Value at Ocala??

It is difficult to tell if the final Ocala sale has great value, or is mainly a collection of leftovers. There have been a lot of withdrawals and buy backs. I really want to learn what happens to the horses that do not get sold. I think it is a very important part of the two year old in training story. If the pinhookers are only selling the problem horses and keeping the better ones, I need to know that right now. It is interesting that in a European sale over 90% of the horses sold, here it seems closer to 50%.

I want to keep track of 3 different groups:

1. The horse I would have bought
2. The horse that sold for seemingly above average prices
3. The horse that did not sell

The horses I would have bought:

1. #560 Summer Front – Cozy Gain – 21.2, $8,000, Larkin Brothers
2. #1058 Exaggerator – Cozze Up Lady, 11,0 $12,000, Ironhorse Racing Stable
3. #515 Summer Front – Check the Spelling, 10.2 $15,000, Expoline
4. #1049 Air Force Blue – Branding – 21.2, $50,000, TB Bloodstock
5. #281 Orb – Trophy Wife – 10.1, $35,000, Jeremiah O’Dwyer
6. #572 Social Inclusion – Dandy Dulce – 33.1 $28,000 Jeremiah O’Dwyer (late PS)
7. #602 Twirling Candy – Diva’s Seastar, 10.1, $65,000, Michael Langford (a late PS)
8. #597 Frosted – Celestial Kitten, 10.2 $47,000, Merril Scherer
9. #1098 Summer Front – Mountain Buddies, 21.2, $30,000, Expoline
10. #990 Lemon Drop Kid – Oxbow Lake, 10.3, $62,000, Earle Mack
11. #340 Vancouver – Woollahra – 10.2, $21,000, Greg James
12. #162 Tourist – (Silver Commission), 10.1, $12,000 Edward Pulgar
13. #594 Sky Mesa – Diamondinthestream, 10.2, $22,000, Vina del Mar Thoro.
14. #51 Jack Milton – Purely Promising, 21.1 $45,000, Steve Young
15. #542 Dialed In – Collusion, 21.2, $40,000, Starship Stables
16. #106 Carpe Diem – Sabi Sands, 10.2, $25,000, Jason Hall (late PS)
17. #252 Air Force Blue – The Rahy Angel, 10.2, $25,000, Churchill Downs Racing Club
18. #197 Upstart – Stay Composed, 21.3, $57,000, Siegel Sez Stables
19. #63 Soldat – Rajpur Road, 10.1, $18,000, Joe Graffeo
20. #520 Fed Biz – Chic Gloria – 10.1, $16,000, Starship Stables

The horses that did not sell:

1. #133 Blame – Seeking Sheba
2. #146 Tapizar
3. #558 Paynter – Courageous Julie
4. #278 Bernardini
5. #598 Bodemeister
6. #264 Curlin
7. #621 Flat Out
8. #746 Frosted (and9 more)

Horses to watch:

1. #189 Super Saver – Strikinglybeautiful- $77,000, Marc Tacher (tons of pedigree)
2. #473 Palice Malice – Breech Inlet – $175,000, Al Ulwelling
3. #525 Macleans Music – Chokonni – 10.0 , $65,000, Mens Grill Racing
4. #414 Flat Out – Arbeka- 10.1, $52,000
5. #120 Air Force Blues – Savviest, 10.1, $100,000, Randy Bradshaw
6. #201 Bayern – Storming Gypsy – 10.0, $50,000. Expoline
7. #342 Cairo Prince
8. #383 Half Ours – All About Ju Ju- 20.1, $175,000, Dennis O’Neil – this is our Modus Operendi , bad pedigree, but does not look like sprinter
9. #435 Tapiture – – 10.2, $45,000, Dennis O’Neil
10. #429 Vancouver – -$90,000
11. #1070 Bayern – Gossip Mil , 22.0, $8,000, Glorious Uncertainty Stable

I know this seems like a lot of horses to keep track of. I really want to understand this sale. Bargains or leftovers???