Marquis Diamond to Reddam/Hennig

Originally Posted by outofthebox

I remember being involved in this race and thinking before hand what a bad maiden race it was. None of the firsters were live and i watched the winners replay of her first race and thought she had a chance. BTW hit it right when she rode the bias and won. She's not that impressive in the flesh also. But one thing Contessa does well is sell. He sold that bum of a late running sprinter last winter to those California connections. Cant think of his name now but he ran against Achilles last winter and sold him for a good six figures after winning for 75k....

His name was Like Now.

[Gander]

Wrong, his name was Sunshine Alpine.

Originally Posted by Gander

Wrong, his name was Sunshine Alpine.

Thats correct. In my aggravated state I typed the name of the winner.

[outofthebox]

Hey Oracle. to the best of your knowledge does Contessa sell the horses himself or does he deal with agents. I know he's constantly trying to peddle of his cheaper horses himself, just wasn't sure about the more pricey ones.

Originally Posted by outofthebox

Hey Oracle. to the best of your knowledge does Contessa sell the horses himself or does he deal with agents. I know he's constantly trying to peddle of his cheaper horses himself, just wasn't sure about the more pricey ones.

I always talk to him direct. He doesn't use agents to sell to the best of my knowledge. I think he does his own buying as well.

[ELA]

Gary Contessa is very well known as a seller. Not every owner of his is a seller and not every horse is for sale. Then again, as they say, everyone/everything always has a price. LOL. Whenever he and I talk he always tells me what he has for sale, what he likes, etc. -- me and about a zillion other people. We've talked quite a bit about his selling -- for example, professionally speaking (as it relates to the tax aspect, tax planning/reduction strategies, etc.).

If he doesn't own a piece of the horse he gets paid by his owner(s) if they sell one for a nice price. He tends not to "market" his horses through agents or use them to sell, but that doesn't mean if an agent contacts him for a certain horse he won't deal with him/her. He is a "seller" and his motivation is to sell. In reality, he doesn't need anyone to market his horses because he is so well known as a seller. Certain people who buy from him might have their own agent (or in some cases a manager perhaps) or someone they know do the work. Kind of like a "buyers agent". Gary is sharp and he knows the market.

Eric

Originally Posted by ELA

Gary Contessa is very well known as a seller. Not every owner of his is a seller and not every horse is for sale. Then again, as they say, everyone/everything always has a price. LOL. Whenever he and I talk he always tells me what he has for sale, what he likes, etc. -- me and about a zillion other people. We've talked quite a bit about his selling -- for example, professionally speaking (as it relates to the tax aspect, tax planning/reduction strategies, etc.).

If he doesn't own a piece of the horse he gets paid by his owner(s) if they sell one for a nice price. He tends not to "market" his horses through agents or use them to sell, but that doesn't mean if an agent contacts him for a certain horse he won't deal with him/her. He is a "seller" and his motivation is to sell. In reality, he doesn't need anyone to market his horses because he is so well known as a seller. Certain people who buy from him might have their own agent (or in some cases a manager perhaps) or someone they know do the work. Kind of like a "buyers agent". Gary is sharp and he knows the market.

Eric

I agree hes very sharp in knowing the market, very. His prices are never unrealistic like some folks are when you call them. He knows how far to push the envelope.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Gander

Wrong, his name was Sunshine Alpine.

Very good.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by oracle80

His name was Like Now.

It certainly wasn't him.