Darley Finally loses something

They paid $5 million for a weanling? A filly who can't be more than 6 months old?

Sheesh !!! There's an awful lot of money floating around these days.

Originally Posted by Bold Brooklynite

They paid $5 million for a weanling? A filly who can't be more than 6 months old?

Sheesh !!! There's an awful lot of money floating around these days.

I agree with this too....beleiev me, she'll have a lot of growing to do yet and a lot of changing will happen and there is no guarantee that she'll be as attreactive as a yearling or 2yo, etc.....as a matter of fact, it is probably likely she looks as good as she'll ever look relative to her age....

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

I agree with this too....beleiev me, she'll have a lot of growing to do yet and a lot of changing will happen and there is no guarantee that she'll be as attreactive as a yearling or 2yo, etc.....as a matter of fact, it is probably likely she looks as good as she'll ever look relative to her age....

But she'll look a lot better once the braces come off.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

I agree with this too....beleiev me, she'll have a lot of growing to do yet and a lot of changing will happen and there is no guarantee that she'll be as attreactive as a yearling or 2yo, etc.....as a matter of fact, it is probably likely she looks as good as she'll ever look relative to her age....

Honestly, I've seen weanlings that looked better than that. JMO of course. The only things I really like about that filly is her neckline and hindquarters.

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Honestly, I've seen weanlings that looked better than that. JMO of course. The only things I really like about that filly is her neckline and hindquarters.

They are paying for her bloodlines. They are about as good as it gets as Sumitas indicated above.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by boldruler

They are paying for her bloodlines. They are about as good as it gets as Sumitas indicated above.

I realize what they're paying for... but there is more to a horse than its bloodlines.

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

I realize what they're paying for... but there is more to a horse than its bloodlines.

These guys with deep pockets know the game is really about the band of broodmares you own. You know much more than me about the looks of a horse, but with weanlings/yearlings, the bloodlines are what they are buying. The horse might change significantly over the next year, but the bloodlines wont.

Originally Posted by boldruler

These guys with deep pockets know the game is really about the band of broodmares you own. You know much more than me about the looks of a horse, but with weanlings/yearlings, the bloodlines are what they are buying. The horse might change significantly over the next year, but the bloodlines wont.

She is not exactly by Storm Cat or Seattle Slew, she is by a son of Kingmambo, who is not exactly a sire-of-sires at this point...as a matter of fact, aside from Lemon Drop Kid - who has been a failure at sire - he has NO relavent stallions in North America.....I'm not saying her pedigree is porr by any means, but that is a LOT of cash to dish over for a weanling filly - even if she were by Sunday Silence, Storm Cat, Seattle Slew or God!!!

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

I think she looks great for a weanling, especially a Thoroughbred racehorse weanling. You don't ever buy the perfect looking weanling/yearling because that is the best that they will ever be. You always buy the weanling/yearling that looks like they are going to turn into something. She is definitely above average for a weanling IMO, but I judge weanlings differently than a lot of people do just because I have worked with so many of them and have watched so many grow and develop. She is what I look for and I think she will turn into a beautiful swan. Not to mention, she has the bloodlines to boot.