Review

The first list is the issues I have written about in the first 6 months, the second list is things I have actually done, or have happened:

1. Intro: What is a successful horse? May 31, 2020
2. Learned about mysterious “withdrawals” from sales
3. Began to understand “multiples” paid at training sales
4. Explained “road less traveled” horse selection strategy
5. Named the venture Quixote Racing Stable
6. Applied the new strategy to each of the 20 horses
7. Explained a strategy for rating dams
8. Considered training sales vs yearling sales
9. Investing in horses vs investing in stocks
10. Listened to Ten Strike podcast, beginning debate about speed vs plodders 6/22
11. First list of favorite sires, 6/21
12. Started to understand ROI vs upside debate from Ten Strike podcast
13. Began to understand “nicks” 6/22
14. First exposure to “data analytics” , 6/23
15. First understand of “empty mare” strategy of Starlight
16. Thinking through the different ways of buying horses, 8/19
17. A withdrawn sale horse wins at Woodbine, Too Legit
18. The importance of learning
19. Thinking about “empty mare” horses, Arabian Prince
20. Speed oriented Authentic wins the Kentucky Derby, plodders are crushed
21. Kenwood discusses performance
22. The story from the beginning 9/9
23. MyRacehorse.com interview 9/13
24. Learning the story of Union Rags
25. Thinking about the career of a sire, 9/26
26. Get Her Number wins the Grade 1 American Pharoah, 9/27
27. Thinking about different yearling strategies, 9/28
28. The structure of sires, 10/2
29. Thinking About series after yearling sales
30. 5 big questions
31. Learned about the importance of buying a sire
32. Learned about the Pedigree Goddess website
33. Learning from the BC Juvenile horses
34. Thinking about the Derby preps, 11/8

1. Invested $2,000 (for 2%) in Dare to Dream partnership 6/10, named Quick Tempo
2. Selected 20 horses from Ocala Sale 6/12, including G! winner Get Her Number
3. Made my first mythical claim of Judicial Restraint
4. Invested with Dare to Dream, named Blonde on Tap 6/12
5. Studied the investments of 14 different partnerships
6. Invested in 2.5% of Song Saver with Pewter Stables 6/15
7. Invested in 3% of Tonalistic with Hibiscus Stable 6/19
8. Selected the “Arrogant Bastard portfolio” of yearlings by looking back at 2019 Keeneland sale, 6/21
9. Selected a Bargain Basement Yearling portfolio 6/22
10. Selected 6 horses from Timonium sale 7/1
11. Began to evaluate offers from West Point and Eclipse
12. Selected 20 horses from July Ocala sale
13. Missed my chance to invest in Ninja Kitten with Zilla, 7/18
14. First review of selected horses, 7/18
15. First ranking of over 45 partnerships
16. In depth review of Donegal, 8/5
17. In depth review of Starlight, 8/5
18. In depth review of Ten Strike, 8/5
19. In depth review of West Point, 8/6
20. In depth review of Eclipse, 8/6
21. In depth review of Centennial, 8/6
22. In depth review of Bourbon Lane, 8/6
23. in depth review of MyRacehorse.com, 8/6
24. First race of a selected horse, Get Her Number for Peter Miller
25. Tonalistic hurt in stall accident, 8/20
26. Quick Tempo wins his first race, timing controversy, 8/22
27. Blonde on Tap loses her first race 8/24
28. Mythical claim of Ames Mister at Ellis
29. Attended yearling sale at Lone Star Park
30. Review of Little Red Feather
31. Mythical claim of Royal Suspect
32. My ranking of 135 sires
33. Brooklyn Strong, an Ocala selection, wins at Delaware
34. Eclipse buys an interesting Air Force Blue
35. The yearling sales end, and I build several different portfolios, 9/19
36. Blonde of Tap loses 2nd race, and Quick Tempo losses at Woodbine
37. Evaluated all the West Point and Eclipse yearling offers
38. Rated all the partnerships purchases
39. Ranked 50 partnerships after yearlings sales
40. Talked with Don Little of Centennial, also Jerry Crawford, at Donegal, 10/10
41. Selected 20 horse from the Ocala yearling sales, bargain horses
42. Picked “just one” yearling, Honor Code from the mare Ermine Slippers
43. Claimed Scott Pond at Keeneland
44. Quick Tempo ships to Parx and wins an allowance race, with a 87 Beyer, making him the 8th fastest two year old
45. Quick Tempo finishs 2nd is the Nyquist Stakes on the undercard of the Breeders Cup. Chad Brown’s Highly Motivated wins in course record time
46. Completed top 10 yearling list, 11/9
47. Selected 10 mares in foal at Keeneland sale
48. Selected 10 weanlings at Keeneland sale, 11/19, and one “fancy” one
49. Built yearling portfolios to compete with, Centennial, Donegal and MyRacehorsecom
50. Invested in MyRacehorse.com portfolio of 14 horses for $50, 11/21