Horse Racing Forum - USA Thoroughbred Races

watching the sale now and kinda surprised that #290 (Connect), whose 2nd dam is Summer Colony, didn't get one single bid. wonder if there's anything extremely concerning about his conformation?

c. Blame - Barbara Gordon, by Commissioner

$310K

Can't go wrong with a blame baby

207 yearlings sold for a gross of $20,507,000 for an average of $99,068 (14% decline) and a $77,000 medium (14,4% decline). yikes...

Pinhookers are a thing but if I was just a general buyer, I would want to wait until September. October, or November to buy a yearling.

Interestingly, Bravazo had two in the ring yesterday. Both went for $50K.

f. o/o G1W Dr. Zic (Milwaukee Brew) - fam of Ocean's Answer
f. o/o Windyindy (A.P. Indy) - 1/2 to Patch, Tiz Windy, fam of Banshee Breeze

Both went to NBS Stable / John Ballantyne
https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/b ... bs-stable/

It seems like there are more and more sales every year. It used to be the Saratoga sale in Aug and the big Kentucky sale in the fall were the big ones now it seems every month there is a sale somewhere. Pinhooking has really taken on a life of its own as a business.

Squeaky wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2023 1:31 pm It seems like there are more and more sales every year. It used to be the Saratoga sale in Aug and the big Kentucky sale in the fall were the big ones now it seems every month there is a sale somewhere. Pinhooking has really taken on a life of its own as a business.

The Fasig Tipton July yearling sale is not new. Its been happening since 1971, this is the sale that Seattle Slew came from. Here is the history of the sale: https://backring.paulickreport.com/fasi ... years-ago/

Its kind of crazy but comparing 1990 sales to 2022 sales, there are significantly less overall(I'm counting Breeding Stocks, 2yo sales, yearling sales, HORA sales, stallion season auctions, etc). Bloodhorse has sales results from 1980 to today on their site. The older sales though might end up in Other Sales(this is where the Keeneland July yearling sale is some years) and at some point Bloodhorse started keeping track of the worldwide sales so the list will look bigger recently.
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... es/results Just change the year and click on the category. Unfortunately it does not have a sort function to see high prices or anything, its just page after page of results.

Kind of surprising

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... ViwZQ1ULZM

Volatile is better looking than I remember. He also has a pretty nice pedigree, and imho, he may be showing more of El Prado in his conformation than his damsire, UBS.

BaroqueAgain1 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2023 11:17 pm Volatile is better looking than I remember. He also has a pretty nice pedigree, and imho, he may be showing more of El Prado in his conformation than his damsire, UBS.

I kind of forgot about him

Honor AP had one sell for $85,000...not awful