Very few people want to think about Orb. His yearlings plummeted to an average of $12,000 this year, down from $53,000 just two years ago. Of the 14 in the Keeneland sale, 12 got sold. Most other sires had many more withdrawals, and RNA’s. Nobody want’s to own these.
Orb has produced only one graded winner (Sippican Harbour), and this is now his fourth crop.
He remains a son of Malibu Moon, with the dam side contributing Unbridled and Cox’s Ridge.
Maybe we should abandon all hope.
But value guys cannot do that, we have to dig in and look a little harder. Orb is at the top of my “dirty dozen” list of hated sires.
I guess my favorite is:
Orb – Place of Honor by First Samurai- $29,000, the second dam is $1,500,000 winner My Flag. B+ nick
But I also like:
Orb – Brusquer by Elusive Quality – $17,000, lots of stamina pedigree on the dam side, an A++ nick, purchased by Prairie Meadows trainer Travis Murphy.
Maybe this is trying too hard to find value, the sample size is already pretty large.
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