I need a horse to be excited about. The more I looked at my list, the more I realized I wasn’t just looking at second choices, but more like third or fourth choices. I thought there were some decent bargains among the 10.2 yesterday. The range was fairly consistent from $50,000 to $150,000. I have a few ideas here:
#310 – Street Sense – Ananda by Scat Daddy – Street Sense can be a sire that does not get enough respect. I love the female family here with Scat Daddy and Thunder Gulch. This is an A+ nick. Could be a bargain under $200,000
#581 – Violence – Three Degrees Mon by Maria’s Mon – Dam is a consistent producer (five winners from 5 foals). B+ nick. April 20th foal. Was a $40,000 yearling.
There is one 10.3 horse that I keep coming back to. He was a $75,000 yearling, maybe he will sell under $150,000 with the slow work. Violence is a sire they overpay for, but here the stamina oriented female family my scare off the cool kids
#533 – Violence – Jealous and Jaded by Jade Hunter – B+ nick. Mom produced a Black Eyed Susan winner. A May 19th foal. Maybe the slow work can be excused.
I might still have to settle for #316, #501, #408, or #435, but the horses above give me something to dream about.
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Ok, I did settle and pick up hip #501 for a very reasonable $35,000, but I also got a dream horse #581 for just $95,000.
#501 is by Curlin’s son Connect. The dam and 2nd dam are both Irish bred. The dam was a solid 2nd in a 1 1/4 turf allowance at Santa Anita. Her first foal by American Pharoah was RNAed for $335,000, she was a winner at 2 at Ellis Park. The buyer is the unknown Brett Viers. In reality, this is exactly the type of horse I would try to buy at this sale. If the breeder tried to race the first foal, why did he sell this one? Let’s find out.
#581 is a daughter of Violence. The entire female family is stamina oriented. The work here was 10.2, so under $100,000 is a fair price. The real buyer is experienced owner Robert Zoellner. He raced $1,000,000 winner She’s All In using trainer Donnie Von Hemel.
I avoided several horses that I thought were TGTBT, including #310 who sold for only $35,000. There were also many annoying withdrawals, including #533.
The partnerships were much quieter than than yesterday.
Zilla bought a $100,000 Maclean’s Music I thought was too sprint oriented. Blinker’s On bought a confusing Vancouver. Sackatoga bought an interesting Kantharos. Kenwood bought two ok horses on the second day. West Point tried a $225,000 American Freedom. Eclipse and MyRacehorse.com stayed quiet for the day.
Buying A Race Horse 