Just for fun let’s buy 10 mares at the Keeneland Breeding Stock Sale. It will take a while for these babies to get to the racetrack, but we have to start somewhere.
I will look for fairly young mares with pedigrees I think bring stamina to the table. I will look for them to be in foal to sires I rate highly. Let’s see what we can get for say between $60,000 and $10,000.
What I show here first is the covering sire that the mare is in foal to, then mare and her racing history (wins, $ earned, equibase fig), and the total cost of the mare in foal
- Good Magic – Miss Monk by Blame 1w, $40,000, 87, nick D, $60,000
- Unified – Bemus Point by Bernardini 2w, $55,000, 85, nick A, $58,000
- Tonalist – New Wave by Tale of the Cat, 3w, $200,000, nick A++, $55,000
- Maclean’s Music – Queen Bernardina by Bernardini 2w, $50,000 94, A++, $50,000
- Practical Joke – Court of Love by Lemon Drop Kid 1w. $23,000, 90, A+, $47,000
- Bolt d’Oro – Alette by Lemon Drop Kid, 6w, $191,000, 103, B, $45,000
- Summer Front – Chipolata by Muhtathir 3w, $300,000, 108, A, $40,000
- Mendelssohn – Queenardini by Bernardini, 1w, $47,000, 75, B+, $40,000
- The Factor – After Thought by Fusaichi Pegasus 1w, $43,000, 88, A++, $35,000
- Palace Malice – Ermine Slippers by El Prado 1w, $61,000, 99, B+, $20,000
I really like this group of horses. This might be a great way to buy a horse. It might be tricky to evaluate the problem pregnancy issues, but there is much to be learned.
Remember that the cost also includes the stud fee of the covering sire.
Buying A Race Horse 