Quote Originally Posted by eliteblood View Post
Montana, you have fallen for the common misconception that the stallion owners will be the main beneficiaries. It is not the case -the broodmare owners will be the main beneficiaries. The stallion owners will derive some benefit but only equal to the marginal difference in breeding decisions resulting from the scheme. In most cases, the mare would have been bred from in any case and the broodmare owner will simply get his service fee for nothing rather then have to pay for it. In this instance, the most likely outcome IMO, the stallion owner has derived nothing extra.
maybe , but imo i think there would be no incentive for stallion owners to drop their fees such as they did this year if this scheme was in place. also i think broodmare owners would be more likely to select higher priced stallions if they are getting their fees fully or partially supplemented by this scheme. i can see there is obvious upside for the broodmare owners i am just saying there is for the stallion owners too.