I was thinking all of this too!BaroqueAgain1 wrote:She's very antsy...not surprising for a mare who just came off the track. She looks good. Better than she did last Friday.Probably because she's more hydrated.
$6,000,000.
Love the stretch she did just before she left the ring. Cat-like.
i almost started crying. i'm so relieved.starrydreamer wrote:Stateside. Went to Bridlewood and Don Alberto.sweettalk wrote:stateside? please stay stateside...starrydreamer wrote:$2.3M for Cathryn Sophia. I think she's the first million dollar horse in this sale (she was hip 30).
We are a handful of hips away from Stellar Wind.
Ditto. She looked stunning. And I laughed out loud at that stretch - adorable.Carotene wrote:I was thinking all of this too!BaroqueAgain1 wrote:She's very antsy...not surprising for a mare who just came off the track. She looks good. Better than she did last Friday.
$6,000,000.
Love the stretch she did just before she left the ring. Cat-like.
Claire Novak-Crosby @BH_CNovak 3m3 minutes agoBaroqueAgain1 wrote:Interesting. Curlin isn't known for his grass runners, so I wonder if she stays here at Ashford to be bred to a dirt stallion. Perhaps to create a potential Derby-type horse?
I was wrong. Coolmore was definitely interested in her.mosieposie12 wrote:Coolmore got her will be bred to American Pharoah
And she's really pretty. Life at Ten bought by SF Bloodstock, which has horses in the US, UK, Ireland, France, and Australia.TapitsGal wrote:Anyone know who bought life at ten and criminologist
Well, Street Cry x Vertigineux was a D before Zenyatta was born, it's not perfect by any meansBallerina wrote:Nicks out to a C. Guess one can't always go by a nicking system.mosieposie12 wrote:Coolmore got her will be bred to American Pharoah
It's called pin-hooking and is pretty common on the commercial side of breeding. If the filly continues to develop nicely, he stands to make a profit. Pin-hookers have to balance the purchase price for and care of the weanling for about a year against the potential yearling sales price. They have to hope nothing happens to the weanling in that year, too. It's a bonus if any relatives of the weanling win stakes and enhance the weanling's catalog page. There must be potential profit in it because, as mentioned, pin-hooking is pretty common.Macaroni wrote:So, I am not too well-versed in the sales stuff, so this may be a dumb question, but can someone answer this for me:
Brian Graves purchased the weanling filly by American Pharoah o/o Life at Ten and in an interview said the following:
"We intend to re-sell her next year," said Graves...American Pharoahs have been selling well. She's out of a grade 1 winner and she's all class, so we'll take a shot."
What is the point of that?
Whew, that seems...super risky. But I guess it must pay off if it's so common. Thanks for the explanation!Ridan_Remembered wrote:It's called pin-hooking and is pretty common on the commercial side of breeding. If the filly continues to develop nicely, he stands to make a profit. Pin-hookers have to balance the purchase price for and care of the weanling for about a year against the potential yearling sales price. They have to hope nothing happens to the weanling in that year, too. It's a bonus if any relatives of the weanling win stakes and enhance the weanling's catalog page. There must be potential profit in it because, as mentioned, pin-hooking is pretty common.Macaroni wrote:So, I am not too well-versed in the sales stuff, so this may be a dumb question, but can someone answer this for me:
Brian Graves purchased the weanling filly by American Pharoah o/o Life at Ten and in an interview said the following:
"We intend to re-sell her next year," said Graves...American Pharoahs have been selling well. She's out of a grade 1 winner and she's all class, so we'll take a shot."
What is the point of that?
You're very welcome. Oh, by the way, no question is "dumb" to me. If you want additional info, here's a good article from The Paulick Report: https://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray- ... pinhookingMacaroni wrote:Whew, that seems...super risky. But I guess it must pay off if it's so common. Thanks for the explanation!
It can be risky but if you look at the Cairo Prince weanlings that were bought last year, then look at his yearling sales this year, whoever bothered to pinhook a yearling or two probably hit a home run.Macaroni wrote:Whew, that seems...super risky. But I guess it must pay off if it's so common. Thanks for the explanation!Ridan_Remembered wrote:It's called pin-hooking and is pretty common on the commercial side of breeding. If the filly continues to develop nicely, he stands to make a profit. Pin-hookers have to balance the purchase price for and care of the weanling for about a year against the potential yearling sales price. They have to hope nothing happens to the weanling in that year, too. It's a bonus if any relatives of the weanling win stakes and enhance the weanling's catalog page. There must be potential profit in it because, as mentioned, pin-hooking is pretty common.Macaroni wrote:So, I am not too well-versed in the sales stuff, so this may be a dumb question, but can someone answer this for me:
Brian Graves purchased the weanling filly by American Pharoah o/o Life at Ten and in an interview said the following:
"We intend to re-sell her next year," said Graves...American Pharoahs have been selling well. She's out of a grade 1 winner and she's all class, so we'll take a shot."
What is the point of that?
