This post will accumulate a group of horses from this sale.
Day 1 turned from disappointment to excitement when Double O Racing worked out a private sale to purchase #88 for $85,000. At first it was announced as RNA for for $98,000, but about 2 hours later the private sale was recorded for $85,000. I am not sure how that is possible. Maybe the buyer gave a seller a partial equity interest? Double O Racing is a very small operation with a lifetime record of 2 wins from 15 starts. They paid a full price, but I think they got a good horse.
The most interesting horse of day 1 was #187, who sold for only $75,000 despite a 10.0 bullet work. The $75,000 price is almost TGTBT, but there are 20 Cupid’s for sale and this one has a very stamina oriented dam. The buyer is an experienced horse owner Lewis Lakin (the king of tire recycling). I love a buyer from the junk business.
There were some bargain horses available in the under $50,000 world, but prices were higher than I expected for many 10.3 and 10.4 works (maybe they had good gallop outs).
The expensive horses were priced about as I thought on day 1 with my favorites going for $220,000, and $270,000
Day 2 was a good day. My third favorite horse was landed for only $55,000 and went to Peter Miller (who was the agent last year for Get Her Number). The Shamen Ghost also went for only $55,000 despite a fast work of 10.0 (love those third tier sires). The Point of Entry got a little pricey at $120,000.
Day 3 was a disappointment because #882, my top choice, got bid up to a silly $195,000. It is fun that the buyer was a partnership, Little Red Feather, but I cannot invest at that price. Maybe $125,000 was the absolute maximum I could see for a $5,000 sire and a 10.1 work. Maybe I am just a cheap bastard? No I am sure, I am a cheap bastard. The best Connect also went for too much. My 8th pick by Astern was RNAed for $52,000. My 7th choice another Mr Speaker was a mysterious withdrawal.
Day 4 went well with my 4th choice selling for only $23,000. That is certainly a TGTBT price, but maybe the crowd is just bored with Honor Code.
Overall the sale went very well. This was aided by some late reporting private sales which eliminated a few RNA’s. It was tough to see my top choice sell for $195,000. In the end only 2 of my top 25 did not sell. There were plenty if bargains if you were patient. It would have been hard not to grab my 2nd choice for $85,000 on the first day, but I could have waited and got my 4th choice for only $23,000.
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Reasonably Priced Horses:
- Air Force Blue – #88 – $85,000 – Double O Racing
- Honor Code – #466 – $55,000 – Peter Miller
- Cupid – #187 – $75,000 – Lewis Lakin
- Twirling Candy – #559 – $120,000 – Barry Schwartz
- Shamen Ghost – #477 – $55,000 – Tom Kagele
- Classic Empire – #291 – $100,000 – Eric Long
- Twirling Candy – #206 – $65,000 – Scott McDermott
- Unified – #536 – $55,000 – Edge Racing
- Exaggerator – #29 – $75,000 – Gayle Van Leer
- American Freedom – #52 – $75,000 – Amad Abdullahtif
Bargain Priced Horses:
- Honor Code – #1069 – $23,000 – P&G Stables
- Astern – #846 – $47,000 – Twin Sports Racing
- Gormley – #989 – $11,000 – Gaylon McGee
- Midnight Storm – #338 – $45,000 – Mike Pender
- Noble Mission – #256 – $30,000 – Joe Graffeo
- Mastery – #1020 – $17,000 – George Weaver
- Cairo Prince – #191 – $37,000 – Ted Barlas
- Violence – #31 – $30,000 – Gayle Van Leer
- Frosted – #239 – $30,000 – Rodolfo Garcia
- Klimt – #366 – $30,000 – Cammarota Racing
- Flintshire – #769 – $20,000 – Ballybrit
Expensive Horses:
- Dialed In – #175 – $220,000 – Stevens Bloodstock
- Mr Speaker – #882 – $195,000 – Little Red Feather
- Liam’s Map – #144 – $270,000 – Radley Equine
- Practical Joke – #1009 – $170,000 – John Gaynor
- Practical Joke #899 – $170,000 – Red Baron Barn
- Hard Spun – #364 – $140,000 – West Point
- Hard Spun – #646 – $180,000 – Fazza Racing
- Point of Entry – #403 – $120,000 – Atlas Bloodstock
- Connect – #869 – $125,000 – Steve Young
- Tonalist – #671 – $80,000 – Myracehorse.com
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