The Next 20

In the previous post I looked at the top 20 most expensive sires. In my effort to find great “values” these are sires I usually ignore. I am going to let the “cool kids” buy these horses.

But what about the next 20? Am I overlooking values in those “mid-range” sires?

These are all the stud fee less than $50,000, but greater than $20,000

1. Munnings – $40,000 – to me just a sprinter, but Liz Crow does like him
2. Not This Time – $40,000 – can he be more than just precocious?
3. Twirling Candy – $40,000 – my favorite mid-range sire
4. Bernardini – $35,000 – Honor Code is still my favorite AP indy
5. Flatter – $35,000 – Honor Code is still my favorite AP Indy
6. Hard Spun – $35,000 – getting some decent turf horses in his old age
7. Malibu Moon – $35,000 – is he becoming a value here? maybe?
8. Blame – $35,000 – could be a great value at this price
9. Kantharos – $30,000 – still mainly a sprinter
10. Liam’s Map – $30,000 – the success of Colonel Liam makes me reconsider
11. Union Rags – $30,000 – the unicorn I am trying to replicate
12. English Channel – $27,500 – concerned about lack of size
13. Broken Vow – $25,000 – just not that exciting
14. Frosted – $25,000 – maybe a great value, or maybe a failure
15. Laoban – $25,000 – to me just a sprinter
16. Mastery – $25,000 – maybe being overlooked
17. Violence – $25,000 – not sure about two turn ability
18. Practical Joke – $22,500 – maybe just a sprinter

When I think about this group my first conclusion is that I might have overlooked Liam’s Map.

We should be looking to find the logical heir to Unbridled Song in an effort to recreate Arrogate. Our only other choices are Midshipman, Will Take Charge, Cross Traffic, and Graydar, none of which is very attractive.

What Liam’s Map did I miss at the yearling sales?

Liam’s Map – Pastel Gal by Lemon Drop Kid – $160,000

When in doubt at some Lemon Drop Kid to the pedigree. So I added this horse to the “Miscellaneous” group at the bottom of my top 100 group.

I thought about adding a Broken Vow, but there were not many to choose from.

Maybe as a value guy I should have more than 2 Frosted’s, but with all the great mares he was bred to I remain concerned by the lack of results. Maybe that is being too critical.