Other Strategies

There are certainly many other strategies you could have chosen to build your $1,250,000 portfolio:

1. you could have chosen 4 horses by Into Mischief, there are plenty to choose from
2. you could have chosen either more proven sires, or all freshmen sires
3. you could have tried more “speed oriented” sires
4. you could have tried cheaper sires, and gotten better “physicals”
5. you could have selected more “empty” mares with less running ability, and/or no proven offspring. In the real world this is a popular idea.
6. you could have chosen mares with more proven running ability
7. you could have emphasized more precocious mares
8. you could chose 2 sleepers for $100,000 and 2 more expensive horses for $500,000 each
9. you could have selected 4 horses for $300,000 each, and no sleepers
10. or even 3 sleepers, and a $950,000 horse

Just to show an alternative, let’s try to get the best “physicals” by combining lower priced sires, with unaccomplished (yet well bred) mares.

1. Unified – Fay Na Na by Majestic Warrior – $450,000
2. Upstart – Miss Baby Betty by Warriors Reward – $410,000
3. Gormley – Crossing the Tape by Johannesburg – $270,000
4. Klimt – Flotus by Eskendereyea – $115,000

The sires are all $10,000 and none or the mares ever won a single race. These must be great looking horses. They should have well above average speed. This is an extreme idea, but it is worth thinking about.

Or maybe the all freshmen sire portfolio:

1. Practical Joke – Evita’s Sister by Candy Ride – $400,000
2. Mastery – Natural Rush by Indian Charlie – $310,000
3. Gun Runner – Midnight Bliss by Midnight Lute – $300,000
4. Connect – Jazz Time by Johannesburg – $210,000