Nine Positive Things About 2YO Market

re: Nine Positive Things About 2YO Market

MaterialGirl - NOT! — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:58:51 GMT

Having lots of money or an abundance of wealth is not a bad thing - however, it is THE LOVE OF MONEY that causes the greed seen today, whether horses, Wall Street, or politics - even to the skimping of ingredients for making quality bread....

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (KJV)

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." (NIV)

re: Nine Positive Things About 2YO Market

gaucho — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:11:32 GMT

All the arguments that I am reading about the sales in the USA makes me wonder how long will it take us to get similar regulations in Argentina.

Guys don't complaint too much, you are in wonderland!

re: Nine Positive Things About 2YO Market

CTBAboardwatch — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:49:28 GMT

Our assumptions, as you call them, are based on the Blood-Horse's long history of glossing over the industry's problems (including its so-called 'leaders').

Your imitation of Lawrence Welk's "wunnerful, wunnerful, wunnerful" praise for its entrenched chieftains (you know, the ones who led us into the mess we're in now) disqualifies the Blood-Horse as a credible source of unbiased journalism.

Your unabashed advocacy for pinhookers and "warp-speed" previews is perhaps best illustrated by the very title of this blog, "nine positive things about 2yo market."

We think a more accurate name for the Blood-Horse campaign on behalf of pinhookers/consignors might be "creating the Full-Employment Act for Blood-Horse employees."

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macawwoman — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:38:57 GMT

I was out of the office today and didn't look at blog posts until tonight (April 21). Don't be so quick to make assumptions.

re: Nine Positive Things About 2YO Market

ctbaboardwatch — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:51:43 GMT

We didn't think you'd have the (equipment) to print our last comment. Fits right into your puppet character.

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CTBAboardwatch — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:12:18 GMT

If the sales companies and consignors were serious about controlling abuses at 2yo sales, they would:

1) Require complete drug-testing (including cortisone) pre- and post-preview;

2) Require "breeze only" previews, with penalty of forced withdrawal by a state steward present for the previews.

But, as long as sales companies like OBS, Barretts and Keeneland continu turn their backs to drug and speed abuses by their consignors, these babies' futures will continue to be compromised by their greed.

And, by the way, it would help if the Blood-Horse would show some independent leadership about these sales practices. Fat chance of that happening, though, considering how many advertising dollars they might lose in the process.

Where's the TOBA???

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itiswhatitis — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:06:41 GMT

1. "These policies included one that restricted the use of the whip during under tack shows for sales of 2-year-olds in training." - When were these policies handed down? The policy that restricted whip use didn't seem to be noticed at the 2 yr old in training sale in Texas this year. Does "restricted" mean you can't whip them all the way down the track for that distance OR you can only hit them so many times at that distance? If it was not at all the folks at that sell did get the memo. Watch Hip number 12 from the under tack show at Texas. This is just one of many that the whip was used on. And who saddles these for the under tack show? Watch Hip # 191. Hope the person on the horse that day was ok.

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Bob the Breeder — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:11:50 GMT

Good for the end user, bad for the breeder ... remember we get stuck with the stud fees & expenses of '07 & '08. If we can't sell as weanlings or yearlings, got to train ... then what? Might as well not begin the process. Ahhh yes, supply & demand ....

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auction girl — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:24:24 GMT

Coolmore has virtually stopped buying ever since they made it illegal to buy pre-ring and run up the price and split the profits.

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RunningDog — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:38:31 GMT

Recently looking at old sales from 2001,2002 etc and see the sky high prices at Auction, Have to think the kickbacks and crooked deals were behind a 100% mark-up over fair value on 1000's of horses per year. Poor Economy part of the issue now, but a decade of criminal activity (agents, trainers) even more telling, now the real world is here.

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CTBAboardwatch — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:00:34 GMT

Hooray for the Blood-Horse! More free advertisement for pinhookers whose "warp-speed" previewers wreak havoc on potential racing stars! Why don't you perform an UNBIASED study on the relationship between these world-record "breezes" and the dwindling race field sizes? Or would that upset your advertisers too much?

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auction girl — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:46:14 GMT

Everything is rosy in the auction world!

They're not drugging the two-year-olds. Hidden ownership interests and questionable bidding tactics have been abolished.

Rich owners are no longer being fleeced by agents. Kick-backs have been eliminated.

The upcoming yearling market will be fine!