Just as the Ocala march sales was coming into focus, the catalog for the Fasig-Tipton select sale was released. This sale is two weeks later starting March 31.
It is confusing because at least 2 of my better ideas for the Ocala sales are now in the FT sale. I assume they will go in the FT sale because it has much higher average sale price, but they are not listed as “outs” in Ocala.
The FT sales was not held last year and the horses went to either the Ocala sale in June or the FT Timonium sale a few weeks later. In 2019 the FT March sale was only 100 horses, 59 sold and 41 did not. The average price was $500,000 and the median was $375,000, only 4 horses sold for under $100,000.
This year FT March (also called the Gulfstream Sale) will have 184 horses). There are 13 Practical Joke’s, 8 Arrogates, 6 Into Mischief’s, 6 Gun Runners, 7 Nyquists, 6 Tapit’s, 6 Uncle Mo’s and even 3 Gormley’s.
These will be premium price horses. It will be fun to watch, but not really participate in. Maybe my Cairo Prince or Gormley get overlooked, but I doubt it.
Buying A Race Horse 