One of the main goals of this blog is to learn about the different partnership groups.
I have been very impressed by what I have learned about Ironhorse Racing Stable. Everyone should go to their website and learn about their success with Buccherro. From a $43,000 OBS purchase of an Indiana bred, they won two G2’s at Keeneland, went to two Breeder’s Cup races, and also raced at Ascot. Buccehero has also become a successful sire.
https://www.buccherostallion.com/pedigree
The managing partner is Harlan Malter, who has a day job in the investment business. I consider that a positive. The basic approach is to offer horses without a markup, and only earn fees when the horse wins money.
On their website they were offering few remaining 5% shares of a very nice looking Tapiture they bought for $80,000 at a previous sale. The pedigree is maybe a little too sprint oriented for my weird taste, but others might see it as a very balanced horse.
Ironhorse then sent me a e-mail saying they had a small budget to buy a horse at the Ocala sale. I thought that was interesting. West Point, Eclipse, and all the other partnership folks took a pass on this sale.
The horse Ironhorse bought was extremely interesting. They passed on over 1000 horses and then bought a son of Exaggerator, out of a great Cozzene mare for only $12,000. This is exactly the type of pedigree I appreciate. The problem is the horse worked a very green 11.0. He is a April 22 foal. I look forward to hearing the “story” of this horse. I give Ironhorse an A++ for creativity.
Buying A Race Horse 