OBS March

[outofthebox]

Originally Posted by Round Pen

Good day at the Sale all the Major Players are here I believe the Sale topper comes tomorrow. Hip 333

Nice call!! $1.8 mil bid by telephone..

[Calzone Lord]

That one was a 115k October yearling. It was one of several to share the bullet, and it has an unusually attractive sire pedigree for a 2yo sale horse (Smart Strike out of a Grade 2 stakes winning Pulpit mare. 3rd dam was successful racer and broodmare Minidar)

For those of us looking through this sale just for debut bets and debut bet-againsts ... it was a good sale for both groups.

I found a few in this sale with nice pedigrees who sold very well, and would have a very hard time winning a debut sprint at Delaware Park, but none the less will draw a fairly low-morning line number when they debut at a major track.

[pweizer]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

That one was a 115k October yearling. It was one of several to share the bullet, and it has an unusually attractive sire pedigree for a 2yo sale horse (Smart Strike out of a Grade 2 stakes winning Pulpit mare. 3rd dam was successful racer and broodmare Minidar)

For those of us looking through this sale just for debut bets and debut bet-againsts ... it was a good sale for both groups.

I found a few in this sale with nice pedigrees who sold very well, and would have a very hard time winning a debut sprint at Delaware Park, but none the less will draw a fairly low-morning line number when they debut at a major track.

Such as?

Paul

[Calzone Lord]

There were a few dozen of them.

One of them, a full brother to a horse I loved coming out of OBS (Secret Circle) was utterly terrible and still brought 145K.

I saw a terrible Giant's Causeway half to Officer, a Harlan's Holiday who simply can't run, and a lot of horses who looked average at best go for six figures.

[Calzone Lord]

Of the horses who didn't get a bullet, without a doubt my favorite work of the sale was #66.

Hard to say any Grand Slam colt that sells for $210,000 is going to be a bargain, but that horse is exactly what I'm looking for.

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Of the horses who didn't get a bullet, without a doubt my favorite work of the sale was #66.

Hard to say any Grand Slam colt that sells for $210,000 is going to be a bargain, but that horse is exactly what I'm looking for.

I liked him as well.
I really look forward to following this sale going forward.
the Flatter colt (hip 143) I thought was the work of the sale, even though I knew 333 would be the topper.

The value of the sale I thought, was Hip 26.
I look forward to see her debut on the turf or poly at hopefully SAR or KEE later this year.

[Round Pen]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

I liked him as well.
I really look forward to following this sale going forward.
the Flatter colt (hip 143) I thought was the work of the sale, even though I knew 333 would be the topper.

The value of the sale I thought, was Hip 26.
I look forward to see her debut on the turf or poly at hopefully SAR or KEE later this year.

WE have her not sure were Mark will send her yet but i am thinking he is leaning towards Woodbine

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

That one was a 115k October yearling. It was one of several to share the bullet, and it has an unusually attractive sire pedigree for a 2yo sale horse (Smart Strike out of a Grade 2 stakes winning Pulpit mare. 3rd dam was successful racer and broodmare Minidar)

I'd be very interested to see what this horse's conformation is, and was. Despite a female family strong enough for WinStar to buy his dam, Mini Sermon, for $450,000 from the Evans dispersal at Keeneland November in 2011, WinStar only had to pay $100,000 to acquire this horse as a weanling at the same sale, and then let him go for $115,000 last fall (with no significant catalog update since October).

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

I'd be very interested to see what this horse's conformation is, and was. Despite a female family strong enough for WinStar to buy his dam, Mini Sermon, for $450,000 from the Evans dispersal at Keeneland November in 2011, WinStar only had to pay $100,000 to acquire this horse as a weanling at the same sale, and then let him go for $115,000 last fall (with no significant catalog update since October).

The conformation couldn't have been all that wonderful to only sell for 115k with all that pedigree.

It was a seriously good piece of work in the under-tack video, and being a colt, it was going to obviously sell for many times the yearling price. However, $1.8 million was shocking to me. Would never have guessed that high.

[Calzone Lord]

Fasig Tipton Florida is next-up.

If you want to see what a real sensational under-tack video looks like, watch this work by Tempted To Tapit's sister Dance Card two years ago:

http://www.fasigtipton.com/fasig-tip...78b885eebc01b7


She was hip #64 at the sale and went 9.80 unblinkered. Hip #63 at this same sale was Union Rags who had the joint 2nd fastest unblinkered 1/8th of the sale at 10.20 -- you can watch Union Rags work in the link above by clicking the previous button after Dance Cards work.

Dance Card took forever to get to the races (a terrible sign with these kind of horses) she's 5-4-1-0 lifetime and won the Grade 1 Gazelle last time out even though she drifted out very badly again.

I raved about Dance Cards work in the thread for that sale. It was the kind you see only once every two or three years. She would have been incredible if not for losing her entire 2yo season and the first half of her 3yo season to physical issues.

[Scav]

Doug,

So what is the best way to 'follow' these horses since none of them have names yet? I'm sure you have a process to make sure you dont miss any of them without having to go through entries every single day for multiple tracks.

[Antitrust32]

stopped at the sale today for lunch.. #248 went for $410,000 and looked amazing. a Discreet Cat.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Scav

Doug,

So what is the best way to 'follow' these horses since none of them have names yet? I'm sure you have a process to make sure you dont miss any of them without having to go through entries every single day for multiple tracks.

I do produce record searches on their dam -- and as soon as the foal has their first published workout they get named.

Once named, put them in stable mail.

[Round Pen]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Fasig Tipton Florida is next-up.

If you want to see what a real sensational under-tack video looks like, watch this work by Tempted To Tapit's sister Dance Card two years ago:

http://www.fasigtipton.com/fasig-tip...78b885eebc01b7


She was hip #64 at the sale and went 9.80 unblinkered. Hip #63 at this same sale was Union Rags who had the joint 2nd fastest unblinkered 1/8th of the sale at 10.20 -- you can watch Union Rags work in the link above by clicking the previous button after Dance Cards work.

Dance Card took forever to get to the races (a terrible sign with these kind of horses) she's 5-4-1-0 lifetime and won the Grade 1 Gazelle last time out even though she drifted out very badly again.

I raved about Dance Cards work in the thread for that sale. It was the kind you see only once every two or three years. She would have been incredible if not for losing her entire 2yo season and the first half of her 3yo season to physical issues.

Speaking of Fasig there is some talk going around that this could be the last year for that sale. I believe there is only a 130 something cataloged, then after scratches and more scratches after the breeze show they will be lucky to have 60 to 70 to go through the sales ring.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Round Pen

Speaking of Fasig there is some talk going around that this could be the last year for that sale. I believe there is only a 130 something cataloged, then after scratches and more scratches after the breeze show they will be lucky to have 60 to 70 to go through the sales ring.

Kauai Katie and your guys horse Northern Lion shared the bullet at that sale last year.

How's Northern Lion doing? He had that nice 5+ length maiden win at GP when he was finally allowed to be on the front end ... and I believe he was entered in the Pasco, but scratched and no races since.