Starting a new stable is always an interesting experience.\u00a0 Your first stable is always the hardest.\u00a0 You start with 5 terrible, terrible horses and a bit of money and a few bps.\u00a0 The quickest way to earn more is to dump those initial 5 horses in the auction.\u00a0 Very rarely do they end up being even decent earners.\u00a0 Once you have your first stable you can add a new stable which comes with $10,000 and no bps.\u00a0 The theory is that you have other stables to help finance your initial startup costs.<\/p>\n
In February I started a new stable, spinsanta2.\u00a0 The goal for this stable is to run cheap horses and run them often in the hopes of earning lots of bps to finance major breedings in other stables.\u00a0\u00a0 I populated the stable with an initial 10 horses costing just under $60,000 and 36 bps.\u00a0 A few of the auction buys were paid for from the initial $10k.\u00a0 One auction buy cost nearly half of the $60,000 total \u2013 Ballingry a $28,000 buy from the auction.<\/p>\n
The first run for this stable came on February 24th<\/sup> and so far five horses have run in spinsanta2.<\/p>\n Pine Grove RCH<\/a> was an auction buy.\u00a0 He cost less than $1,000.\u00a0 He\u2019s a 7yo California bred gelding with 9 wins and earnings over $300,000.\u00a0 In 2016 he competed successfully in local bred allowances.\u00a0 He only made three starts in 2017, twice running 2nd<\/sup> in a low level claim and a starter allowance.\u00a0 He started on New Year\u2019s Day in a $150,000 starter allowance where he finished 5th<\/sup> of 7 and then ended up in the auction.\u00a0 He became the first spinsanta runner when he finished 4th<\/sup> in a $150,000 local-bred claiming race.\u00a0 He earned 10 bps for the effort.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Highland Spur<\/a> was another auction buy and again cost less than $1,000.\u00a0 She is a three year old Welsh bred filly who had run 4 times prior to the auction with her best finish a third in a maiden claiming race.\u00a0 She raced on January 23rd<\/sup> in a $5,000 maiden claiming event where she finished last in a field of 11.\u00a0 After the auction I shipped her to Sweden which is among the group of countries that share local-bred racing in Europe including Norway, Holland and Greece.\u00a0 Overall there are 13 countries covered by this particular local tag with Italy being the largest producer of thoroughbreds in the group.\u00a0 The race I selected for Highland Spur was a $20,000 claiming event for three year old fillies.\u00a0 There were only two entries in the queue and the field was filled out by a CPU runner.\u00a0 I thought this was a perfect opportunity to earn bps.\u00a0 Sadly I forgot that running a maiden vs. winners cost you a bp penalty so her solid 4th<\/sup> place finish did not net any bps.\u00a0 For that reason this filly might not last long.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Marimacho<\/a> is a four year old Pennsylvania bred filly who again came out of the auction for a pittance.\u00a0 She came to me with an 8-1-1-0 record.\u00a0 Her best speed was a 65 run in a $7,500 maiden claiming event at 8f on good turf where she finished 4th<\/sup>.\u00a0 I shipped her to Pennsylvania and entered her for a $150,000 NW3L event.\u00a0 The race had two other entries and again a CPU horse rounded out the field.\u00a0 This one was more successful for me as Marimacho finished second and set a new lifetime best speed of 66!\u00a0 She netted 30 bps for the effort.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n