Dialed In is kind of a unique sire to me. Usually I am looking at sires were recent results are bad, so they are undervalued, i.e. Bayern or Carpe Diem. Dialed In is the reverse, his results have been good and getting better. His stud fee was increased to $20,000 and the story is he has been attracting better mares. Dialed In is a son of Mineshaft, and a grandson of AP Indy. He was Nick Zito’s last good horse. I wanted to try one improving stallion.
#1019 was a Dialed In out of frightfully slow mare. Fancier never ran better than 75 at Delta Downs. I would actually prefer an unraced mare to one that was this slow. However the is bunch of pedigree. Bernstein (son of Storm Cat) is a decent broodmare sire, I love the Fu Peg as the 2nd dam’s sire. I especially love all the European distance pedigree under the 3rd dam. So a bad runner, but a solid pedigree, lets call this dam marginally average.
Mix in a fast work 21.0 for an April 18th foal, and I am willing to go to 4x for sure. The hammer actually fell at $47,000, or only 2.3x. Call me a happy camper with that price.
Peter Miller agreed, and was the buyer in the real world for one of his owners. This horse might not be that exciting, but he is a very solid value.
Let’s call him:
Quixote’s Improver
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