West Point added a $100,000 Square Eddie for their California clients. Eclipse made just two small purchases, a $40,000 Mshawish and a $57,000 Dominus. Zilla bought a Commissioner and a Laoban. I think the list of folks that passed completely is interesting.
Maybe I could have looked harder at some of the cheaper NY breds. I know I need to watch Maryland and Pennsylvania racing much closer. I know one reason I was less excited is because only about 10% of horses chose to work 2f, in Ocala it was closer to 30%. It was also difficult because so many horses worked 10.3 it was hard to differentiate them. That 10. 3 work could have been the median, but it also could have been bottom quartile.
Fasig-Tipton did a better job of reporting results promptly, but there were still a number of mysterious last minute outs. Where do these horses go now?
I sorry to be a sourpuss (is that a word?), but I will call the sale loser Michael Lund Petersen paying $1,100,000 for an Uncle Mo, but the Sackatoga guys paying $290,000 for a Tonalist that worked 22.1 was a close second.
The winner is Xtreme Racing who bought the Bayern out of a Lemon Drop Kid mare (with a nice 21.3 work) for only $80,000. I do not know who these guys are, but I will watching with great interest. This is exactly my kind of horse, and was clearly “the one that got away” . He was eventually named Xtreme Mayhem.
Buying A Race Horse 