I did get a chance to attend this sale in person. I learned that maybe half of the horses have fairly significant vet issues. The reported median price of a horse from this sale is $50,000, but I would guess that the median price for a “clean” horse with an average work time is over $100,000.
I think the other thing this sale made me focus on were the wise words of an experienced buyer,
“know your consigner”
I will work on a list of 10 horses:
- Creative Cause – Hold Her Tight by Proud Citizen – c – $60,000 Brilliant Racing, this was a solid looking horse
- Accelerate – Cat Walk by Union Rags – c – $135,000 George Weaver, my favorite horse by a wide margin, great pedigree, great look, small consigner old jockey Joe Deegan, 4/19 foal
- Bayern – Mattie Ross by Unbridled Song – c – $100,000 Chad Schumer, I am no fan of Bayern, but this was a great looking, long and strong, horse
- Tapwrit – Moonbow by Distorted Humor – f – $65,000 Myracehorse.com, a nice looking horse with an unusual pedigree
- Tonalist – Listowel by Mineshaft – f – $70,000 Danny Brown – great looking horse, nice size
- Will Take Charge – Weekend Fantasy by Pleasantly Perfect -c – RNA $45,000 but lets see what consigner Tom McCrocklin does with this one, really big horse that could pull a plow if he can’t run
- Collected – Aurore by Arch – $250,000 by Taproot, expensive but great stamina potential
- Bee Jersey – La Soul by Perfect Soul – $125,000 Jack Wagon Stable, some vet issues
- Jimmie Creed – South Andros by Sky Mesa – $155,000 Mike McCarthy, big strong horse that I was sure would sell for less than $75,000
- Mendelssohn – Kaloura by Sinndar – nice looking horse with some vet issues, but Oracle was a buyer
- City of Light – Betty Draper by Street Cry, $220,000 Legions Bloodstock, my favorite yearling, maybe I will call Legion at see if I can by a piece
Buying A Race Horse 