Partnerships I Could Have Purchased

This is a list of 2 year old in training horses that I could have purchased:

1. Mr Speaker – f – (Little Red Feather, $195,000, named Oakhurst already) – This one almost got me to invest, but I choked. I wish the price had been $100,000. There were shares available for a few days, but I passed.
2. Hard Spun – f – (West Point, $140,000, named Spun Beautiful) – This was a top 20 horse, and I liked this horse out of the yearling sale. Was not thrilled about running in California, and the price was a little more than i wanted to pay.
3. First Samurai – c – (Zilla Racing – $270,000, maybe named Joyeuse) – Mike Piazza almost talked me into this one with great e-mail about stride length and the quality of the work. I am very impressed by the work Zilla has been doing
4. American Freedom – c – (Dare to Dream, $50,000, named American Sanctuary) – I liked a few AF’s better, but maybe I should have settled for this one. This was from March Ocala, and I wanted to wait.
5. Ghostzapper – f – (West Point, $375,000) – If I would ever buy an expensive horse, this might be the one. Bred along the lines of Barbaro (Dynaformer + Carson City). A very interesting idea, just too expensive.
6. Tonalist – f – (myracehorse.com, $80,000) – This was a very reasonable purchase. I did not like a lot of the other horses they bought, but this idea was interesting. The Candy Ride mare was a nice John Sheriffs horse. I might buy a share or two.
7. Connect – c – (Hibiscus, 20,000) – Maybe the best Connect deal available, reasonable Malibu Moon dam.
8. Bernardini – c – (Ironhorse, $50,000) – Interesting idea, a big fan of trainer Tim Glyshaw.
9. Tapizar – c – (Dare to Dream, $50,000 named Solar Tap) – Quick Tempo’s little half brother. Just a little too easy to go back to Tapizar again, but sometime easy is good.
10. Midnight Storm – c – (Maverick/Commonwealth, $550,000) When I identified Midnight Storm as my favorite sire this is not what i expected to pay, but just for fun let’s watch this horse.