West Point vs Eclipse

I contacted both of the big partnership groups this week, and both got back to me very promptly. I have always wanted to keep track of both groups over a couple years. Rather than measure the overall results (ownerview.com does that), I wanted to keep track how I would do if I could actually buy into one of their horses.

In practice I think both sell out their new 2-yr old partnerships very quickly to existing partners. So if you want to invest with them you have to act quickly.

To me it is all about judging the people and the process, not trying to judge results over any short time period. 30 years in the investment business taught me that even results over a 5 year time period can be very misleading. So I start this informal competition not to compare their results down to the last dollar, but rather as a fun way of keeping track of their results. I will probably invest with both of them over the next few years, and the results of this informal race will have no bearing on that decision.

Both have excellent websites, and I highly recommend race fan go there an chose their favorites.

I think I will pick 6 horses from each in the order I would select them if they were available. I will picks the ones I like the best.

West Point

1. Magnificent – I am a big fan of Frosted and the dam’s breeding ($250,000 yearling)
2. Printers Row – a Street Sense filly from the early Ocala sale ($170,000)
3. Warn – Declaration of War, exactly the type of turf horse I would like to own ($140,000 yearling)
4. A Longlongtimeago – Maclean’s Music is my favorite sire ($125,000 yearling)
5. Arabian Prince – Mshawish colt could be turf or dirt ($235,000 yearling)
6. Silver Streak – Ironicus is an interesting new sire ($45,000 at the OBS sale)

Eclipse

1. Aviano – Medaglia de Oro – a very pricey yearling ($775,000), maybe not a realistic price, but lets watch him
2. Distancing – Anchor Down filly by an interesting new sire ($60,000 at the early OBS)
3. Nurturing – Violence filly was on my top 12 list for Ocala ($225,000)
4. Duchess of Shire – Flintshire filly, I love the Euro pedigree ($47,000 in OBS)
5. Exact – Competitive Edge sprinter that Eclipse had a few shares left in ($82,000 at OBS)
6. Honorable – an inexpensive Constitution yearling ($60,000)