Keeneland Sale: 'Hip Watch' and running observations..

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

He's in book one, just session 2 of the select portion of the sale.

Maybe he'll avenge the shame of selling for 5K and win the BC Turf in a few years.

Yeah, that's what I meant.

I noticed an EQ that RNA'd for 0 too a short time later.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

There's an Idaho bred 2-year-old in Northern Cal named Our Minesweeper who is 3-for-3 with a pair of stakes wins.

The wins coming going 4fs on synthetic ... 6f on dirt ... and one mile on synthetic.

Since 2006, the current trainer is just 31 for 454 (6%) with a $1.23 ROI in route races.

Might be a nice cheapie to buy up and give to Dutrow or Wolfson ....

The sire is an unraced son of Giant's Causeway named Cause Ur Mine.

[Linny]

If the horse made Book 1, he must not be a total mess, conformation-wise. Of course, he could have bad radiographs or not have scoped well, but that's pretty pathetic.

[Indian Charlie]

The Storm Cat - Fleet Indian popped for 2 mil and 50k.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

The Storm Cat - Fleet Indian popped for 2 mil and 50k.

That was my favorite from the photos.

[Clip-Clop]

Where are the Medaglia D'oro and Birdstones?

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

Where are the Medaglia D'oro and Birdstones?

Several M D'O's have gone through the ring already pricing in the 200-300K range.

[Linny]

No Birdstones made the Select session. I'm sure there will be some in later books.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

That was my favorite from the photos.

Well, yeah. Besides all the yearlings in the sale sired by IC, that was the best bred horse in the entire sale.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Well, yeah. Besides all the yearlings in the sale sired by IC, that was the best bred horse in the entire sale.

pedigree-wise I would take the Justenuffheart (sold for 350K).

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

pedigree-wise I would take the Justenuffheart (sold for 350K).

I think the breeding industry is starting to catch up to me from 1997 when I told Barry Irwin IC would be worth tens of millions of dollars one day and that he should put an offer in on him while he was still a two year old.

He said something to the effect that he is a calbred with the head of a donkey.

It seems likely now that more breeders see how important a sire and likely broodmare sire he's going to be. Only one other stallion this decade moves his mares up as well as he does (Distorted Humor being the other) and I suspect that his mares will start becoming a lot more sought after.

What he's done at stud so far is pretty amazing, considering that about 80-90% of the mares sent to him his first few years were either unraced or unplaced. Some crazy percentage anyways, if not quite that high.

So? The 2 mil sales topper does indeed have the best pedigree!

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

pedigree-wise I would take the Justenuffheart (sold for 350K).

she's my pick for broodmare of the year. but i don't think it matters!

[Sightseek]

Totals For Session


Year No Head
Sold Gross Amount Average Price Median Price
2008 146 57,310,000 392,534 300,000
2009 115 33,807,000 293,974 250,000