OBS June 2008 review

[freddymo]

2.5 million on horses that you knew could run 1/4 of a mile or more quickly and only Driven by Solar was decent.

[Calzone Lord]

Look at this one:





They paid $125,000 for it -- gave it to Bob Baffert (who charges what -- $120 a day?) and ultimately, the horse finished 8th in a $3,500 maiden claiming race at Beulah Park.

The purse for that race at Beulah was just $3,800 -- so a win would have returned a lot less than 2K after the jockey and trainer is paid off. A win in that race might have paid for about 10 days in the Baffert barn or the cost to ship across country ... which they did twice with this horse.

Baffert obviously had the horse for several months before it eventually debuted.

[Round Pen]

not that it changes the outcome but a couple of those horses were actually RNA's just someone signed the ticket to make it look like they were sold

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Round Pen

not that it changes the outcome but a couple of those horses were actually RNA's just someone signed the ticket to make it look like they were sold

Yeah -- I saw that with De Chara. Probably trying to drive the price up.

[Round Pen]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Yeah -- I saw that with De Chara. Probably trying to drive the price up.

I am Trying to Remember but I dont think he ever had a Live bid, I don't like to admit this but we trained him after the Sale and he never showed anykind of talent what so ever. without looking it up I think he worked 23 and change for the sale

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Round Pen

I am Trying to Remember but I dont think he ever had a Live bid, I don't like to admit this but we trained him after the Sale and he never showed anykind of talent what so ever. without looking it up I think he worked 23 and change for the sale

He was terrible at that sale -- I remember it well. Looked like a pure slowpoke.

That was a stupid market -- everyone seemed to have too much money to spend until the so-called financial crisis came in the second half of that year.

The 2008 yearling sales at around this time and 2009 2yo sales were atleast a lot closer to reality.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Big Gavel



If you could have seen him at that sale, you would have sworn he would blast through walls.... He was 3/4th's to Judge Sez Who, who was Judge TC's most lucrative offspring, winning a GIII and almost a million on the track, and looked every bit the part.

Unfortunately, he was also the dumbest racehorse that ever blessed this earth and was done before he figured it out... He did however wind up managing a serviceable career as a claimer at Finger Lakes but scratched him from my watch list long ago and don't even know if he is still in training.

I did manage a phat p4 at Tampa using him at a big price a meet or two ago, but that was one of the most disappointing purchases ever. [/redboard brag]