My initial impression is that buying weanlings seems to be a very high risk undertaking. It seems to increase the chance you will end up with nothing.
On the other hand this might be the perfect time to buy horses that the pinhookers already know will not be ready for the training sales.
Let’s try to add some of our favorite sires:
- Point of Entry – Neshama by Sligo Bay, $60,000, nick = D
- Point of Entry – Miss Isella by Silver Charm, $13,000, nick = A
- Honor Code – Cloak of Secrecy by Scat Daddy, $14,000. nick = C
- Cloud Computing – Bide a Wee Island by Sligo Bay, $25,000, nick = B
- Connect – Prize Catch by AP Indy, $20,000, nick = B+
- Lemon Drop Kid – Aquapazza by Stormy Atlantic, $60,000, nick = B
- Oscar Performance – Sparkle Factor by Arch, $40,000, nick = B+
- Bolt d’ Oro – Hamsin by Dynaformer, $32,000, nick = B
- Destin – Just Jenda by Menifee, $25,000, nick = D
- Twirling Candy – Sweet Cat by Kitten’s Joy, $32,000, nick = A++
This group all has mare that were solid stamina runners and/or producers. There were some better turf pedigrees available.
It is hard to tell how many of these horses will be pinhooked into the training sales. I tried to find buyers that were primarily folks that raced.
Buying A Race Horse 