April 2yr olds in training sale April/Keeneland

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The biggest problem that I have with these sales is the untold physical toll they take on the horses. Taking what Drugs says at face value the top two 2 yo sales produced 6 graded stakes winners last year out of the 500 or so top quality horses that were entered in these sales. There may be more that go on to win stakes but the great majority of these horses never do anything. You also have to realize that these are select sales where the horses must have a strong pedigree and good conformation to get in. The fact that so many of these types of horses dont make it is discouraging.

very true esp. when one considers that of the 223 cataloged in last years sale nearly 30% never even made it to the sales ring...while some were early outs most were after the first round of works....

One horse of note from that sale last year that isn't a stakes winner yet but may have that in his future is Ketchikan