American Pharoah: Life After the Triple Crown

[TexasTowelie]

What does he do now that he’s no longer thrilling fans on the track? Living the good life while standing at stud at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud in Versailles. He spends his day eating and relaxing in his spacious stall, roaming in his own paddock, but what keeps him most preoccupied is—breeding.

“American Pharoah will breed a full book of mares again this year, usually covering two or three mares a day from February through until June,” Ryan said. “All of our stallions are turned out in their own individual paddocks every morning, where they can run around and graze, some will also be hand walked or lunged for exercise to keep them fit.”

His stud fee is listed as private this year and he spends the Southern Hemisphere season being shuttled to Australia. According to Ryan, American Pharoah has been very well received by the industry. A pair of his weanlings have already brought $1,000,000 each in the sales ring and Ashford Stud is really looking forward to the major yearling sales this autumn, then of course his first runners next year.

“He has set the bar very high for himself,” Ryan said. “but he is a special horse, and if he can achieve half of what he accomplished on the racecourse here in his new job then we all have a lot to look forward to.”

Read more: https://www.aceweekly.com/2018/06/american-pharoah-life-after-the-triple-crown/

[cilla4progress]

1. Happy

For him.

Things don’t always end up so nicely for them.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

2. Well, he made it to the top.

Quite a beautiful animal. Gets to travel even. Not bad. 2-3 a day...x 365....Horse is going to need a lot of hay.

[catbyte]

3. Not to put too fine of a point on it, but how exactly do they get him to, ahem,

"perform" 2-3 x/day for months on end? I've grown up around horses and none of them have ever been that horny. Is he really "living the good life?" You know what they say about "too much of a good thing." But I only know riding horses & draft horses; not elite racers. But a horse is a horse, of course, of course...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. I've read that the horses are led to the breeding barn.

They either go there or else out into the paddock.

It doesn't take long for them to realize that today they get to perform and that gets them ready.

I forget where I read this but it sure sounded true.

[TexasTowelie]

5. Porn?

I suspect that it's a combination of hormones, mood lighting, and fine dining.

[exboyfil]

7. Pity the poor stallion that verifies that the mare is ready

to breed. That has to be the most frustrating job on the planet.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. He's just the wing man, I guess.

[MuseRider]

9. Usually called

the teaser stallion. They always look frustrated.

[Mosby]

10. sometimes they collect the sperm ahead of time

Let's just leave it at that.

[CottonBear]

11. Thoroughbreds can only be bred by live cover i.e. not by AI.

It is the rule for TB breeding.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Nice work if you can get it.