Which Horse Would I Select – II

I think the previous post was a very useful exercise. Let’s do the same thing, but for dirt horses of either gender.

Let’s consider a Maclean’s Music a special situation since he only had one start. If we throw out the $40,000+ sires, and all the freshmen sires, we get the following list:

1. Tonalist
2. Palace Malice
3. Dialed In
4. Honor Code
5. Tapiture

Let’s get back in the time machine and try again with the same process:

#202 – I would have loved this Tonalist colt out and Thunder Gulch mare, but he was RNAed for $35,000. I will watch for him at future sales.

The horses by these sires were too expensive at the FT sales. Let’s move on to Keeneland.

#968 – I would certainly selected this son of Honor Code for only $40,000. With Honor AP not running that well in the Derby, there was value here. The mare ran a 99 Equibase fig at 1 1/16 miles in her short career. She was by El Prado out a Strike the Gold mare. The second dam produced long running Borrego. This is an A nick.

This is almost a TGTBT horse, but for $40,000 I would take the chance. If you believe in long distance pedigree you have to love this horse.

#1673 – This son of Dialed In is from a Awesome Again mare that was only an ok runner, but she produced 3 very nice horses. The 2nd dam was by 1 1/2 running Sky Classic. This is a B nick. The buyer was Antonio Sano, who trained another son of Dialed In named Guenavera. He paid only $27,000.

Both of these horses were great bargains at the Keeneland sale. If I were to choose a dirt strategy, these would be my to favorites.

There were a couple of Tonalist’s that I liked, but they had more turf pedigree.