Fasig Tipton Spa Open Sale

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Unreal is right! Just like last fall...a "blood bath" for breeders.
Did you know that it costs just to be listed in the catalogue,($300), vetted, trucking to the sale, and the blood stock agent's cut?
Geesh, they would have been better off giving this one to their local 4-H club and taking a tax deduction. They lost money on that one. Just the stud fee and keep for the year...sad day for them.

No kidding, DTS... jumpers go for more than that. What's sad about it is that any one of these could end up the next "Showing Up." Showing Up was only a $60k purchase.

[sumitas]

Black Tie Affair , no bid.

ummm Fasig Tipton needs to do some work to enhance the pool of buyers if they have this sale next year. these prices are way too low.
469, Western Expression, no bid
473 no bid, pathetic
476, $2.5k, Gold Case o/o stakes winning mare
477, Desrt Warrior filly, $4.7k
478, Kelly Kip o/o sp earner of over $200k, $20k
479, Exploit colt $1k
480, filly by Say Florida Sandy, sw dam earning over $144k, $5.2k

this is like a charity event for buyers, why breed when losing so much money, the breeders have to be asking themselves.

[Downthestretch55]

463 - Catienus went for 16.5 K
470- the AP Jet...only 8K
465--Black Tie Affair..that horse was way crooked...out

Will be interesting to see tomorrow's write up...those seats are empty.

[sumitas]

yeah, i can't see the conformation at all on tv.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by sumitas

yeah, i can't see the conformation at all on tv.

Me either... especially when I don't have the video for it. I'd probably take a chance on a crooked horse for these prices.

[Downthestretch55]

I can't figure out where the pinhookers are. There are some very nice ones going for dirt cheap.
A 10K investment now could bring 100K at the Keeneland spring sale.
This is an incredible auction!
I wish I was there.
Hey Sumitas, don't know if you mentioned it...that Desert Warrior (477) went for only 4.7K. Breeders are really taking it on the chin today!

[sumitas]

the place must have been infested with bottom fishers. there were very few serious bidders in attendance, judging by the very low overall bids. many horses went RNA, rightfully so, rather than give them to the piranhas there

.........HEAD...........................NOT
DATE SOLD AMOUNT AVERAGE SOLD MEDIAN

8/15/06 70 680,500 9,721 63 5,350

FT has a lot of work to do to attract serious buyers to the open sale.

One Desert Warrior was a $20k RNA, plus he had one sold for $40k in the preferred, so he's off to a decent start. today's crowd would be better off shopping at flea markets.

LEPRECHAUN RACING, AGENT won a number of halfway decent priced horses in the $20k range. other than that it was bargain basement shopping.