Brazil produce around 4,500 thoroughbreds a year. It is time for you start to pay attention at the Brazilian Thoroughbred. There is a revolution afoot. Brazil has won the Latino Americano six times from 14 running, tops for any other country. Because the Brazilian horses are not in demand they are significantly cheaper than Argentine horses and represent value.
Brazil is one of the few areas in the world where staying blood is still cultivated.
Listen what Richard Mandella said after the Santa Anita Hcp. A great horse, you don't know where they are going to come from. But consistently as they are coming from South America, we have to take a pretty serious notice of it, I think. The best of the TNT runners is Brazilian bred Much Better, one of the best South American runners of recent years. Brasil and the Carlos Pellegrini in Argentina and was less than six lengths off Carnegie in the Arc du Triomphe.