Bargain Sires

This is what you find at the bottom (Kentucky only):

1. Air Force Blue – $10,000 – willing to consider
2. Flintshire – $10,000 – hanging on by a thread
3. Jimmy Creed – $10,000 – sprinter
4. Karakontie – $10,000 – maybe I should know more
5. Klimt – $10,000 – willing to consider
6. Lord Nelson – $10,000 – sprinter
7. Runhappy – $10,000 – sprinter
8. Speightster – $10,000 – mainly a sprinter
9. Summer Front – $10,000 – not many to choose from
10. Tapiture – $10,000 – solid, but not exciting
11. Tonalist – $10,000 – beginning to loose faith
12. Unified – $10,000 – willing to consider
13. Upstart – $10,000 – beginning to loose faith
14. Astern – $7,500 – could be a good surprise
15. Bayern – $7,500 – no longer interested
16. Carpe Diem – $7,500 no longer intrested
17. Congrats – $7,500 – never a fan
18. Creative Casue – $7,500 – have lost interest
19. Cross Traffic – $7,500 – no many available
20. Midnight Storm – $7,500 – one of my favorites
21. Midshipman – $7,500 – always willing to consider
22. Mizzen Mast – $7,500 – not many available
23. Mohaymen – $7,500 – willing to consider
24. Mshawish – $7,500 – losing interest
25. Mucho Macho Man – $7,500 – little interest
26. Oxbow – $7,500 – no interest
27. Jack Milton – $6,500 – small interest
28. American Freedom – $6,000 – my second favorite AP Indy
29. Anchor Down – $5,000 – small interest
30. Big Blue Kitten – $5,000 – not giving up
31. Brody’s Cause – $5,000 have lost interest
32. Cinco Charlie – $5,000 – sprinter
33. Cupid – $5,000 – have been gaining interest
34. Fast Anna – $5,000 – sprinter
35. Fed Biz – $5,000 – sprinter
36. Gormley – $5,000 – very interested
37. Ironicus – $5,000 – Helium has kept my interest
38. Lea – $5,000 – maybe a good value play
39. Mr. Speaker – $5,000 – maybe ok on turf
40. Temple City – $5,000 – still interested
41. Tourist – $5,000 – giving up
42. Will Take Charge – $5,00 – not many to choose from

Maybe I have missed some of these.

Out of business:

1. Animal Kingdom – in Japan
2. Arrogate – deceased
3. Awesome Again – deceased
4. Bodemeister – in Turkey
5. California Chrome – in Japan
6. Declaration of War – in Japan
7. Empire Maker – deceased
8. Lemon Drop Kid – pensioned
9. Noble Mission – in Japan
10. Orb – Private ???
11. Overanalyze – in Korea
12. Point of Entry – in Canada
13. Pioneerof the Nile – deceased
14. Super Saver – in Turkey
15. Tiznow – pensioned
16. Vancouver – in Australia
17. Wicked Strong – in Penn.

Maybe there is a strategy that finds value in these sires that have been demoted. Since I am preparing for future sales, I have tended to ignore these horses, but the strategy could still be viable