Sean Feld

We couldn’t be more elated with this result. To buy a foal in 2023 @InfoArqana and win a stake at Gulfstream is quite the feat. Thank you for everyone that made this #FeldFamilyFind possible! @shaqdog @brenpwalsh

@ukHolloway91 Thank you!!!!

That’s a beauty! @Seaneff

30 years ago on a Wednesday morning, my Dad and I watched Cigar win the 1st Dubai World Cup in the bowels of Santa Anita before going to school. Today we have the 2nd Feld Family Find running in the Dubai World Cup, Tumbarumba. The best game in the world!

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@52ShadesOfHay I’ve been saying that before AI was a house hold name

@Seaneff The condition books should be AI-based and intuitive as far as what races would suit your horses. You shouldn't have to hunt for the right spot.

An overhaul of the condition books would help considerably. Racing on an island only works if the condition book is inclusive. It’s very hard to own a race horse that can only run 6 times a year due to the condition books when it takes about 100k in earnings a year to break even.

@shaqdog @JetBlue We went to the moon before the internet was invented

The Voyager space probe was launched in 1977 and is 15 BILLION miles from earth. We still receive pictures from that probe using 1977 technology. Yet, somehow, @jetblue can't figure out how to have internet at 35,000 feet when technology is at its peek. That is all. #nasalstrips

@quevega I think people need to remember it’s horse RACING not horse sales that makes the universe work. Without horses being born and people gambling on it, there is no horse racing.

@Seaneff The sooner folk realise the breeding, sales & racing are separate but strongly linked industries the better

It’s the same everywhere… massive drops in foal crops but the response is always the same no matter the locale. -“it’s bad everywhere” -“we had a good sales season” It’s never “here is what we can do to help”

@LEMBstables @MachmerHall @craigbrogden At $40 a day I’d say it’s 55k without ANY vet or stud fee.

@Seaneff @MachmerHall @craigbrogden I have a small sample size - but I believe it’s $55k plus stud fee. This also assumes no MAJOR vet. I have a mare that required an emergency colic surgery this week - that cost would add another $20k to the “cost of production”.

I have watched horse racing in a death spiral for 25 years now … since Machmer Hall’s Ky farm founding. We have the biggest asset of any sport on the 🌎, the 🐎! The sales are still strong because supply is falling faster than demand. @craigbrogden this is a must read if you want the industry to thrive just like I do. I hate the fact that I cannot encourage any of my grown children to take the reins because at this point, I know the truth of the future.

@MachmerHall @westlakeracing @USHJA Outside demand will help but what about the ones that can’t be ridden?

@westlakeracing @Seaneff As soon as the tb Renaissance Series specs passes w the @USHJA we will need funding for 5 years for game changing prize money to create demand for Tb sport horses

YOU MAY WANT TO SIT DOWN BEFORE YOU READ THIS AND BE SURE TO REPOST THIS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE: THE BREEDERS’ CUP $100 MILLION QUESTION. These numbers should make the racing industry furious. These numbers come directly from Breeders’ Cup IRS Form 990 filings. The mission statement of Breeders’ Cup Limited says the organization exists: “...to promote the growth of thoroughbred breeding, racing and sales through proactive leadership, innovation and service.” Are they following their mission statement?...Let’s look at the numbers. According to 10 years of IRS filings through Dec. 31, 2024, Breeders’ Cup Limited has built a massive investment portfolio. Looking specifically at Part X, lines 11 and 12 (publicly traded securities and other securities), the balance sheet shows: 2015 — $42,137,446 2016 — $47,775,257 2017 — $53,976,353 2018 — $62,757,916 2019 — $66,241,942 2020 — $76,826,950 2021 — $91,680,183 2022 — $80,183,956 2023 — $88,203,537 2024 — $108,818,752 Over the past decade the Breeders’ Cup investment portfolio increased by roughly: $66,000,000. Now compare that to what has been distributed back to the industry through grants and similar payments. According to those same filings (Part I, line 13) during that same period 2015-2024, the annual grant amounts in order were: $87,512, $42,900, $42,900, $48,002, $49,599, $73,061, $48,638, $53,903, $49,020, $3,231 Yes you are reading that right $3,231 in 2024. Total grants over the decade: $498,766 LET THAT SINK IN. Portfolio growth: $42M grows to $108M Industry grants (10 years) total: $498,766 Now consider this: Over the past 10 years Executive compensation: Approx. $23,500,000 Industry grants: $498,766 LET THAT SINK IN. Breeders’ Cup executives were paid roughly 47 X more than the organization distributed in grants to the industry it claims to promote. THAT SHOWS YOU THEIR PRIORITY. Meanwhile the industry is still struggling to properly fund aftercare and support racing jurisdictions fighting to survive, including Southern California racing. As demonstrated in my prior posts, aftercare infrastructure alone needs at least $20 million in immediate seed funding. The Breeders’ Cup clearly has the capital. Yesterday, Breeders’ Cup Charities also announced more than $650,000 in donations supporting organizations including the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, PDJF, RTCA and the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation. Those organizations do important work. Every dollar helps. But the larger issue remains scale. When compared to $66 million in portfolio growth and $23.5 million in executive compensation, the industry is still left asking a simple question: Is this the level of reinvestment the sport actually needs? One more point worth noting: Breeders’ Cup 2026 tickets go on sale April 21 at noon Eastern. Some premium seating packages are reportedly priced upwards of $2,400 per seat. Before asking the industry to open its wallet again, owners, breeders, trainers and bettors alike...it might be time for Breeders’ Cup leadership to demonstrate how this capital is being reinvested into the sport itself. Because the question is no longer hypothetical: When does the money start coming back to the industry that created it? Tomorrow we take a closer look at Breeders’ Cup Charities. Stay tuned. REFORM IS COMING! REPOST AND SPEAK OUT! @BreedersCup

How does one figure out the gender of your damaged baggage courtesy of @delta?

@damon_thayer @CoxTalks I won’t donate nor purchase any tickets to them until he is off the teat.

@CoxTalks The whole thing is embarrassing.

The arrogance of this man irks me…

@RAPalmer59 @wemracing No kidding!

This is a cool #FeldFamilyFind. Thank you Elizabeth and @wemracing!

@BROWNLOWJ74 If you need an incentive to own another horse whilst having a G1 performer you shouldn’t be in the business.

@Seaneff Absolutely 💯. Your seeing this i the US. I would really like to see US owners coming over or Jockeys over if its flat or jumps. As we have unique racecourses. But now I don't know.

This is nuts…

I’m running against one next week in a maiden $7,500 that has a rating of 65. I own a horse that is 2 for 3 that won a 1x at GP that has a 58. Make it make sense.