April 2yr olds in training sale April/Keeneland

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by sumitas

I completely agree with you CS...One can never tell from a pedigree alone for sure, other than to avoid some red flags they do present.

One needs to look at the entire pedigree and conformation, etc.

The biggest problem that I have with these sales is the untold physical toll they take on the horses. Taking what Drugs says at face value the top two 2 yo sales produced 6 graded stakes winners last year out of the 500 or so top quality horses that were entered in these sales. There may be more that go on to win stakes but the great majority of these horses never do anything. You also have to realize that these are select sales where the horses must have a strong pedigree and good conformation to get in. The fact that so many of these types of horses dont make it is discouraging.