More Horses Than Buyers In Kentucky Sale

More Horses Than Buyers In Kentucky Sale

Auction 3896: Sales plummeted this week even though the number of horses entered was up considerably.  Only three of the 592 horses entered sold for more than a million dollars and all three just barely made the benchmark.  Even the eight year olds and up, the senior citizens of the Sim suffered, with only four of the 36 horses offered selling for more than a dollar.  Leading the way in that group was # 77992 Puddy Wheat a 9 YO stallion by Phone Trick who sold for $21,429 to Candyland.  Puddy has won eight of his 56 starts and won four of those in the past 12 months.  The 2 YO’s stayed pretty steady with 11 being entered this week and all but two of them sold.  Hip number 143268 Peg It Here (Danzig Connection) was a closing second last time out but Starpukie did not get a bid over the set reserve of $2,000,000.  Ryan’s Big One (Soldier’s Tale) also did not meet his reserve of $1,000,000.  He had finished fourth in his only start and returned home with his owner Rdog.   One of my favorite buys of the week was a 4YO colt named Corconte.  The bay son of Hennessy out of a Forty Niner mare has only won one of his 22 starts but has finished in the money in nine times.  He comes with a lot of conditions and the option to drop in class as he won his last out in a MSW in Wyoming.  His dam was a nice mare named Bidasoa who won nine of 31 starts including three stakes and was graded placed.  She is the dam of three, all winners, one who is stakes placed.  Heartz1 paid only $15,988 for this horse.

Auction Stats:

Total Sales – $16,457,740.00 (last week $26,115,599.00)

Average Sale Price – $50,329.00 (last week – $81,104.00)

Leading Buyer – Computer Stable -224 (last week 165)

Sale Topper – # 168852 Whos Leaving Who $1,200,000

Horses Entered – 592 (last week – 515)

Horses Sold For More Than $1.00 – 136 (last week – 208)

Horses Not Sold or RNA (Reserve Not Attained) – 41 (last week – 28)

Horses Sold For $1.00 – 136 (last week – 114)

Two Year-olds – Entered – 11 (last week 10)

Two Year-olds – Sold – 9 (last week – 8)

Two year-olds – Not Sold or RNA – 2 (last week – 2)

The Millionaires:

Showing the way this week was Whos Leaving Who #168852.  The handsome 3 YO colt by El Prado was consigned by Xdecolex and sold for $1,200,000.00 to Y2j a division of the Winnett Group.  Out of a Fusaichi Pegasus mare, the striking dark gray colt is still a maiden from six starts but looks like he is beginning to mature since turning three.  He had a 20 point jump in his speed figure the last time he ran and if Winnett can get this colt to finish through the stretch he might be a good one.

Hip # 177397 Grip It And Rip It sold for $1,000,002.00.  The unraced 2 YO dark bay colt is by Point Given and out of a Deerhound mare.  Fes977 sold this one to Lionsfan and word around the clocker’s corner is this colt has some speed and is very near a race.

Maximum Mambo #127910 is a 3 YO giant chestnut filly by Kingmambo out of the good racemare High Ransom (Red Ransom).  Mambo is still winless from five starts but due to her size may be just a late developer.  Topicount signed the ticket for $1,000,000.00 under the Click division of her stables.  Sold by Axemjack86, Mambo is the first foal of the two time Grade I winner High Ransom who won 11 of her 27 starts.  She also has an unraced 2 YO.

Auction Seen:  Due to spring being a very busy time on my little farm I, unfortunately, do not have the time to travel to Kentucky to visit the auction for a while.  There are fences to fix, yearlings to work with, pastures to re-seed, as well as the garden to plant and numerous other a sundry chores to do on a daily basis.   My mare Sounds of Courage foaled a colt on Saturday afternoon by Deposit Ticket.  I understand he is big and bay and has a narrow white blaze.  I will go see him today (Sunday).

Good Luck with all your auction purchases.