They sold 150 yearlings at Woodbine yesterday. Most were Ontario breds. I would have expected the $120,000 MSW purses at Woodbine to have attracted more attention. The median price was only $15,000. Maybe a tiny sign of a weak market?
This sale would have completely escaped my attention if I had not been making a real effort to read the Thoroughbred Daily News (TDN) every single day.
I want to watch:
- Point of Entry by Jesters Jazz – $60,000, a favorite sire
- Vancouver by Miss Blakely – $40,000, nice mare
- Summer Front by Spider Dust – $18,000, big second dam
- Mizzen Mast by Aquinnah – $20,000
- Ironicus by Cost and Effect -$9,000
There were several RNA’s, the buyback rate was about 25%. I still might flee to Canada if they start drafting 60 year olds.
Buying A Race Horse 