Saw a lot of the Speightstown yearlings last year and too my non-expert eye :o they looked FAST FAST FAST...

I really need to get to the Holiday Inn Express in Chapel Hil ....

LOL

post of the year nominee

I agree 100% percent... It's almost dare I say Abe like?

You're good...

You're not.

Well, being that Hip #228 and Hip #114 were the horses that I was talking about without giving them away earlier to the board in this thread because Rupert Pupkin would have known which two I was talking about...well...

Self awareness is not one of your strong suits.

According to you, I don't have any strong suits:)

Andy there is a fine line between genius and insanity..

You should call DrugS and have a huge OBS Bowl party

Good luck buying those two. Hope you have a couple of million to spare.

The last time I will ever talk about specific Hip Numbers on the board because I made a promise to someone that I wouldn't.

I'm sure Jesus wasn't listening.

I love Jesus, and he is always listening.

Oh yeah, and about the eight figures comment. I was tired and associated it with seven figures last night. You don't need eight figures to own a racehorse.

You can find graded stakes animals in the 75,000 to 100,000 range, and sometimes you will get lucky and will find some for less than that. I don't even think you need seven figures in the bank to spend. I think people that buy horses for millions are crazy because you can usually find horses that are better for much less.

Besides we all know what Maggie Moss did, and she was well off but not incredibly well off. It can be done.

Next time you're driving you should let him take the wheel for a while.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

She's primarily in the claiming game. We've been talking about sales. The average sale at Fasig-Tipton has been in the $160,000 range.

If nothing else, one valuable lesson to be learned from this thread is how foolish it is to repeat what others tell you if you don't understand it.

By the way, if someone can tell me what Hip #113 goes for I would appreciate it.

If you are your computer, here is the link to watch it live:

http://207.232.119.242/livesales/fasigtipton/

Very.

Thanks.

Hey!

Still don't need eight figures in the bank. Seven figures would probably be needed though.

I don't care what sale the horse comes from. Sales don't make the horses runners. Expensive purchase prices don't make the horses runners. I just want a horse that can run, win races, and is worth more than it's original purchase price. I have seen 30,000 dollar horses have better workouts at sales than 500,000 dollar horses before. Of course, these 30,000 dollar horses were at sales like OBS April, not Fasig Tipton Calder.

I don't care if I own a claimer, a GI animal, a turf horse, a route horse...I don't care. I just want something that can run that earns more for me on the track than it's original purchase price. In other words, an animal that can pay it's own bills will stay in my stable. I'm in the game for the love of the horses and the sport. I'm not really getting into it to make money because so few make money at it. It would be great if I did, but I'm not expecting to.

Don't understand what. And who is repeating anything? I am confused.

You'd have better odds playing Mega Millions.

Really?

that is a novel approach to ownership

sorry..tried to stay out of this because I don't know enough to participate, but...

No. All I need to do is have a good career, which is why I have been busting my ass at college.

That's what everyone wants right? The problem is finding it...haha:)

If you are serious about ownership someday, you HAVE to care about those things. They determine what you spend, where you spend it and who you spend it with. If you don't have a plan going in and stick to it, you are very likely to fail. Your shotgun...I love the game, where do I sign approach is naive

Yeah no extreme luck is involved. :rolleyes:

To be a racehorse owner?

Jesustapdancingchrist.

Sorry. Duuhhh, I'm being a little blonde this morning.

Everyone will pick on me for this statement...

Of course. But it's a lot tougher than you're making it out to be. Another person in this thread and myself own a couple two year olds we bought as yearlings, trained by yet another person in this thread. They were very modest prices, relative to what you COULD spend at the KEE Sept sales (about $20k each). By the time they hit the track, we will be $80k deep on these guys, which means even with statebred incentives (which, of course, was part of the "where do you spend" GBBob is referring to) we have maybe a 15% chance of recouping our investment.

Exactly


Now where do I sign :o

Post of the year!

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