Review Yearlings from 2019

After the Ocala sale I also went back to last year’s Keeneland sale and pick a group of yearling to compete with Donegal and Ten Strike.

Let’s see how these more expensive horses are doing:

Despite the expensive horses, the results are horrible. This shows the risk in yearling sales. maybe these horses have been slowed by COVID, or maybe they are just bad.

1. Sharp Rocket – Empire Maker by Kingmambo 25% of $375 – not working
2. The Honorable One – Honor Code by Tiznow 20% of $600 – working at Golden Gate
3. Prize Fighter – Frosted by Medaglia de Oro 50% of $260 – not working
4. Victory March – Maclean’s Music by Pleasant Tap 50% of $210, not working
5. Lemonata – Carpe Diem by Lemon Drop Kid 50% of $200 – not working
6. Warn – Declaration of War by Arch 25% of $140, not working
7. Shirelle – Point of Entry by Consolidator 25% of $150 (a Parcells buy), 3rd in MSW at Saratoga, Brown
8. Thunderstruck – Maclean’s Music by Jump Start 100% of $30 – working in Indiana
9. LaTourista – Tourist by Broken Vow 100% of $30 – 2nd in 3 starts at Prairie Meadows, Murphy

Inspired by a $40,000 Flashback yearling that became a BC champion, lets build a portfolio of cheaper yearlings. These are not the cheapest, I want to pay 2x to 5 x for these horses. I will look for horses bought by people who want to race them, not pinhook them. These are all from the September Keeneland sale.

At least most of these horses are working, but the results are still poor so far

1. Aikman – Carpe Diem – $25,000 – Danial Pita – not working
2. Big Big Plans – Point of Entry – $17,000 – Nick Gonzales – MC. winner, had the lead in G1 Natalama faded to 7th
3. Whistlers Style – Tonalist – $55,000 – Frank Lewkowitz – working at Los Alamitos
4. Star Mission – Noble Mission – $27,000 – Ken McPeek – 2 bad MSWs at Gulfstream
5. God’s Pick – Summer Front – $13,000 – Weldon Johnson, working at Remington
6. LaTourista – Tourist – $30,000 – Travis Murphy – 2nd in 3 starts at Prairie Meadows, Murphy
7. Spanish Rider – Ironicus – $14,000 – Red Stable, not working
8. Thunderstruck – Maclean’s Music – $30,000 – Jeff Greenhill – working in Indiana
9. not known – Bayern – $35,000 – Emblem Stables (dam=Dynagreen) – Unnamed
10. Elle Est Forte – Flintshire $50,000 – GBW Racing – working at Chrurchill

This is a high risk strategy. Let’s see how it works. All of these are “slow” horses with lots of distance pedigree on the dam side.