Best Buys of the Keeneland Sale
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jacksontyger
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Best Buys of the Keeneland Sale
Going through the sales results I always find some horses that on paper look like great buys. My best buy of the sale is hip #3101. She is by Old Trieste and out of Epitome dam of Essence of Dubai and another stakes winner. Epitome also had a highweight horse in Dubai. Epitome herself was a champion and Breeders Cup winner. Hip #3101 had a 2007 foal by Mr Greeley that sold at the sale for $220K and is in foal to E Dubai. Nice deal for $65K in my humble opinion. Any opinions or other good buys?
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magic code
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What about $1k for this one - http://apps.keeneland.com/sales/nov07/pdfs/4264.pdf
Poor old mare. Did she slip?
Poor old mare. Did she slip?
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imnumberjuan
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Gillies-Fillies
- Weanling
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What do the results show?
Blood-Horse is offering a free download of results data from the sale. It has statistics by sire, by broodmare sire, and by covering sire. Also, there are stats for a lot of broodmares and dams.
What can be gleaned from this report? Is it useful for making breeding decisions in 2008? Does it impact the (perceived) value of a sire's yearlings next year? What other stats would be useful?
(I have some ideas, just looking for other opinions!)
Free download here: http://www.bloodhorse.com/pdf/data_dige ... ov2007.pdf
What can be gleaned from this report? Is it useful for making breeding decisions in 2008? Does it impact the (perceived) value of a sire's yearlings next year? What other stats would be useful?
(I have some ideas, just looking for other opinions!)
Free download here: http://www.bloodhorse.com/pdf/data_dige ... ov2007.pdf
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Gillies-Fillies
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On the Blood-Horse download, here are some of the interesting stats:
- (page 22) - the Mares by Race Earnings shows that the median price of broodmares dropped as their own race earnings dropped. Predictable. Mares earning in the $300,000's on the track were apparently a good bargain, though--their median price was skewed very low.
- (page 22) - Broodmares in the $300,000's price range were the most expensive group when previously purchased as yearlings--more expensive by median than any other group, and falling behind only the $500,000-$1 million broodmares by yearling average.
- (page 22) - Want young broodmares? Go to Day 2 or Day 5 of the sale (mares are, respectively, age 6.4 and 6.6 years by average)--on the last few days, the mares average 8.0 years old.
- (starting page 35) - Sire of sires, or broodmare sire?!? Lists of leading sires by average price of weanling colts (and a separate list by weanling fillies).
- (starting page 44) - Which young studs look promising? Lists of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd crop weanling sires by average.
- (page 48) - Weanlings by Birth Order. A couple of foals there had 15 brothers and sisters!
- (page 4) - Session by Session data, with averages and medians broken out by what day each hip sold. Naturally, the prices dropped each day. This really hammers home how important it is to be well-placed during the sale!
- (page 6) - How'd you like to purchase a broodmare that won a half-million dollars on the track ... for $20 grand?!?
The whole report is available at http://www.bloodhorse.com/pdf/data_dige ... ov2007.pdf , or just go to the bloodhorse.com home page and look in the "Auctions" section.
- (page 22) - the Mares by Race Earnings shows that the median price of broodmares dropped as their own race earnings dropped. Predictable. Mares earning in the $300,000's on the track were apparently a good bargain, though--their median price was skewed very low.
- (page 22) - Broodmares in the $300,000's price range were the most expensive group when previously purchased as yearlings--more expensive by median than any other group, and falling behind only the $500,000-$1 million broodmares by yearling average.
- (page 22) - Want young broodmares? Go to Day 2 or Day 5 of the sale (mares are, respectively, age 6.4 and 6.6 years by average)--on the last few days, the mares average 8.0 years old.
- (starting page 35) - Sire of sires, or broodmare sire?!? Lists of leading sires by average price of weanling colts (and a separate list by weanling fillies).
- (starting page 44) - Which young studs look promising? Lists of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd crop weanling sires by average.
- (page 48) - Weanlings by Birth Order. A couple of foals there had 15 brothers and sisters!
- (page 4) - Session by Session data, with averages and medians broken out by what day each hip sold. Naturally, the prices dropped each day. This really hammers home how important it is to be well-placed during the sale!
- (page 6) - How'd you like to purchase a broodmare that won a half-million dollars on the track ... for $20 grand?!?
The whole report is available at http://www.bloodhorse.com/pdf/data_dige ... ov2007.pdf , or just go to the bloodhorse.com home page and look in the "Auctions" section.
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Gillies-Fillies
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