The purpose of this blog is to document my journey toward the purchase of a successful race horse. The journey begins a hour before the first under tack show of the Spring OBS 2-year old in training sale in Ocala. The process of buying a race horse is complicated, but you have to start somewhere.
What is a successful race horse. I would define it as one who wins an allowance race at a mid-level track. Of course the dream is for a stakes horse, but you have to realistic.
My first step will be to carefully watch this Ocala sale. I am not sure that this type of sale is the best place to buy a champion thoroughbred. The yearling sales might be better, but that will come this fall.
My approach to buying horses is the same as buying stocks. I have no interest in Amazon or Facebook, they are too expensive. Likewise, I have no interest in Tapit, Quality Road, Into Mischief or any of the expensive sires.
I am always searching for value.
I have spent many hours of Covid lockdown looking through the catalog. To start, I will be focusing on the sires:
- Dialed In
- Carpe Diem
- Temple City
- Point of Entry
- Summer Front
- Ironicus
- Bodemeister
I am sure most will consider this a strange list of sires, but I will try to explain it over time.
This introduction is posted 10 minutes before the first horse hits the track. I wish were in Florida, they just announced free coffee and doughnuts.
Please forgive all the typos, bad grammar and worse punctuation. I have little ability to proofread my own writing. Sorry.
Buying A Race Horse 