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Wed Nov 06, 2013 3:41 pm

Thank you Mandy Pope!
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Wed Nov 06, 2013 3:43 pm

What are the chances she runs in the Cigar?
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Wed Nov 06, 2013 3:43 pm

second_glance wrote:
carole wrote:Groupie Doll sells for $3.1 million to Mandy Pope

Auctioneer to Groupie Doll: "Young lady you're going to join a pretty nice broodmare band in a minute". :D
That really made me smile. As soon as he said that, I knew it was Mandy. :)
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Wed Nov 06, 2013 3:44 pm

Carotene wrote:
second_glance wrote:
carole wrote:Groupie Doll sells for $3.1 million to Mandy Pope

Auctioneer to Groupie Doll: "Young lady you're going to join a pretty nice broodmare band in a minute". :D
That really made me smile. As soon as he said that, I knew it was Mandy. :)
I figured it was either her or Yoshida!
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Wed Nov 06, 2013 3:48 pm

Thank goodness the Doll stays here.

However, as a newbie, I thought she would sell for a lot more. Can someone enlightened me please?
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Pope: My plans right now would be to retire her...We obviously wouldn’t want to take any undue chances with her at this point. #KeeNov
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Ziggypop wrote:Thank goodness the Doll stays here.

However, as a newbie, I thought she would sell for a lot more. Can someone enlightened me please?
She's a sprinter and does not have stellar breeding, commercially speaking. By Bowman's Band out of a dam that only won at Mountaineer. Dam is out of a good broodmare sire line, though.
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Wed Nov 06, 2013 3:54 pm

I was just thinking to myself what I wouldn't give for a portrait of Mandy's broodmare band by the end of the Keeneland sales. That would be one fantastic group shot lol! Or, she could put out a calendar...each mare gets her own month. I'd so buy that. :)

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Wed Nov 06, 2013 4:03 pm

Isnt She Grand #363- a daughter of Grand Reward, goes for $370 k- what a beautiful tall drink of water she is! In foal to Blame.
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second_glance wrote:
Ziggypop wrote:Thank goodness the Doll stays here.

However, as a newbie, I thought she would sell for a lot more. Can someone enlightened me please?
She's a sprinter and does not have stellar breeding, commercially speaking. By Bowman's Band out of a dam that only won at Mountaineer. Dam is out of a good broodmare sire line, though.
Thanks!
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Wed Nov 06, 2013 4:06 pm

Wow, 369 BIG lovely Quiet American mare.
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Buff Bradley on Groupie Doll "This is the best possible ending for Mandy to get her. I was just trying to hold myself together."
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second_glance wrote:DRFBreeding ‏@DRFBreeding 1m
Pope: My plans right now would be to retire her...We obviously wouldn’t want to take any undue chances with her at this point. #KeeNov

OTOH:

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Mandy Pope said initial plans are to retire Groupie Doll but Buff was making pitch for Cigar Mile. "I really don't know," Pope said.
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Wed Nov 06, 2013 4:31 pm

Whoops, the War Front x Meridiana (GER) colt is an out, as is the colt's dam.
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second_glance wrote:
second_glance wrote:DRFBreeding ‏@DRFBreeding 1m
Pope: My plans right now would be to retire her...We obviously wouldn’t want to take any undue chances with her at this point. #KeeNov

OTOH:

horseracinghl ‏@horseracinghl 2m
Mandy Pope said initial plans are to retire Groupie Doll but Buff was making pitch for Cigar Mile. "I really don't know," Pope said.
Retire her. The CM is a little too soon for comfort.
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serenassong wrote:Isnt She Grand #363- a daughter of Grand Reward, goes for $370 k- what a beautiful tall drink of water she is! In foal to Blame.
Very excited! Winstar got her- have the possibility of seeing her give birth on the cams!
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Wed Nov 06, 2013 4:58 pm

second_glance wrote:Mandy and Buff with Dolly: https://twitter.com/pemily/status/39818 ... 00/photo/1
Awww, that is sweet. :)

So, how does it work now? I heard the announcer that everyone has til noon tomorrow to "move their purchases." Clearly, they pay up and then make shipping arrangements with the former owners/trainers?

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Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:03 pm

For all the hand wringing being done in the FT November thread, Japanese buyers haven't been very active at KeeNov thus far.
Katsumi Yoshida paid $1.5M for Diamondrella (GB). Shadai paid $1.3M for Zealous Cat. Koji Maeda paid $100K for the Blame x Indian Valley weanling. Masa Otani paid $100K for Bluegrass Chatter. And that's it.

The most active buyer so far is Don Alberto Corp, with 16 mares (that cost a total of about $7,125,000). Guess they've got a barn to fill. :D
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Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:18 pm

KBIF is "Kentucky Breeders Incentive Fund"...thats for KY bred horses.

The buyers already have the line of credit to the auction, so they just need to pull a truck around and take the hips they bought. The sellers get their portion of the money directly from auction.


I'm so glad Mandy got Dolly. What a lovely broodmare band she's managed to put together. What exactly is her background? Where did she come across all the cash she's shelling out?
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