Questionable Looking Yearlings

[CoronadosQuest]

https://obscatalog.com/2024/137/573p.jpg?v=1718397819 Not a yearling but a 2 yr old at the June Ocala Breeders Sale. Sorry don't know how to get the image to post.

That poor poor horse

[stelladaniella]

I'm not sure if this completely belongs here, but something about this ones head made me question if I was browsing tb's or arabians.



I/M x Meal Ticket, hip 87 in the Saratoga sale.

And this one; I don't know what it is, but my brain just goes ? looking at her.



Hip 178, Omaha Beach x Summer Fling

And this one; I still don't know what it is, the head?



Mitole x Vigui's Heart, hip 206

[brunanas]

i think it's that the head looks super long and flat. and then the front pasterns are long and in a weird angle and the back pasterns are short and super upright.

i'll post the other Saratoga fuglies once they post most of the photos, easier to do all of them at once but i'll give you guys some spoilers of the Top3 Fugliest so far.



#17 (War Front — Complicated, by Blame)
those front pasterns are longer than my life expectancy.


#24 (No Nay Never — Cry Me A River, by Danehill Dancer)
finally a worthy opponent for Into Mischief!


#180 (Authentic — Sunbury, by Speightstown)

[BaroqueAgain1]

"...something about this ones head made me question if I was browsing tb's or arabians."

Aesthetically, I like a head that shows some of the TB's ancestral Arabian fineness. A fine-boned, dished head doesn't affect soundness or athletic ability, so I appreciate the lovely head on that yearling.

[Diver52]

I don't mind a more refined head either. # 206 looks like he has an overbte, though!

[brunanas]

i present to you... the Fasig Saratoga Sale fuglies!


#1 (Speightstown - Cerce Cay, by Hard Spun)
sold for $425,000


#17 (War Front - Complicated, by Blame)
sold for $300,000


#24 (No Nay Never - Cry Me A River, by Danehill Dancer)
sold for $200,000


#29 (Army Mule - Diannecantretire, by Tale of the Cat)
sold for $300,000


#34 (Medaglia d'Oro - Earth Shaking, by War Front)
sold for $175,000


#46 (Into Mischief - Flourish, by Distorted Humor)
sold for $400,000


#62 (Nyquist - Holiday Music, by Harlan's Holiday)
sold for $575,000


#68 (Into Mischief - Indy Punch, by Pulling Punches)
$325,000 RNA


#73 (Complexity - Lady Buckeye, by Quiet American)
sold for $130,000


#126 (Good Magic - Rayon de Lune, by Malibu Moon)
sold for $650,000


#136 (Uncle Mo - Roughing, by Eskendereya)
$350,000 RNA


#148 (Into Mischief - Separationofpowers, by Candy Ride)
$500,000 RNA


#173 (Nyquist - Study Hard, by Malibu Moon)
sold for $875,000


#180 (Authentic - Sunbury, by Speightstown)
sold for $200,000


#187 (Vekoma - Tapit's World, by Tapit)
sold for $575,000


#235 (Justify - Bluejeans, by Ghostzapper)
$500,000 RNA

[Slewfan2]

If they’re so ugly, why did they sell for such high prices?

[brunanas]

If they’re so ugly, why did they sell for such high prices?

good pages & i guess people just hope they can hold up long enough to secure a stallion deal (aka 3 starts, G1p). these photos are broken now but if you were to look at the Into Mischief's that sold last year you'd see many worse ones going for similar price tags.

[HB1994]

Hip #235 is inbred 3x2 to Ghostzapper. Not a recipe for durability.

[Slewfan2]

If they’re so ugly, why did they sell for such high prices?

good pages & i guess people just hope they can hold up long enough to secure a stallion deal (aka 3 starts, G1p). these photos are broken now but if you were to look at the Into Mischief's that sold last year you'd see many worse ones going for similar price tags.

I get it….this is what racing has become, just the means to an end (breeding)

[Gemini]

This is an….interesting thread. Half these yearlings look ok to me. I’m sure if we saw photos of NFL players when they were in 7th grade, we wouldn’t find much to recommend them either.

[Akitaperson]

Hip #235 is inbred 3x2 to Ghostzapper. Not a recipe for durability.

Which sale,Keeneland?

Honestly the level of inbreeding in some of these horses is gross

[Falinadin]

This is an….interesting thread. Half these yearlings look ok to me. I’m sure if we saw photos of NFL players when they were in 7th grade, we wouldn’t find much to recommend them either.

Haha I actually agree with you Gemini, a portion of these yearlings are actually nice horses. Hip 235, the grey Justify, I really like aside from being a tiny bit over on the left knee.
Lets not forget the poor mess that was the Medaglia d'Oro X Leslie's Lady colt. Poor guy never even got named.

[Starine]

This is an….interesting thread. Half these yearlings look ok to me. I’m sure if we saw photos of NFL players when they were in 7th grade, we wouldn’t find much to recommend them either.

Agreed. Some of it just seems mean-spirited; I'm no expert but I really don't find too many of these unattractive.

[HB1994]

Hip #235 is inbred 3x2 to Ghostzapper. Not a recipe for durability.

Which sale,Keeneland?

Honestly the level of inbreeding in some of these horses is gross

Saratoga. See the photo above.

[Akitaperson]

This is an….interesting thread. Half these yearlings look ok to me. I’m sure if we saw photos of NFL players when they were in 7th grade, we wouldn’t find much to recommend them either.

Agreed. Some of it just seems mean-spirited; I'm no expert but I really don't find too many of these unattractive.

There was an American pharoah filly a few years ago who would've fit into this thread. She was so straight in the rear and bulky she reminded me of some halter bred quarter horses

[Essential Quality]

Hip 206 in the Keeneland Sale, those front legs and ankles just give me the ick

Hip 792

[Falinadin]

Hip 206 in the Keeneland Sale, those front legs and ankles just give me the ick

This is another one I don't quite get? Overall 206 is a nice filly. Pasterns are a bit long, and she's a tiny bit over in the knee, but overall a nice set of front legs? She's posty behind and has a bit of a small shoulder (balance is really important to buyers). Her real value is as a broodmare prospect, and she should be able to do that job just fine.

792 is much more of a mess. Small clubby feet, upright in the pasterns, and a bit behind at the knee (a far worse problem than being over at the knee). There's also some swelling on the dorsal aspect of the fetlock on the left front that is concerning, you'd really need to see the x rays on that one. Looks like he might toe out a touch in the right as well.

Edit: hip 2279 that you posted in the other thread is way worse than 206, pasterns suck and he's stocked up in the right : /

[Palace Malice]

Hip #235 is inbred 3x2 to Ghostzapper. Not a recipe for durability.

Ewww Why are they doing this? Are there people interested in buying such an inbreed horse?

[Akitaperson]

Hip #235 is inbred 3x2 to Ghostzapper. Not a recipe for durability.

Ewww Why are they doing this? Are there people interested in buying such an inbreed horse?

Well 235 didn't sell at 500k so that's good. You should see Rich Strikes pedigree his at least to me is vomit inducing the amount of inbreeding he's got