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Originally Posted by Cajungator26
9k for a Johannesburg out of a decent mare is very cheap indeed. There had to be SOMETHING wrong with him although I can't see what it is. I've never seen him in person, so I can't way whether or not he's crooked. Crooked or not, he seems to be sound. If he wasn't, I doubt he would have handled the number of starts he's had thus yet. He's a gorgeous horse... great looking stride on him. I'd sure love to have him in my barn! (Still think Jamie lucked out with him... it happens sometimes.)
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I'd love to have a barn full of them, no question. I give credit to her for picking out a horse like that, snagging him for $9k, bringing him along, etc. However, that is a far stretch from being a "great trainer" and all of the other claims that came along with this. I don't have anything against Jamie Sanders. She's a new, on her own trainer, and I wish her all the best.
However, she is still a 2% trainer, and that more speaks to her current "abilities" and her results than the results of this colt. Let's look at how many others she selected, bought, etc. Let's look at how the rest of those have done. Now, no offense, however, I don't think we have to look too far -- she's won two races all year long.
You have to look at this in the big picture.
Eric