an alarming trend

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by pointman

So much for the record price set last year, do these go for over $20 million and never see a racetrack?

I've seen horses work :9 4/5 that only sell for $50,000. As Drugs said, a fast time alone will not guarantee a big price. There are many other factors such as the way the horse moves, the horse's conformation, the horse's breeding, and the horse's soundness. Most potential buyers will also scope the horse. If the vet doesn't like the horse's throat, this can kill the price. There are a lot of factors.

At Barrett's May last year, there was a Red Bullet colt that worked :9 3/5. He sold for $2.5 million. There were a couple of other horses that worked :9 4/5 at that sale but I don't think either of those horses brought more than $150,000 or so. By the way, the Red Bullet colt that sold for $2.5 million will never make it to the races. He recently bowed a tendon and his career is over. I heard they sold him for $10,000.