Splash of Vanilla (palomino tB)

skywatcher · Postby **skywatcher** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:00 pm

I see Splash of Vanilla is in the catalogue for Keeneland's Jan mixed sale... I remember she cause a lot of discussion when she was sold as a weanling

hip #1657

TrueColours · Postby **TrueColours** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:16 pm

Good sleuthing on that one!

Jorge · Postby **Jorge** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:23 am

SPLASH OF VANILLA (palomino filly 2007) (Keeneland January, Hip 1657)
https://secure.keeneland.com/sales/Jan11/pdfs/1657.pdf

color · Postby **color** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 1:03 pm

She was already auctioned before:
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... -keeneland

Why is she at auction again?

Crystal · Postby **Crystal** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 7:51 pm

whats the point of running that horse thorough the keeneland sale? Just for giggles?

Bast · Postby **Bast** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 7:59 pm

In the present market, an individual without a strong racing pedigree seems out of place at Keeneland, no matter how pretty this filly may be. Not to be harsh, but the bottom has long since dropped out.

Shannon · Postby **Shannon** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 8:34 pm

Maybe they are hoping someone will buy her for her colour alone? Her page sure doesn't do her any favours in the race market.

skywatcher · Postby **skywatcher** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 8:50 pm

looks like the guy who bought her in 2009 has tried once already to turn a profit and failed...

http://www.equineline.com/Free-Auction- ... tImage.y=7

Shannon · Postby **Shannon** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 8:52 pm

Which sale is EAS?

KBEquine · Postby **KBEquine** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 6:41 pm

Shannon wrote:Which sale is EAS?

That was the Fasig Tipton May,2009 2 y.o. in training sale at Timonium, MD. Her owners had bought her in January of her 2 y.o. year & so the consignor didn't have a ton of time to get her to FL, get her acclimated (she's a MN-bred, so moving to FL in Jan. might have come as a tad bit of a surprise) & get her broke & galloping. We saw her at that sale & she was pretty correct & seemed a nice 2 y.o.

Had she been a correct chestnut, I'm sure she wouldn't have brought the bid she did & I'm sure we wouldn't have looked at her. But she was blonde, so someone took a chance & took her to the track. She had a bullet work later that year or early in her 3 y.o. year and then fell off the radar screen.

So, even in a down market, color does attract some buyers (the market was already down when she went through the sale - there were horses by pricey stallions who didn't get a bid at the sales she was in, or at least didn't get the bids she did.. .)