The stats for Day 2 of the sale are out, and the picture is worse. Both average and median are down 20% from last year. It is even worse given that this year’s sale includes maybe 50 horses that had intended to sell at the higher class Fasig-Tipton sale that was canceled in March. Many of those horses are going to Timonium, but some are in Ocala. That includes the sale topper of $1,350,000 for a Not This Time filly, that was in the supplemental catalog.
I have a new favorite for tomorrow, hip #716. I love the Carpe Diem story, and the mare ran graded stakes races at 1 1/4 on the turf (she is by Arch). I am not sure how I missed this horse the first time through the catalog. The horse is consigned by a group called Hartley/DeRenzo that has already turned down $390,000 and $250,000 for two fast working fillies. This colt was already RNAed for $60,000 as a yearling, so he might to actually get spld at a decent price.
I am willing to spend the $103,000 left in the Derby Partnership, but with a 10.2 work maybe I will not have to.
Buying A Race Horse 