Two weeks ago I was offered a loose 2.5% interest in Donegal’s partnership. Their first starter ran ok last week, but today Abarta won a maiden turf race at Ellis. He was taken well back and charged home. He is a good looking, long, son of Into Mischief. He might be be a real nice horse. I am not really sure he is even a turf horse, but perhaps was just looking for a longer race.
Donegal buys distance oriented horses, and this looks like a good one. This one was hip #1132 at Keeneland last year. They paid $200,000 which means it must have been a good looking horse (the median at that point would have been under $70,000). The mare was a nice turf miler that ran a 105 Equibase fig.
And then two races later Ten Strike brought in a nice looking horse in a 3 year old maiden race. I am sure they would have expected this horse to run earlier, but sometimes stuff happens.
A Big Blue Kitten ran a decent third in a competitive MSW 2-year old turf race in Maryland. I need to learn more about Maryland racing so I am adding Jeremiah O’Dwyer and Brittany Russell to the trainers I follow in Equibase.
Just as I type this Kelsey Danner (another trainer I am watching) wins at 10-1 at Gulfstream. I need a better way to keep up to date with a variety of tracks.
Buying A Race Horse 