Authentic Retired to Spendthrift 

Congrats

Maybe not height wise. But, features he is build a lot like Northern Dancer. Not up on his pedigree to know if how most are bred if ND is a great, great great to him . He's amazing though.

Northern Dancer.ppl forget SO Quickly on that Great little Guy.the Heart that MET the Spirit. All Horses Go To Heaven,imagine the Fun Dancer has up there - being able to PICK his OWN Mares.kat,ct.11=2020

@@cynthiagriffy4779 Over 98 % of horses running go back the Dancer. Fact !!! Thx Cynthia.

@@katherinepoletto7875 Thx. The 🏆

Safe and apparently anyway sound😬👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼hope he continues to do well at Spendthrift 🤞🏻🍀👍🏼

That's the trainer's m.o.

@@gregorygordon7858 Their decision to retire has nothing to do with the trainer.

"Better safe than sorry"? This is horse racing; *everything* is a gamble. And horses have accidents in their stalls and paddocks all the time; don't act like racing is the only way they can get hurt.🙄

@@kathrynhoward4196 yup exactly!! so take the RACING out of the equation and all ya gotta keep em alive for is covering mares 150 at a pop. year after year...

It's mostly about that. But the horse accomplished some great things and there is real danger in horse racing. Training is not easy and there is always the danger of bad breakdowns that not only ruin a career - but end the horses life. If I were the owners I would probably do the same thing - even though I wish it did not have to be this way.

@@jamesdavis8731 The only reason his connections care if the horse dies is because dead horses don't make money. Make no mistake; he was retired solely because of greed.

@@kathrynhoward4196 I agree he was retired in part because of greed. But what would you have said if they kept racing this colt and he broke down in the morning or afternoon and died? What would you say then? Horse racing is a business. There are millions paid for these horses. Yes, it would be nice if they could run more as four and five and six year olds. But the racing game is dangerous enough as it is. The horse won The Kentucky Derby. He won the Breeders Cup Classic. He was very good. I would also retire him to a life of much more safety while making millions more. The owners can make large amounts of money with this horse and not risk his life. Is that too hard for some of you to figure out?

@@jamesdavis8731 If he raced another year and broke down, I'd say, "Shit happens." I would grieve and move on.

*Should have. Last time I checked, it's called 'horse racing' not 'horse breeding' so that's exactly what a fan is: valuing the horse's racing career and wanting the horse to race for as long as they are sound. This old story about 'he had nothing more to prove' is absolute bullshit. Authentic absolutely had more to prove by running in more. . prestigious races, the Pegasus World Cup, he could have shipped to run in the Dubai World Cup, like California Chrome and Gun Runner, he could have gone for a second Breeders' Cup Classic and become only the second horse to win two BCC.

@@Re-tg3sl Exactly. I can't believe there are idiots who try to make fans feel guilty for wanting horses to actually race instead of being whisked off to the breeding shed. Disgusting.

@@Re-tg3sl And you'd be the SAME damn 'fan' who'd yell "THE OWNERS WERE MONEY HUNGRY!" if he'd broken down. I rest my damn case.

@@akibawolfproductions Actually, no, I wouldn't. As I said, it's called 'horse racing' not 'horse breeding'. So that's what the horse is supposed to do: race, not be whisked off to the breeding shed as soon as he wins a big race. I rest my damn case.

@@Re-tg3sl No actually you don't because I've had people like you say the same damn thing, then when Barbaro, Eight Bells, and others, have broken down, they've pointed an angry finger at the owners and called them GREEDY. Also you CLEARLY don't have a grasp on what horse racing fully entails. There are contracts that are filled out PRIOR to a horse ever stepping foot on ANY track. Those contracts can be as min as he/she needs to win THREE races, or as large as the horse needing to win SEVERAL grade 1 stakes races. Or, they can be as little as winning one race and then being moved from their racing career and into semi retirement. My entire family, myself included, has worked in this industry for several years. My dad even met Big Red and met Penny. There are ALWAYS contracts that MUST be signed by all parties involved and at the END OF THE DAY, it's the OWNER'S DECISION on what THEY choose and decide is BEST for THEIR ANIMAL. NOT YOU. You are a NOBODY to them. You're a 'fan' that's it. But end of the day, you do not pay their vet bills, finances, etc. A multi million dollar race, barley breaks some racing studs even during lean years and COVID19 has had a MASSIVE impact on how racing is done and even seen and viewed. It's had MASSIVE and widespread implications on how votes and betting are cast. Anyone with even half a brain can tell you this. Many tracks have shut down for the entire 2020 season, opting only to run MAJOR races as apposed to their smaller 'filler' races that normally run between the bigger races. This saving the track alot of time but costing it alot more money. Breakdowns have been less this year because the high impacts on the horses aren't there. They're not being forced to run in back to back to back races, like they were LAST YEAR but the RISK is still there. Furthermore, if you knew ANYTHING about this stud's pedigree, you'd know his entire bloodline are prone to breaking down at a YOUNG AGE. They're highly prone to other, often life threatening problems as well. On top of this, he's a Big Red AND Bold Ruler great, great, great grandbaby. There aren't many horses today, with TWO great race horses on their pedigree like that. So the need to protect them is much greater, considering several of Big Red's grandbabies have ended up on slaughter trucks as they slipped through the cracks at several auctions. So no, if all YOU care about is a horse being run into the damn ground, then no, you're not a fan, you're just a greedy person who doesn't give a damn about the horse's safety or well being which CLEARLY, as much as people want to bash his trainer, his trainer CLEARLY cared more for this stallion, than you do.

@Natural American XR7 He was a big boy. Made Gary Stevens look like a dot.

If you want outstanding horses to race longer, you have to have more geldings. Even in the old days, many of the top runners that had longer careers were geldings such as Kelso and Forego. I think it used to be pretty standard practice to geld horses, more so than now, anyway. Secretariat retired to stud at three, so this is nothing new for stallions.

They are thinking of the long-term of the sport. For example before the chosen Dynasty in Korea they had a system it was sort of like a class bloodline system. Where are the top bone class would mainly be royals and if they married one person who was the second class, they could never regain the first class status. So what happened? They ran out of Royals, and then with the week ending of the Chinese dynasty that was affiliated revolution and another Dynasty takes its place. I think they are trying to increase the number of thoroughbreds and trying to vary up the gene pool some. But before those regulations to get into effect I think they're trying to get their champions with as many different types of mares as possible. Instead of the same mares that will cause inbreeding issues.. Plus people would be mad if they ran her horse for too long and they get injured. That's actually what happened to authentic's father. And to mischief ran well and then he had a foot injury and he finished out that season and then was out to stud. But he has proof and to be a sire of sires. Which is a big deal and I think they're trying to increase the strength of not just male winners, but male winners who children also become winners

@@musiclover148 but yeh need more geldings

no nah ah no, Zenyatta is the queen of speed she earned her title at the top , Authentic is way way way below her , he has yet to prove he can keep up with the queen.

Zenyatta would go well with Snitzel, Written Tycoon and Lonhro all 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 Stallions. Zenyatta and Winx are the best Mares to come from Street Cry. One a dirt champion the other a turf champion.

@@Kai_Equine true true

Yep! What other sports do the athletes retire so young when at the top of their game? And when I mean young, I mean young like in the same as a 22 to 25 year old. It is a major problem in horse racing that The Breeders Cup was actually started to fix - the retirement so early of great horses. The thought was to make the money so good in some of the big races they would keep on running these horses. But it has not worked. And I do not think what they have done with Authentic is bad. If I were the owners I would do the same thing. The money is huge, the dangers are real - Authentic gets to retire safe and sound and to a great life. But it is sad that this is the only sport where the athlete becomes a true star and almost immediately they are retired.

@@jamesdavis8731 so than why do they run horses at 2 & 3 horses die everyday at the age of 2 they should have it they can start running at 3 & the Triple Crown & Breeders Cup / Classic are all at the age of 4.

Highly doubt if you owned him you’d feel thst way to much to risk much to insure.

It will be to high weight the one side and too expensive insurance another reason But it will the caring n earning, therefore allthough "the dark side"...think how many tranquilizers Gayyiath had intus when he had been brought round like "air force one".

Horse is worth around 50 million right now. Would you really want to pay 250k per month in insurance premiums?

Yet the owners of California Chrome took an offer from Japan and sold him before his first runners ever hit the track here.

Same with a lot of stallions know days they don’t want to wait for there babies to start before they sell. Which every farm was like claiborne no shuttling if stallions

To southern. Hemisphere mares

Bloodlines my guy. Totally understand you though.

California Chrome was a freak amazing race horse from no breeding and don't pass it on he needs to be in Japan

No kidding... Race until at LEAST 4 when they become of breeding age, then retire them. Unless obviously medical issues arise. Its no longer breeding to race, its racing to breed.. And thats whats sad.

I've always shared that sentiment, but I don't have millions of bucks invested in a horse and need to protect my investment. It would be difficult for him and his connections to improve on what he's already accomplished, plus they would run the risk of seeing him tail off the way Arrogate did. Too bad, but I get it.

I think it's a shame, retire from racing at 3 sound and uninjured is awesome, but Authentic is still a baby there's so many other things he could do before the breeding shed. He could be a simple pleasure riding horse for awhile or something. At 3 he's got 20-30 years of stud duty which the thoroughbred industry will be authentically overbred.

@@LynneDemonQueen1 If anybody wants to spend ten million or so dollars a year to use him for "a simple pleasure riding horse," I suppose they can make an offer.

Music Lover ~ I was just using a pleasure riding horse as an example. He could go on to the thoroughbred makeover, he could be a jumper, barrel racer... there's so many possibilities that he could do in his life before the breeding shed. There's no question he has the heart to run so let him, so what if there's no more titles to be had. Give him a life before stud

It is the geldings that are the older horse division

Nope. I’m a share owner. He is retired, and will stay at the farm in the video.

wait really?

They Should have raced him in the Belmont first and I think he would have won

Definitely not

@@sleepyjoe1484 theyre all great, but had authentic raced against justify, justify would not be a tripple crown winner, and i think american pharoahs title wouldnt be all that safe either. authentic is a dangerous horse.

You wont need to worry you most likely will never have a mare that could be breed by him and why are you even here making comments like that go play in some other chat

@@caseG80 I'm sorry but why would I breed why would I want to breed to a horse drugged for his racing career? I'd rather breed to a tb stud who failed at racing & the foal is still good,also it's just the HONEST truth that Bob Baffert & the horse racing industry doesn't tell , sorry to crush your dreams

@@Kai_Equine of course do you always hangout places you don’t like? Here’s the question if we all like the sport why bash it on a public platform? Have a great day cheers

@@caseG80 when did I ever say 'I don't like racing'? I like it , it's just the people who race the horses, do you live under a rock or something? cheers have a good day.

Moron

@@genedavis9530 You seem to have a problem with the Truth! Lol

Yes so sad the same thing they acted upon justify retired him so early I was so much disappointed I was looking forward to see him in the classic breeder cup I was very much disappointed bro and back to authentic with preakness he could win but I blame the jokey you could see about 50 meters when he change his rod on the right hand he just respond so aggressive even though he was tired from the last race Kentucky derby he could have tried from hundred yards anyway not my horse and not my decision very disappointed

@@obedkandiimuine2710 Yh man I agree the thing that annoys me is it’s now turned into something I don’t even wanna be involved in anymore because you love a horse like authentic justify earthlight pinatubo etc then before you know it he’s retired watch I guarantee you after breeders weekend next year gamine will be gone and that will just hurt me bad as I love gamine

Do you not realize the Triple Crown is Restricted to 3 year olds?

@@rustyshackleford5366 I do know horses can only win it as 3yr old but that doesn’t mean a horse should retire as a 3yr old does it there’s the Saudi cup the Dubai World Cup when I say try again I do not mean the triple crown I’ll be honest though I forgot the derby was only 3yr olds

Can't say I've run across too many stallions on these big TB breeding farms that hate their jobs. Matter of fact, they love their jobs. Laze about all day out in a big paddock full of grass, or in a comfortable stall, then two or three times a day you go to the shed for a piece of... "action"... then back to your private paddock or big stall knee deep in clean straw, fresh hay and clean water. Getting waited on hand and hoof by grooms. They live better lives than millions of humans.

So you don't know anything about pedigrees because he has a hell of a pedigree again another dumbass

@@genedavis9530 I know about pedigree! You're a stupid ass...How many of Into Mischief's runners have won stake races beyond 9 furlongs?

TB breeding is all live cover. Mares covered is sent to the Jockey Club, any "unauthorized mares" wouldn't have registerable foals, and DNA on foals will guarantee parentage. You are living about 50 years behind the rest of us in all of this.

That is the quarter horse world, not the TB world. By the way these race horses are still babies. They don’t even stop growing until 5, 6 or 7.

And that's why some don't produce in the Barn.!!

The excuses are getting old too

@@horsemom6421 Exactly 👍. There not Trainers....there MAD Scientists. 💉💉. Thx Cinda.I know my trainer runs CLEAN!!100%.

@@marklauzon681 I train 100 clean too! Its tough being competitive with all thats out there, but its much more rewarding doing it clean & my horses last!

He never used drugs that enhanc their performances it's mostly medication that's why he is still allowed to compete they didn't find anything after the classic its honest to say that he is the best ever dirt trainer.