Ideas in Ocala

The sale is divided into a “select sale” and an “open” sale for yearlings. I am not sure of the difference, but I will focus on the select portion.

Ideas:

1. #104 – f – Connect – Exclusive Woman by Cat Thief – $20,000
2. #105 – c – Keen Ice – Faerie Queene by Pure Prize – $19,000 RNA
3. #161 – c – American Freedom – Mystic Mirage by Chester House – withdrawn
4. #189 – c – Dialed In – Shine Softly by Aldebaran – $50,000
5. #192 – c – Twirling Candy – Snow Mesa by Sky Mesa – $19,000 RNA
6. #210 – f – Super Saver – Winona by Lemon Drop Kid – $30,000
7. #218 – f – Connect – And Away We Go by Awesome Again – $10,000
8. #223 – f – Air Force Blue – Beautiful One by Medaglia d’Oro – withdrawn
9. #224 – c – Tonalist – Beautissimo by Uncle Mo – $28,000
10. #250 – c – Union Rags – Mega Dream by Medaglia d’Oro – $45,000
11. #268 – c – Honor Code – Conquest Sweetride by Candy Ride – $72,000 RNA
12. #332 – c – Midnight Storm – Givhans Ferry by Congaree – $9,000
13. #352 – f – Jack Milton – Herecomeskat by Street Sense – $5,000
14. #390 – f – Connect – Laurafina by Cozenne, 5/14, C – withdrawn
15. #394 – c – Gormley – Lemons to Lemonade, 3/19, B – $2,000
16. #408 – f – Midnight Storm by Touch Gold, 5/1, – $1,000
17. #562 – c – Big Blue Kitten – Sweet Pizazz by Congrats, 4/11 – $1,000
18. #585 – f – Gormley – Well Traveled by Perfect Soul, 5/20 – $12,000
19. #639 – c – Keen Ice – By the Shore by Include, 5/16 – $7,000
20. #672 – f – Twirling Candy – Coup by Empire Maker, 4/6, A++, cross of Gift Box – $4,000

Outcome:

In an effort to keep things organized I have reported the results of the sale in bold.

The sale seems to be Keeneland day 15 as far as quality goes. The average was $11,000 and the median was $8,000. None of the big partnerships bought a horse. Final Furlong bought a $15,000 Mr. Z., and that was the only partnership participating.

Donato Lanni bought the sale topper for $115,000, a Danzing Candy (a new son of Twirling Candy).New York claiming trainer Orlando Noda bought 6 horses for a total of $57,000. Florida trainer Dan Pita bought 7 horses.

I am tempted to just ignore this sale, but the value guy in me wants to dig deeper. For right now I will consider three horses as imaginary purchases:

1. #104 – f – Connect – Exclusive Woman by Cat Thief – $20,000
2. #332 – c – Midnight Storm – Givhans Ferry by Congaree – $9,000
3. #672 – f – Twirling Candy – Coup by Empire Maker, 4/6, A++, cross of Gift Box – $4,000

I will add these three to the bottom of my “under $20,000” list.

I really like the Connect filly. This is to me kind of a model “sneaky good” pedigree.

Click to access 104.PDF

The real world buyer was Cammarota Racing which is winless in three tries in New York. The Midnight Storm is by a mare who was 2nd in the Wilma Mankiller Memorial Stakes at Will Rodgers Downs. The Twirling Candy was bought by interesting young trainer Roudolphe Brisset.

Let’s revisit this list in 2 years and see if any of this group of forgotten horses ever win an allowance race at mid-level track.