3/3 (PmM): Fasig-Tipton Florida 2yo in training Sale

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Barretts March 2005 videos:

* Fastest 1/4 of sale: What A Song 20.60 http://www.barretts.com/TrainingPrev...eo/hip143a.wmv

* Second fastest 1/4: Brother Derek 20.80
http://www.barretts.com/TrainingPrev...eo/hip050a.wmv

The third fastest 1/4 of the entire sale was 21.20 ... 2/5ths of a second may not sound like much - but going that rate of speed - it's about 3 lengths - and that's a gigantic margin going two furlongs.

* Fastest 1/8th of sale: River's Prayer 9.80
http://www.barretts.com/TrainingPrev...eo/hip177a.wmv

* 2nd fastest 1/8th of sale: Henny Hughes 9.90
http://www.barretts.com/TrainingPrev...eo/hip045a.wmv


The only bad buy of the foursome turned out to be the super freak What A Song. He was 3-for-3 with 2 graded stakes wins and twice defeated the 2yo champion.

Brother Derek (275K buy) was the morning line favorite for the Kentucky Derby - a multiple Grade 1 winner as well.

River's Prayer (180K buy) was 9-for-16 lifetime and a Grade 1 stakes winning sprinter and earned over 900K. She sold so cheap because she was by sire Devon Lane and was just a 15k yearling.

Henny Hughes (370K RNA) was a multiple Grade 1 winning sprinter.

Because the fastest horses were often the most successful buys year in and year out - consignors have to press harder and harder to get them to go as fast as possible. To not do so - is to leave money on the table. A higher percentage of the fastest ones of late seem to go unraced. Also - there are a few consignors who seem to have a magical ability to get them to go a little faster than others.