My favorite horse by a large margin is the first horse in the sale. I would love to get her for $50,000, but I would be willing to pay more. I might go up to $125,000 because i like her that much. It would be tough in the real world to not wait for Keeneland. My first glance at the Keeneland catalog has not shown me a great Honor Code or Cairo Prince, so I would spend all my money here if the budget were $150,000.
The second dam is exactly what I am looking for. Maybe the crowd will not be settled in and I could steal her.
I might settle for #368 or #358 for under $60,000, but I would most likely wait for Keeneland. There are a few second night horses, especially #605, that I might wait for.
Let’s see what happens with #301.
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Sports drink mogul Mike Repole paid $200,000 for my favorite filly. That is a fair price, but not a bargain. It’s good to see she will have a nice home. Her video was not that impressive. I guess Repole is trying to corner the market.
My friend liked a Central Banker filly, #320, with deep female family that sold for only $23,000, maybe that’s a bargain.
#358 was no bargain selling for $225,000 (a Unified did win the Ellis Park Futuruty today), and #369 wasjust plain ugly selling for only $27,000. Frosted is in trouble.
David Ingordo paid $335,000 for an Accelerate.
By far the best bargain of the night was #393 – Good Samaritan – Done and Dusted by Bodemeister 4/8 foal, B nick. The 2nd dam was a 99 equibase running daughter of Kingmambo. Ray Handal and oracle Bloodstock only paid $30,000. These are the guys that buy Blue Streak’s horses. I am not a big Good Samaritan fan, but he did win on turf and dirt and at 1 1/4 miles, so he is no sprinter. I overlooked this horse because the mare was too slow, but on second thought this was a solid idea.
I did eventually buy 5% of this horse from Blue Streak
Buying A Race Horse 