NY Breds

The next catalog to appear is for a sale of 308 New York breds that will occur a few days after the main Saratoga sale. This is a much more realistic sale for my price range. In 2018 the median at this sale was $76,000, and in 1019 it was only $60,000. These are reasonably priced horses, compared to their Kentucky bred brothers.

That excitement was muted when I found that 6 of top 10 sires did not have a single horse is the sale. Not a single Honor Code, Midnight Storm, Point of Entry, American Freedom, Tonalist, or Shamen Ghost. The 3 Connects were very sprint oriented.

I am left with a collection of reasonable ideas, but nothing all that exciting.

1. #462 – f – Street Sense – Maximova by Danehill Dancer, C nick, 3/24 foal, dam won stakes at 1/ 3/8 miles, probably too expensive
2. #448 – c – Cairo Prince – Jesse’s Justice by Lear Fan, C nick, 4/1 foal, solid mare and 2nd dam
3. #486 – c – Cairo Prince – Meteoric Matron by Mineshaft, B nick 2/10 foal, 2nd dam by Hansel
4. #439 – c – Temple City – Honoria by Sadler’s Wells, D nick, 6/8 foal, unusual
5. #358 – f – Unified – Caldwell by Malibu Moon, A nick. 4/24 foal, interesting
6. #301 – f – Dialed In – Uchitel by Afleet Alex, C nick, 5/5 foal, 2nd dam by the great Alleged, (the first horse in the sale)
7. #605 – f – Dialed In – Tulipmania by Empire Maker, A+ nick, 3/5 foal, low risk, solid mare and 2nd dam
8. #548 – c – Gormley – Sapphire Sky by Sky Mesa, F nick, 5/23 foal, solid mare
9. #369 – f – Frosted – Chocolate Smoothie = A nick, 4/10 foal, 2nd dam by Thunder Gulch
10. #553 – f – West Coast – Saythreehailmarys by Repent, D nick, 3/30 foal, mare won Ladies Handicap
11. #575 – f – Astern – Spuntastic by Hard Spun, C+ nick, 4/14 foal, mare of Blue Streak’s Rossa Veloce. 2nd dam by Thunder Gulch

In the real world I would most likely wait through the sale and try to buy #605 for less than $40,000.

#605 is a very solid choice. Mom was a turf router for low profile Tom Bush and ran a 90 Equibase. The 2nd dam ran 100 in turf routes. Both mom and the 2nd dam have also been above average producers. Dialed In is a sneaky good sire not many folks notice.

It will be interesting to see the price on #462. What if she sells for less than $150,00? Mom was stakes winner at 1 3/8 miles. This would be an ideal horse if I could afford her, but Street Sense is on fire with the success of Maxfield. Maybe the cool kids will ignore the stamina horse. Let’s watch.