Worst 6K ever spent?
 

Believe it or not - the owner just spent 6k to make this horse a late triple crown series supplamented nom....



A supposed 500K yearling - who is still owned by his breeder.

Why not just light 120 fifty-dollar bills on fire to see what color the flame makes?

Still hope.

I google'd the owner/breeder ... his wife divorced him and got a $123.6 million settlement.

What a weird friggen horse. Who breeds to the sire Encosta De Lago (huh?) - and buys the horse from themselves for 500K as a yearling - only to nominate them late to the triple crown series off of a 4.5 furlong win at Mountaineer Park?

another hot sat night in erie I see

Probably trying to impress his woman by taking her to the Derby. Usually stupid decisions like this one are made because of some trim.

Perhaps - but he'll need Graded Earnings to get into the Derby field.

Preakness Fever?

Watch the horse show up on the undercard. That should get him at least a couple motorboats.

You do know that Encosta De Lago is one of the most expensive stallions in the world, right?

That's a breeding you would see commonly in England or Ireland.

The names of his horses couldn't have tipped you off as to who he is?

He is supposed to run in the Illinois Derby

I thought the owner/breeder might have taken him back once Baffert was no longer the trainer, but Fipke owned him from start #1.

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I can't tell if everyone's playing dumb in this thread or what. . .

He would get beat 8-to-15 lengths in an alw race at Parx.

No - I figured he just had a mare imported all the way from Australia who was like the Montbrook of Aussie sires.

You like his chances?

Is he supposed to be a rabbit for some other horse?

What am I missing here?

I remember when this owner broke into the game by buying a 2million 2yo at the Barrets sale a couple of years ago with Baffert. Cant recall his name, but ran about 6 races in 3 years. He's definately has deep pockets///

Yeah - Diamond Fury for $2.7 million ... Baffert absolutely took him to the school yard on that one.

A Tactical Cat filly worked faster at both 1f and 2f - than the $2.7 million Sea of Secrets - in two seperate under-tack previews that year.

The Tactical Cat filly ended up being stakes winner Fashion Girl. Diamond Fury was 3-for-17 lifetime and never earned black type. How that horse - sired by Sea of Secrets - ever reached $2.7 million is one of those good stories we'll never know .. but I'm sure someone other than just the seller had a picnick off of that one.

No he's atrocious.

Here's another late supp that is also a total waste of 6k .... but at least this horse has paid for himself.



He obviously wants the turf - and wants an uncontested lead on it - unless they're moving one of the Triple Crown races to the turf ....

Exactly what got that horse bet down to 11/1 for his maiden win?

Probably was just a soft field for the class level on paper - was also only a 7 horse field instead of a 10 horse field like his prior two races going into that one.

JBA is in the Maker barn now.

Fipke got to the KD once before with Tagg trained Tale of Ekati who finished 4th....so I think you are right...the lust to be there overcomes all else....this horse is nowhere as good as TOE.