Not Well Organized

It is difficult to keep track of all of the horses from last year’s sales. but I did have another big winner this weekend.

The crazy son of Bodemeister won a 7 furlong MSW turf race at Woodbine by 3 lengths and earned an Equibase fig of 99. He now has carrer earnings of $52,000 off a purchase price of just $20,000.

Here is the post I made last Spring when I “selected” him out of the Ocala sale:

Few sires could be more unpopular than Bodemeister. All his bad work over the past few years got him put on the boat to Turkey by Winstar Farms. Do they race horses in Turkey? Yet a very in depth article in the Thoroughbred Daily News (a must read in the breeding world) considered him a leading “value” sire in 2019. They gave some very solid reasons why mare owners should consider using Bodemeister. Bode’s top son Always Dreaming will have his children hit the sales next year. Again Bodemeister did not race at 2, and his children have not been that precocious.

Hip #589 was a Bodemsister by a Kittens Joy mare named Tipsy. Kitten’s Joy is certainly a source of stamina. Tipsy was a solid allowance runner earning a top Equibase speed figure of 95. Her first foal ran a decent 78 in her first maiden race. This is only her second foal to race. The second dam has produced three different graded stakes winners when bred to Kitten’s Joy. The 2nd dam’s sire was the great stamina influence Woodman.

With all that stamina his pedigree I would expect #589 to work 21.3 or 21.4, yet he stopped the clocks at 21.0. Only 10% of the 2 furlong workers went faster. I was ready to pay 5x for this guy, but the hammer dropped at $20,000. About 1.25x his 2019 stud fee, I do not know how to translate Turkish Lira into dollars, so I will use last year. I consider this the best “value” buy of my 20 horses at this sale.

The real world buyer is not West Point or Eclipse, it is Raffuela di Paola. Her son Santino has 10 career wins at Woodbine. He is a young guy of about 27, and has some interesting stuff on social media. This might be the the best horse the di Poala’s have ever bought. I have to give them credit for buying a very solid horse at a fantastic price.

If you came to a sale with $20,000 and walked away with this horse, you should be very proud of your accomplishment. Who needs Mark Casse, my favorite Canadian trainer has just became Santino di Poala. Oh Canada we stand on guard for thee. Sing it.

In the di Paola’s honor I officially name this horse:

Quixote’s Canadian

but before the sale he was given a real name of Bode’s Tipsy. Is Bode Baffert old enough to drink?

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It is always fun to cheer for the little guy, and few are smaller than the di Paola family at Woodbine. It is hard to judge racing after the long layoff at Woodbine, but the surface it seems this could be a stakes quality horse. I missed betting him at 12-1. Let’s try to stay more organized.