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Old 03-12-2013, 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by parsixfarms View Post
I never know what to think about purchases like this, when the farm is paying big bucks for the offspring of a stallion that they stand. Is it because they really like the horse, they are trying to "support" the stallion, or a combination of both? Whatever it is, I can see the advertisement now: "His 2YOs have sold for up to $575,000!!" It is worth noting that, compared to some other first-crop sires like Colonel John, the Dunkirks last year sold modestly (average of $30,000 and median of $22,000 for 71 yearlings sold).
They bought the horse who got the bullet quarter as well.

This one was a 185k yearling turned 675K 2yo by Malibu Moon:

http://www.barretts.com/TrainingPrev...13/hip027a.wmv

In that case, they didn't have a connection to the sire. Looks like Baffert won't be getting the nuts this time like he often does from the sales out there.
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