I need to do a better job of keeping track of the big filly prep races. Most of my good imaginary horses have been colts, so I slipped in my coverage of the filly preps.
The Kentucky Oaks this year is a race for royalty. All the good horses are either expensive yearlings, or home-breds with fancy pedigrees. There are no 2 year old in training runners in the field. One of the 50-1 shots was a $65,000 yearling, but nothing else was cheap.
The #2 horse Maracula is owned by a group called Beach Haven Thoroughbreds. This group has a website that discusses partnerships, but with no mention with there success with this horse. Either they are the least promotional folks on Earth, or there is something unusual about this horse. It shows as a $200,000 yearling buy, with Jason Servis as agent. Draw your own conclusions. No other partnership has a horse in the race.
It is interesting to note that all the sires have a distinct stamina influence. There are no Into Mischief’s or Uncle Mo’s to be found. Curlin, Tapit, and other relatives of AP Indy are the standard. There is a Dixie Union and an Indian Charlie, but most of the broodmares sires are also stamina influences.
Score 1 point for plodders and subtract 1 point for Cox/Crow milers.
Buying A Race Horse 