Keeneland September Sale

[1st_Saturday_in_May]

1050k for a Distorted Humor x Emotional Outburst

(half to Roar Emotion)

This sale is cwwwwwaaaaaazzzzzzzzyyyyyyyyyy

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Thoroughbred Fan

Just for those of you wondering about white feet. It has nothing to do with temperment. For some reason, white feet tend to be much more sensitive. I know of a certain horse who has set the Saratoga track record for 5f on the turf three times in the last two years who can't run more than a few times a year becasue of this condition. He requires long breaks to allow the feet to heal. If it weren't for his feet, he'd likely have won a bunch more races.

Actually, it's a wive's tale, but some people believe it. The color of a horse's hooves hasn't been shown to have anything to do with soundness. It's the structure of the hoof that causes problems.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by 1st_Saturday_in_May

1050k for a Distorted Humor x Emotional Outburst

(half to Roar Emotion)

This sale is cwwwwwaaaaaazzzzzzzzyyyyyyyyyy

Actually I think everything is going fairly 'cheap' for the select portion of the sale and there are a lot of RNA's.

[Round Pen]

Man First Year I have missed the sale in quite some time

Darn Wisdom Teeth

[sumitas]

haha, you have saved some money then

and Secretariat had 3 socks

[Sightseek]

The half to High Cotton by Giant's Causeway went for 1.9M.

[sumitas]

Seeking the Gold does not sire sound horses a lot of the time. They win, but don't last long, in general.

Originally Posted by 1st_Saturday_in_May

Bout time you show up again balletto, even if all the pedigree talk hurts my head

haha how are you champ?

Originally Posted by sumitas

Seeking the Gold does not sire sound horses a lot of the time. They win, but don't last long, in general.

The Flitabout clan is notorious for unsoundness... but if you took the ill-fated Ruffian out of it, do you think it would be talked about even half as much? Just curious... im not sure it would.

[Betsy]

Balletto, would you classify Empire Maker and Mineshaft as disappointments? Mineshaft did eh, especially w/o the $950,00.00 and I thought EM's would sell for much higher......thoughts?

[sumitas]

That clan came to Ruffian by way of Reviewer, who had soundness problems himself. That clan is the family of Seeking The Gold and many G1 winners. It has a poor reputation for soundness for a reason, I'm afraid.

[1st_Saturday_in_May]

Originally Posted by Balletto

haha how are you champ?

I'm doing pretty well - as good as one can I guess. No complaints...you? And from now on, call me stud

Originally Posted by Balletto

The Vindication-Serena's Tune is a beauty... love his head.

I saw that colt at Hill n' Dale in a paddock at the turn of the year and asked Aiden (the stallion manager) who the hell that big, good-looking bastard was...he gave me the pedigree (although I could tell that he was probably a Vindication due to his size and typicals of that line) and I admediately asked him how many million they wanted frore him....he definately thougt he was worth multiple seven figures depending on the market and I couldn't disagree....May have been the best looking yearling I'd seen in a LONNNNNGG time....he is a good thing, I'll tell you that much..

Originally Posted by Sightseek

A MR. GREELEY for $5.7 Million!!! That has to be his highest priced yearling yet!

He was a very nice individual, but man he has a strange and obscure cross. Personally, I think Mr. Greeley's are a bit over-inflated in their auction value in the market, but he was a nice horse....not sure of his identity though...he is out of a Pivatol mare and has a Euro turf pedigree on the bottomside but he is my maintrack influence Mr. Greeley and looks like a dirt horse....weird cross for that kind of cash...

The Storm Cat session topper out of Awesome Humor was gorgeous, which goes without saying, but I thought he was better than the Tranquility Lake baby last year.....I wasn't a great fan of Awesome Humor but remember her vividly when Ronnie Werner had her ..she was actually a smaller more refined tyoe of filly and was actually a very cheap auction purchase when Mr. Durant bought her...

I was impressed with her baby.....very nice..

Best I saw go through the ring monday (individuals - Not pedigree sensative):

1) Vindication - Serena's Tune colt --- Gorgeous physical speciment and you could see shades of both Serena's Song and Seattle Slew in him....all class..

2) Storm Cat - Awesome Humor colt--- I wanted to not like him but couldn't....as nice of a Storm Cat as you'll ever see and a deserving sales topper....

3) Unbridled's Song - Wild Heart colt --- Looked like his daddy and how all of the good Unbridled's Songs look...maybe better looking than all of them that I've seen....with more family on the damside he brings a couple more million...

4) Tale of the Cat - Driana colt --- Unproven dam is what cost him being in the seven figures, but he was as good of a Tale of the Cat as you'll ever see....extreme athleticism....he was a bay version of Lion Heart....

5) Mr. Greeley - Silvester Lady colt --- needs no explanation as to his looks and prescense in the sales ring, just look at his price...he was very flashy and athletic, obviously, but he had something else about him that drew you in...didn't look or act like a yearing out there...

6) Sky Mesa - Alida colt --- Best Sky Mesa I've seen and he was a very nice individual....might have been a solid sleeper for his price similar to the Tale of the Cat due to the fact that his page was relatively unproven...

7) Distorted Humor - Teaksberry Road colt --- He was the best Distorted Humor I saw all day, yet others sold for more because they were a bit stronger pedigree-wise on the dam side...Very, very good individual and obviously his owners felt the same way to buy him back....thought he would definately bring seven figures when I saw him enter the ring....watch for him down the road at another sale...

8) Unbridled's Song - Win Crafty Lady filly --- I know Harmony Lodge well and she is a better individual than her Grade 1, millionaire sister....best filly in the session IMO...yes, better than the Take Charge Lady filly and A.P. Warrior's half-sister IMO...

*Note:

I'm not the greatest sales prospect evaluator on earth and these are just opinions on the ones I liked...If this interests you, I would suggest writing down the dam's names and researching these babies' names early next year before they are about to start their racing careers...Obviously, they are all '05 models and can be researched to keep up with if you have the right resources....I really enjoy doing this after the Keeneland Sept. sale every year and I find it fun and intriguing to see how right I am as far as their ability when and if they ever race....Plus, it may give you something to wager on when each of these horses debuts, especially the ones I thought were sleepers!

I'll tell you this, I've actually had relativey good success since doing this for fun....For example, last year I thought Scat Daddy, who Pletcher bought two rows in front of me with some lady at the end of day 1 last year, was one of the top 5 individuals in the first session of the sale, and he turned out to be one of the top juvenile runners this year as only a $250,000 purchase underneath 40+ seven-figure lots to go through the ring last year.....Take it for what its worth...obviously, I've picked out some horses that never made it to the track too, just like everybody else...

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I was thinking the same thing, but actually Mr. Greeley has had some decent success with turf runners. He has a super pedigree, but that is a lot of money. I didn't see the earlier parts, but any idea why Smarty Jones full sis went for so low?

Was't anything special at all, DaHoss....didn't see her legs, but she was not the class and body you'd expect with that reputation...if she went that cheap though, she probably also had some physical issues because she should be worth $300,000 as a broodmare prospect....

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Yeah that's what I had heard. While we're on it, how have the Sky Mesa's looked? Always liked him, and was hoping he would be successful as a sire.

They look pretty good...he got a good book of mares his first year...the colt I mention in the rundown was the best one I've seen....the farm my mares are on in Paris, Ky. has a few nice Sky Mesas on it.....he'll be alright.....

[sumitas]

Interresting to see what some bought. Lael bought hip 17, Empire Maker/Lucky Soph filly. It is basically the Fappaino.Caro cross of Unbridled's Song fame. Very nicely bred girl. $375k. 143, Deputy Minister/Antics colt $200k, a little heavy on the Native Dancer and Raise A Native.

Becky Thomas 109 Distorted Humor/Sweet Serendipity(1/2 to Anees) colt, $225k. The pedigree is a carbon copy of a lot of Raise A Native/Northern Dancer/Native Dancer crosses out there. But it can be successful on the track for a short time.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

*Note:

I'm not the greatest sales prospect evaluator on earth and these are just opinions on the ones I liked...If this interests you, I would suggest writing down the dam's names and researching these babies' names early next year before they are about to start their racing careers...Obviously, they are all '05 models and can be researched to keep up with if you have the right resources....I really enjoy doing this after the Keeneland Sept. sale every year and I find it fun and intriguing to see how right I am as far as their ability when and if they ever race....Plus, it may give you something to wager on when each of these horses debuts, especially the ones I thought were sleepers!

I'll tell you this, I've actually had relativey good success since doing this for fun....For example, last year I thought Scat Daddy, who Pletcher bought two rows in front of me with some lady at the end of day 1 last year, was one of the top 5 individuals in the first session of the sale, and he turned out to be one of the top juvenile runners this year as only a $250,000 purchase underneath 40+ seven-figure lots to go through the ring last year.....Take it for what its worth...obviously, I've picked out some horses that never made it to the track too, just like everybody else...

I did the same thing last year, thus far of "my" 5 starters I had several first time out winners (and got to cash on them too! )

Moccasin Gap f. Giant's Causeway - Lemon Dove - won at first asking at Woodbine

Divide and Conquer c. Mr. Greeley - Diversion - won at first asking at Hollywood

Most Distinguished c. Dixie Union - Stylish Storm - 2nd to Pegasus Wind when he broke his maiden at Saratoga, had a real dog fight in his second start, getting 2nd

Kauai Calls f. Fupeg - Collect Call - broke maiden at first asking at Saratoga also took an allowance later in the meet

thirtysixth f. Dixieland Band - Steal a Heart - 3rd in first start, bought by Zayat

*******
I am eagerly awaiting:
Indy's Windy f. A.P. Indy - Banshee Winds - sold for 1.9M, training in CA...I would have given my right arm to own this filly!

Shining Armor c. Mr. Greeley - Shining Through (dam of the talented and ill-fated Venetian Sunset & Strong Hope)


As for me, I really like Mr. Greeley as a sire. I think his biggest problem IS his auction prices...he's not very commercial but he will get you a runner. If I were buying for myself I'd find me the best Mr. Greeley or Dixie Union I could afford. Well priced runners.