Redundancy Department
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