Charl Pretorius writes in his Off The Record column that renowned bloodstock manager John Freeman, who manages a number of stallions, has called for racing owners to take a chance with their retired mares and breed with them.
He said the indiustry needs it, with a worringly low number of mares in circulation for the 53 registered stallions, and he added that breeding can sometimes yield windfall results from small beginnings.
The article goes on to analyse all eleven of the new, unproven sires in the land.
