Cheap Bastard

I admit it, I am a cheap bastard. It is fun to dream about nice mares bred to sires I like, but those come at a price.

Here I am looking for sires I can tolerate, bred to mares that have at least a small amount of talent or pedigree.

Let’s see what I can find for $15,000 or less:

1. Bal a Bali – Selenite by Cosmonaut (by LDK) 5w, $400,000, 109, nick = NR, $15,000
2. Exaggerator – Storm Coming by Hard Spun 0w, $3,000, 75, Nick = A++ (same as Good Magic), $15,000
3. Tapiture – Chasing the Moon by Flower Alley, 3w, $95,000, 89, $14,000
4. Tapwrit – Roman Mistress by Fusaichi Pegasus, 1w, $25,000, 86, $13,000
5. Violence – Phoenix Park by Looking at Lucky, 1w, $38,000, 89, nick = B+, $13,000
6. The Factor – Oui Bear by Rock Hard Ten, 3w, $73,000, 86, nick = B+, $12,000
7. American Freedom – Sunset Strip by hard Spun 2w, $40,000, 87, nick = A++, $12,000
8. Mshawish – Honeymoon Cruise by Archarcharch, 5w, $100,000, 83, nick = B, $11,000
9. Tourist – She’ll Do by Hard Spun, 0w, $28,000, 86, $10.000
10. Maclean’s Music – Diamond Maker by Mineshaft, 2w, $62,000, 75, nick = B+, $10,000

This is a reasonable group of horses. They might not be exciting buy they are cheap. All the mares at least ran modestly competitive figures, and won some money.

I guess the problem is you end paying to stable the mare and eventually the baby. Even if you start for only a $10,000 investment the eventual cost could add up fast. Some day I need to learn about the costs of stabling mares and young foals.