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Old 02-13-2008, 01:46 PM
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Two starts back he ran for $25K and wasn't claimed. Maybe the better question is why did someone pay $32K for him.
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Old 02-13-2008, 01:50 PM
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He was also catalogued in one of the mixed sales recently... Chuck considered that the Stable grab him if he was to go cheap... but I think he was withdrawn...
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Old 02-13-2008, 02:01 PM
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He was also catalogued in one of the mixed sales recently... Chuck considered that the Stable grab him if he was to go cheap... but I think he was withdrawn...
he was not withdrawn in January.
we looked at him and I was actually quite taken with him. a nice looking horse.....a few thousand less and he would have been worth it.
I can't remember exactly but it seems like maybe he had an issue...chuck might remember better than me.
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Old 02-13-2008, 02:13 PM
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he was not withdrawn in January.
we looked at him and I was actually quite taken with him. a nice looking horse.....a few thousand less and he would have been worth it.
I can't remember exactly but it seems like maybe he had an issue...chuck might remember better than me.
I bid up to 25k I think. He looked good for his age though he is pretty crooked and has some long pasterns and he hasnt run very many races considering how old he is. I was thinking of running him for 25k at Tampa or waiting to Keeneland to run him in the same 25k race he won. Ideally you could run him in NY and get the extra NY bred bonus money but the 35k claimers on the turf there may be a bit too tough for him now and there are no NY bred races that he fits anymore.
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I bid up to 25k I think. He looked good for his age though he is pretty crooked and has some long pasterns and he hasnt run very many races considering how old he is. I was thinking of running him for 25k at Tampa or waiting to Keeneland to run him in the same 25k race he won. Ideally you could run him in NY and get the extra NY bred bonus money but the 35k claimers on the turf there may be a bit too tough for him now and there are no NY bred races that he fits anymore.

that's right....i remember I said I would take him off your hands as my next hunter project
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that's right....i remember I said I would take him off your hands as my next hunter project
As opposed to next hot stallion prospect in Alaska or Wyoming.
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As opposed to next hot stallion prospect in Alaska or Wyoming.

he wouldn't have that option after I got my hands....err emasculators....on him.
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Two starts back he ran for $25K and wasn't claimed. Maybe the better question is why did someone pay $32K for him.
I'd think $32K and being able to vet him and not having the risk of a breakdown in the race you make the claim is probably a wash compared to a $25K claim. Still a little baffling he's taking a $25K claimer and throwing him in a stakes race that didn't come up that easy.
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