{"id":5864,"date":"2008-04-27T18:56:36","date_gmt":"2008-04-27T18:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=5864"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=5864","title":{"rendered":"A Giant Danzig reappears after a 5 year absence"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Giant <\/SPAN><\/B>Danzig<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place> reappears after a 5 year absence<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P>

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Auction 3567<\/SPAN><\/B> – As the half-price breeding sale draws to a close I would think that the auction will stabilize through the summer – at least until everyone starts to cull all those 2 YOs that just didn’t pan out as one hoped.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In the meantime, the auction continues its roller coaster ride and almost every category that was up last week is down this week and vice versa.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Twelve horses sold for more than a million dollars and one of those was also one of the ten old guys, 8 years old and up, that sold for more than dollar.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In his case – waaaaay more.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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Auction Stats 3553<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P>

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Horses Entered – 633 <\/SPAN><\/B>(Last week – 797) –\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/B><\/SPAN><\/P>

Horses Sold For More Than $1.00 – 244 <\/SPAN><\/B>(Last week – 209) +\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

Horses Not Sold or RNA (Reserve Not Attained) – 69 <\/SPAN><\/B>(Last week – 62) <\/B>+<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

Horses Sold For $1.00 – 138 – <\/SPAN><\/B>(Last week -199) +\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/B><\/SPAN><\/P>

Two Year-olds – Entered – 40 – (<\/SPAN><\/B>Last week – 33) +\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

Two Year-olds – Sold – 37 – <\/SPAN><\/B>(Last week – 33) +<\/o:p><\/B><\/SPAN><\/P>

Two year-olds – Not Sold or RNA – 3 – <\/SPAN><\/B>(Last week – 0) +<\/B><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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Total Sales – $37,489,615.00 – <\/SPAN><\/B>(Last week – $<\/B>31,443,223.00) +<\/B><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

Average <\/SPAN><\/B>Sale<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Price – $98,140.35 – <\/SPAN><\/B>(Last week – $77,066.72) +<\/o:p><\/B><\/SPAN><\/P>

Leading Buyer – Computer Stable – 182 – <\/SPAN><\/B>(Last week – 327 horses) –\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

Sale<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Topper – # 133912 – Mostly Ghostly – $4,500,000.00 – <\/SPAN><\/B>(Last week – $3,930,001.00) +<\/o:p><\/B><\/SPAN><\/P>

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The Millionaires – <\/SPAN><\/B>Here is a quick look at the top five, high selling horses to give you an idea of what people are buying.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Hopefully none of these are stable transfers.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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Greenapp14<\/SPAN><\/I><\/B> sold the sale topper this week, Mostly Ghostly<\/B> # 133912, to Lenny6<\/I><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The 3 YO dark bay colt is by Ghostzapper out of a Deputy Minister mare and is 3\/6 in the money.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Mostly Ghostly<\/B> does sport one win picture that is hanging in a place of honor on Greenapp14’s<\/I><\/B> trophy wall.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Lenny expects to hang a few win pictures on his wall soon.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I am sure Lenny will work his training magic on the rangy colt but it’s a good thing he can afford the vet truck as he will need it when that curb on the near hind begins to stalk him.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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Backslider<\/SPAN><\/B> # 92431 was consigned by Blackswan4<\/I><\/B> and brought the hammer down at $3,309,754.00 for the sale reserve.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A pretty bay colt by Aldebaran he has yet to break his maiden but if his speed figures continue to improve it shouldn’t be long.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The 3 YO is out of a seven time winning mare by Fruits Of Love, Charlie N Burst.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A mostly lower level claimer, Charlie N Burst was pretty durable if not very fast and started 44 times.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is the dam of two foals to race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Leftcoastj<\/I><\/B> signed the ticket.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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Three races back, Grave Danger<\/B> # 121497 hit a deep and sandy track causing him to rundown badly behind.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Simsters8 <\/I><\/B>let the 4 YO plain bay colt heal but decided he was way too busy and didn’t want to deal with a horse that was going to have to wear rundown bandages every time he ran.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Consigned to the auction, even after earning a 104 speed figure as he raced to a second place finish going 11 furlongs, he caught the eye of top Australian trainer Dowelly<\/I><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>By Empire Maker out of a Nijinsky mare, the colt has won four races from 20 starts and Dowelly<\/I><\/B> dipped deep into his wallet paying Lenny $3,100,000.00 in order to take this colt home.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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Lenny, knowing what it will take in vet bills to get his <\/SPAN>Derby<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> hopefuls to the big race next week, also consigned # 92973, Ninja Nightway<\/B>, from his Crazyjoe<\/I><\/B> division.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The 4 YO dark bay, almost black, colt by Victory Gallop is out of the well bred, but only one time winner, Ninja West by Gone West.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Ninja Nightway<\/B> has won four of 21 starts and is stakes placed and that was good enough for Graywolf6<\/I><\/B> to spend $3 million dollars to lead him home.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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A Giant Danzig<\/SPAN><\/B> # 14352 is a rather large 9 YO chestnut horse.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is the only foal of one time winner Communal Water by <\/SPAN>Danzig<\/SPAN><\/st1:place> and was consigned by Cashrun<\/I><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He posted a 107speed figure last time out in a 6 1\/2 furlong allowance race finishing second but that was in November of 2003 when he was a 4 YO.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Cashrun<\/I><\/B> decided because of his size and flair, A Giant Danzig<\/B> might make a nice show horse and gave him to the neighbor’s daughter to train for a new career as a hunter\/jumper.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After a stellar five years in the show ring the neighbor’s daughter up and got married and gave the horse back to Cashrun<\/I><\/B> who promptly sent him to the auction ring. \u00a0<\/SPAN>I think new owner Donnyb<\/I><\/B> purchased him for $2,543,212 knowing he could always give him to his wife as a show horse if he doesn’t pan out on his return to the racetrack.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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The Stc<\/SPAN><\/B>:\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Less and less auction action from this group every week but still a few notables.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Five horses were purchased for a total of $23,571.00 and no one bought more than one horse.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The average price paid was $4,714.20.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Leading buyers were Gwolfstc<\/I><\/B> who paid $10,000 to Bdog04 for Sin Sin Sin<\/B> # 127746, a 4 YO bay colt by Singspiel and Stcselur<\/I><\/B> who paid the same amount to Elest02<\/I><\/B> for # 43194, To Boot<\/B>, a 5 YO horse by Storm Boot.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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Auction Seen:<\/SPAN><\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I got lucky this week as there was sunshine on the bluegrass although there were storms on Friday and storms predicted for tomorrow.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I flew in from windy <\/SPAN>Arizona<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and with Keeneland closed it was easy to get a cab – I sure wish they had the cash cab in <\/SPAN>Louisville<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> – and in no time at all I was at the sales barn.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I made my way toward the front door and for the first time in a long time I was not in a hurry to go inside, preferring to spend a few minutes out in the nice weather.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Joecool<\/I><\/B> and Kingdamo<\/I><\/B> stopped for a short visit before heading inside as did Miressa<\/I><\/B> and Rosie70<\/I><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I saw Shadows <\/I><\/B>and decided I should probably head on in if I wanted to get to the races later.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Of course I had to stop by the bar and let that nice Lenny<\/I><\/B> buy me a soda before heading off to my table.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>No fire needed today!\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Yippee!\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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Seated to my left were <\/SPAN>Florence<\/SPAN><\/I><\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Arp55<\/I><\/B> along with Gonzo<\/I><\/B> and Eddieperth<\/I><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>They were quite talkative and had to tell me all about the jockey in <\/SPAN>Texas<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, J Carlson, who was taken before the stewards for hidden ownership.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Seems he was in partnership with some trainer named Bentnose<\/I><\/B> on a horse named Morphine<\/B>. \u00a0<\/SPAN>They said he was supposed to get 60 days but that he was appealing it.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I wonder if Texasace<\/I><\/B> had anything to do with the goings on out there?\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is pretty prominent around those parts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>On my right were Nyssa, Biscuits<\/I><\/B> and Onemillion<\/I><\/B> who was dressed in a wonderful shirt with Canadian maple leaves all over it.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>On the back of the shirt it had “I buy houses” in big red letters.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sign of the times, I guess.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Gangster<\/I><\/B> walked by with Frenchtart<\/I><\/B> and they were followed closely by Thepolice.<\/I><\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Slicker<\/I><\/B> was telling Navytales<\/I><\/B> about a horse he was going to buy and gave Greenlight<\/I><\/B> a thumbs up as he pointed to a number in the catalog.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I got in a quick wave in at Boss<\/I><\/B> as he went with Inhalers<\/I><\/B> down towards Hippyfarms <\/I><\/B>and then had to sit and be quiet as the auction started because I certainly didn’t need to be waving my arms around.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I have enough horses!\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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That\u2019s it for the auction report this week.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Good luck with all your auction purchases.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/SPAN>\u00a0\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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