In 1983 and 1984, I trained a cutting horse named Sonitas Joy. We won $320,000 in a year and a half. Her owner decided to retire her and breed her. Since she was such an exceptional mare, stallion owners were offering to breed her for free to promote their stallion. At that time, Doc Olena was the most popular stallion in the cutting horse industry. He was 20 years old and nearing the end of his breeding career. At $20,000, his stud fee was the highest in the nation. It took some fancy salesmans...