1.7 million for this?
 

Corporate Trust purchased as a yearling in 05 for 1.7 million is running at turf paradise for a $12,500 tag as a first time starter in the 6th race Monday. He worked 5 fur in 58 3/5 on 1-13-09. He is now a 5yo gelding and is by Unbridleds Song. and I thought some things I bought went bad.

Probably hoping someone will claim him and get a small portion of their losses back.

Goes to show how ridiculous the business can be sometimes.

There is no doubt that when they bought the horse he looked the part but you can NEVER for see the future. Seeing that he is older starting for such a low price i am sure he most likely really hurt him self early on. Somethings are just unforseen and that is what makes this business what it is. These are animals that we work with not machines. Our plans for certain horses sometimes don't pan out the way we would like; but that is the gamble you take when you sign the ticket for the horse. This business as a whole is truely a gamble.

I'm too lazy to look it up but I doubt that the owner who bought the horse at auction still owns the horse.

agreed

Let's see, in for a $12.5K tag at Turf Paradise.

So, what, a well-beaten fourth gives him a better ROI than the Green Monkey, right?

wins today and pays $5.80, runs a 1:16 1/5 for 6.5 fur, and does not get claimed, thats $4200 in purse $ in the til. only $1,695,800 left until break even on the purcahse price

except that the green monkey can also earn in the shed....

I was the real inspiration when they named the Green Monnkey
just too embarassed to mention it

:o

The group that owns him now "Three sisters thoroughbreds" buy alot of really expensive Darley and Shadwell reject horses and run them in california, arizona and washington for Mike Chambers, who hits at about 38 to 40%

He was number 7 on Abe's list of future stars

That clears it up nicely.

Thanks

Actually oil went from 40 a barrel to 140 from 05 to 08 so technically Darley is worth 130,987,090,963.68 - 1.7mil

Except that the Unbridled tribe is notorious for this sort of thing. He has some big hits, but the many more misses are prone to get hurt early on. You can spend your money more prudently, play the odds better, by not going so high on youngsters from this sire. These are the things agents on commission won't tell their clients.

funny part is horse drew off to win by 7 1/2 lengths, and looked very good doing it, beyer # im guessing will be in the 90 range, another oddity horse is gray, unusual for purchases in that price range

Yeah. Pretty clever of John Ferguson. He really put one over on his clueless client with this one...

I see High buck horses running at Sunland all the time also.
Race 8 today:#1 was bought for 500k,#4 bought for 900k#6 for 450k.
Occasionally at TP one of the Million dollar chronic losers will show up in a Claiming race too.