WTBA summer sale yearling pics.

[Bill from WA]

WTBA summer sale yearling pics.

http://www.washingtonthoroughbred.com/S ... _Index.htm

[halfpint23]

HIP 165 is not a bad looking filly at all. balanced, nice length of rein.

hip 159 (by Toccet_ is good - though pic was taken at an awkward stage, she will even up nicely, I think.

hip 174 - wow.... Knightress Oxide outdid herself on this guy. NICE big stout colt.

hip 182 - know nothing of her parents, but this filly looks like a racehorse.

hip 150 - it would be interesting to see what he looks like under all that sale blubber

hip 141 - ditto (man, they are feeding at this farm)

hp 137 - I love her look of eagles expression.

hip 133 looks like a cavalry mule...... hope she grows into that head!

hip 115 - looks like a racehorse to me.

hip 92 - one of the last of the Slewdledos, and nice.

hip 44 - Katowice colt looks like a racehorse

hip 35 - going to be a beautiful filly

hip 5 can come home with me to be a sporthorse producer

like I need another horse

[judi]

Bill,
Thanks so much for posting the photos.
There are a lot of nice looking yearlings there.
I especially liked 62 and 137.
A few others caught my eye, and I enjoyed looking at all of them.

[Bill from WA]

Hi

I agree there are some good lookers. I like the pedigrees of hip numbers 23, 62, 84, 137, 157 and 174.

Bill

[soundfast]

#165 f by Cee's Tizzy x Irish Toast is 1/2 to a SW and her dam is SP with SW 2nd dam who is dam of a SW. The Sw winner she is 1/2 to won about $337K. #137 f by Cahill Road x Deputy Belle. Her dam is a SW and her second produced 4 black type. There are quite a few with nice pedigrees. #141 first foal second dam produced 4 SWs. #199 1/2 to SW. I like Beau Genius. #187 1/2 SW & SP, #31 1/2 SW, #113 1/2 SW #33 out of a SW. The sale seems to have some very nice yearlings.

[magic code]

anyone here planning to go ?

[magic code]

Oh boy. I stayed for about half of it and it was just sickening. 60-70% of the horses didn't sell. Dozens didn't even get bids.

[Bill from WA]

Bad news.

Overall, the sales numbers were down significantly. Of the 215 yearlings consigned, 199 went through the sales ring with 114 selling for a $1,279,500 total and an $11,224 average, a 25.8 percent drop from 2007 sale figures. The sale median was $6,500, down 45.8 percent from the 2007 $12,000 median. As with most of the nation's sales, RNAs (those runners whose reserves were not attained) jumped dramatically, with the Washington sale attaining 42.7 percent buybacks, an all-time high. These first numbers are preliminary, and are subject to change.

The topping selling yearlings of the sale were:

Hip 38 F. Cherokee Run-Silver Echo $92,000
Consigned by Northwest Farms LLC, Agent
Purchased by Dave and Jill Heerensperger, Bellevue, WA

Hip 52 F. City Zip-Stormbow $50,000
Consigned by El Dorado Farms LLC (Ron & Nina Hagen)
Purchased by Mark Dedomenico LLC, Redmond, WA

Hip 154 C. Slewdledo-Go for Jackie $47,000
Consigned by El Dorado Farms LLC (Ron & Nina Hagen)
Purchased by Jeff Bonde, Agent, Pleasanton, CA

Hip 115 F. You and I-Cascade Corona $45,000
Consigned by Blue Ribbon Farm (M/M Frederick L. Pabst)
Purchased by Dave and Jill Heerensperger, Bellevue, WA

Hip 30 C. Hold That Tiger-Sandra Smiles $40,000
Consigned by Halvorson Bloodstock Services LLC, Agent
Purchased by Jeff Bonde, Pleasanton, CA

Hip 172 C. Newfoundland-Katherine Jean $38,000
Consigned by Griffin Place LLC, Agent
Purchased by John Maryanski, Auburn, WA

Hip 182 F. Gold Case-Late Nite Martini $38,000
Consigned by Griffin Place LLC
Purchased by Ron Crockett, Inc.

[Tiz]

Bill, what are your thoughts about the state of the breeding industry in Washington and Oregon?

[Bill from WA]

Hi Tiz

I am concerned, and I don't think it's just in the Northwest but, with a few exceptions, within the whole industry. There are folks at the high end who are doing OK, but the average owner/breeder has his/her back against the wall. If the overall ecomomy rebounds perhaps it will trickle down to the small guy, but for the short haul it looks tough.

Bill

[Tiz]

Bill, the sales in Oregon and Washington have been pretty awful for at least three years. This year is the worst, with Oregon canceling their sale, and now it looks as if Washington should have followed their lead.


What specifically is going on in those states?

[magic code]

Fewer & fewer opportunities to run. Emerald is the only major track in WA, and they run 3-4 days/week from April-September. (There are token bush track meets during the spring/summer.) Purses already get boosted by tribal funds and it isn't enough. BC is getting slots and tons of new owners involved. We're losing people left and right.

Oregon also doesn't have many chances to run. Every year the big question is if Portland will run at all, and they run during the worst weather time of the year - October-March/April. The Oregon HBPA is currently fighting with Magna, which wants to further cut racing at PM. Oregon also has bush track fair meets with tiny purses.

The horsemen who are left up here are dedicated but they don't have any money!

[Rez]

Have one BIG sale at the end of the meet. One day you can have the SELECT yearlings everyone wants, then the next day you can have a mixed sale with horses of racing age,broodmares and weanlings. This way you can maybe sell horses that arent gonna make it at the next track and the weather is still decent. Two sales doesnt make sense. Although I like the great deals we get at the winter sale, my $200 He's Tops colt won first out.
We race all over the Northwest , Blue Mountain Curcuit, Montana,Canada and Emerald. You see quite a few horses from these sales shipped over to Montana. With the the Fantasy betting they have going on there racing might take off again( wishfull thinking ).

[zinn21]

Until maiden claiming/nw2 lifetime purses get bumped up to at least a $12,000 minimum, these regional sales will continue to experience a lack of support from lower end buyers. Ownership at this level will continue to dry up to the point where horse inventory will not be there to support the number of races and dates currently offered.

Owners will not continue pay a $24,000 yearly training bill to earn $7800 +/- to break a maiden and win a nw2 lifetime..

[helen in FL]

hip 5 can come home with me to be a sporthorse producer

Ooo and I wanted her something fierce! Desperately want something to show on the line and she would be it! I also saw something special in the Sky Mesa colt. I am beginning to become a real fan of those foals!