Dunkirk -- 2 Questions

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Is he smallish?

I keep hearing things about his appearance that don't sound consistant with the fact that he was the nations highest priced yearling sold at public auction last year.

Don't you think his price had a lot to do with his pedigree?

Objectivity went for over $6M and Dunkirk went through the ring early enough in Secret Status' broodmare career that no one knew she wasn't getting good runners before Dunkirk.

[Danzig]

i just don't see that the ability of an owner to pay obscene amounts of money in any equates to the purchase having tremendous ability two years after the auction.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Don't you think his price had a lot to do with his pedigree?

Pedigree obviously had a lot to do with it ... but I would think the nations highest priced yearling would have to look great.

That same year Zensational sold for just $20K as a yearling - and he's by UBS (Dunkirk's sire) out of a multiple stakes winning mare from a great Claibourne family.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Pedigree obviously had a lot to do with it ... but I would think the nations highest priced yearling would have to look great.

That same year Zensational sold for just $20K as a yearling - and he's by UBS (Dunkirk's sire) out of a multiple stakes winning mare from a great Claibourne family.

I don't disagree that he probably looked good, but you've also got so many other things going on behind the scenes that yearling prices are just unreliable.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

The nations highest priced yearling at public auction has a pretty good record historically speaking.

Off the top of my head - I believe Majestic Prince, Mr. Prospector, Nureyev, A. P Indy, Forestry, and Fusaichi Pegasus were all Keeneland July yearling sales toppers...

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

The nations highest priced yearling at public auction has a pretty good record historically speaking.

Off the top of my head - I believe Majestic Prince, Mr. Prospector, Nureyev, A. P Indy, Forestry, and Fusaichi Pegasus were all Keeneland July yearling sales toppers...

I'm definitely not saying Dunkirk is not a good horse, I think he is a very good horse.

Out of curiousity, who are the sale toppers since Fupeg?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

I'm definitely not saying Dunkirk is not a good horse, I think he is a very good horse.

Out of curiousity, who are the sale toppers since Fupeg?

I definitely not saying that him being the nations highest priced yearling in '07 means anything more than he's probably good looking and correct.

I think Godolphin has bought most of the yearling sales toppers since Fu Peg - but it's not something I follow taht closely.

I think Jalil and Mr. Sakaguchi were the only two who weren't complete and utter no ability bums...