Less Horses – Less Buyers = Less Sold Auction 3763<\/SPAN><\/B> – What a difference a week can make, as the auction sales plummet.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I don’t know if it was due to the economy, the election or people thinking ahead to the coming holidays.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Only four horses sold for over a million dollars and two of those went home on the same van they came in on.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Most of the 27 senior citizens of the horse world were not lucky enough to find a new home.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Of the four who sold for more than a dollar, hip number 34736, a 9 YO named Golden Globes<\/B> sold for the most money.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Mrprospect<\/I><\/B> consigned this old warrior and the lightly raced winner of four might find himself in The Old Man Of The Mountain series next January running in the silks of Celtshumor<\/I><\/B>. \u00a0<\/SPAN>Okay, enough of the speculating – here are the auction stats for week 3763. Auction Stats \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN> Horses Entered – 480 <\/SPAN><\/B>(last week – 634) –<\/B> Horses Sold For More Than $1.00 – 186 <\/SPAN><\/B>(last week – 172) +\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B> Horses Not Sold or RNA (Reserve Not Attained) – 45 <\/SPAN><\/B>(last week -60) –<\/B> Horses Sold For $1.00 – 123 <\/SPAN><\/B>(last week – 139) –\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN> Two Year-olds – Entered – 133 <\/SPAN><\/B>(last week 120) +\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B> Two Year-olds – Sold – 124 <\/SPAN><\/B>(last week – 113) + Two year-olds – Not Sold or RNA – 9 <\/SPAN><\/B>(last week – 7) +<\/B> Total Sales – $15,153,980. <\/SPAN><\/B>(last week $33,333,677.) –<\/B> Average <\/SPAN><\/B> Leading Buyer – Computer Stable – 126 <\/SPAN><\/B>(last week – 263) –\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B> The Millionaires: Out of a top mare, the sale topper designation went to Once a Fan<\/B>, a sturdy 3 YO bay colt by Good Reward.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Selling as hip number 5367 Once a Fan<\/B> has four wins from 19 starts and was stake’s placed as a late 2YO and early 3 YO.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is the first foal of the “A” rated daughter of AP Indy, Xtremely A Fan who won 11 races including six graded stakes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Soundness issues have seen this colt start to slide and he comes to his new owner, Caliracing,<\/I><\/B> with a low claiming tag of $5,000.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Caliracing<\/I><\/B> paid consignor Dlkhstables <\/I><\/B>$2,524,122.00 and hopes that with some TLC, Once a Fan<\/B> returns to a better form. Hip number 42920, D’Labyrinth<\/B> was consigned by Fes977<\/I><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A handsome, big-boned dark bay colt by Supremo, \u00a0<\/SPAN>D’Labyrinth<\/B> is still a maiden.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is out of Blistering Pace (Romanov) who won two of her 31 starts and this is her only foal to race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Rockriver2<\/I><\/B> liked the way this colt looked and the improving speed figures and thought he was worth taking a chance at a cost of $1,312,413.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The thing the new owner was most excited about was the fact that this colt has never tried the grass and may really improve on lawn. \u00a0<\/SPAN> The Auction Seen: The wind was blowing but the rain seemed to have passed as I arrived at the sale barn.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I had told management that I wanted my table back, the one on the mezzanine level by the fireplace, and they had it all set up with a nice basket of fruit.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It wasn’t cold enough for a fire but it won’t be long.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>As I blew in the door 18steps<\/I><\/B> immediately hailed me and told me about Winter<\/I><\/B> getting a contract.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>As one of our favorite BTB writers I was very happy for her and will send her a note later today.\u00a0 <\/SPAN> There was a great group in the corner and it looked like they were having a meeting of some sort.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I wandered over because they all looked my age.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Arp2315<\/I><\/B> and Hillhouse<\/I><\/B> were holding court and in attendance were Oldones, Gettingold<\/I><\/B>, and Oldcrow<\/I><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I fit right in and visited for a while until talk turned to health related matters.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I have enough of those all by myself and don’t really need to hear about others.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Besides, I was working. I stopped by the bar to get my Pepsi and noticed Fatbob<\/I><\/B> was telling funny stories to Abbeygirl<\/I><\/B> \u00a0<\/SPAN>of auction sales and buys.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I wandered over to my table and found Snowchief<\/I><\/B> there with a tableful of notes and editor type stuff.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She was visiting with Kirby<\/I><\/B> to our left. \u00a0<\/SPAN>As usual he was with a group of very pretty girls including Shelly, Puffqueen<\/I><\/B> and Duchess.<\/I><\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The table to our right was occupied by Halfbaked, Bums<\/I><\/B> and Lazygray<\/I><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>They are a lot of fun and we all had a good time sharing the centerpiece.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Several people stopped by to say hello including Geegee, Hops<\/I><\/B> and Pegasus<\/I><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Waywardlad<\/I><\/B> stopped buy to announce he was selling off a bunch which got Selfstar<\/I><\/B>t looking in the catalog in case there was anything of interest.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Quietjohn<\/I><\/B> walked by with Onalark<\/I><\/B> and headed back towards the food court and maybe a game of pool.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>