Strategies for Buying a Thoroughbred Broodmare, Plus Poll Results

re: Strategies for Buying a Thoroughbred Broodmare, Plus Poll Results

Maher Najdi — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:05:04 GMT

My thoughs are you can buy at the bottom of the market and get a steal but you have to do your home work. I bought to breed and sell. First i look at how many fillies & mares are in the family, then i research what stallions those mares have gone to and how many are coming up to race. I track down owners, trainers and breeder to get there thoughts on the stock. After that i make a decision on which mare has the most upside to her. Example: I bought a Royal Academy filly broken in at a dispersal sale for $ 5,500.00. My fillys dam had a full brother 1yr older than my filly, a yearly and a 3/4 sister yearling by extremly commercial sires coming up to race. The dam was black type placed but had not produced any balck type runners yet.She had 5 to race for 5 winners. Grand dam produced many black type runners. On the page my fillys pedigree look lite, thats why i payed what i did. Cut a long story short her full brother came out in hong kong 3 months after a bought my filly and won a group 2, 3/4 sister won a group 3 as a 2yr old and the 2yr old half sister was black type placed as a 2yr old. Shortly after all that i was offered 120k for my unraced filly off a 5.5k investment. Didnt sell though as i bought her as a breeding propersition to make money over a sustained period. But do your home work and talk to people in the know and you can always pick something up at the right price to get maxium return.

re: Strategies for Buying a Thoroughbred Broodmare, Plus Poll Results

horsefish — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:33:48 GMT

the suspense is killing me. What did you end up buying?

Scot's reply: Haha. For good or ill, my picks thus far have gone for prices higher than my budget. I've bid on four mares, and am looking at one final chance tomorrow (Monday, the last day of the sale). With one exception, I've been looking at only "breed-to-race" broodmares, but apparently they've had some commercial interest as the sale prices have all been in five figures.

re: Strategies for Buying a Thoroughbred Broodmare, Plus Poll Results

Dreamer's Mom — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:04:54 GMT

One further comment, we breed to race. We do, once in awhile, breed an unraced mare, but that is not the norm for us. I know more about the pedigrees of our horses than I do about my own. I do tons of research and I will step out of the box, but I have to see mares that are tough. I want hard-knocking, rough and tumble mares that produce the same. We breed to the "bottom side". I rarely look at the stallion, although I have favorites, but I want strong moms. I believe they pass on almost everything, BUT you cannot breed for heart. There are "freaks" everywhere, but I am not willing to roll the dice very often.

re: Strategies for Buying a Thoroughbred Broodmare, Plus Poll Results

Dreamer's Mom — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:17:29 GMT

LittleGuyBreeder,

I did not mean to insult you or anyone for that matter, but I stand by what I say regarding quality. When you go back through the dams and none of them are raced and there is little, if any black-type, that is a quality issue. Yes, I might miss a diamond in the rough, but I guess that is my loss. I want to see dams that are raced, that show durability and quality of progeny. I'm not asking for all black-type, but I want something there that would suggest I am improving my broodmares.

re: Strategies for Buying a Thoroughbred Broodmare, Plus Poll Results

LittleGuyBreeder — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:22:30 GMT

I disagree that "the quality of the mares go down considerably, especially in the later books". What goes down is the popularity of the lines in those books. For those looking for specific, non-commercial lines that fit their programs, there are jewels to be found and I personally know those that have. It just depends on whether or not you consider buying the mom of a future GSW for less than $2,000 a "quality" deal or not.

re: Strategies for Buying a Thoroughbred Broodmare, Plus Poll Results

Dreamer's Mom — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:58:51 GMT

Since the quality of mares goes down considerably, especially the later books, I would spend early and as often as possible! We were not planning on adding to our mares, but the prices should be rock bottom and there are some very strong mares early on that aren't going to bring much. We are looking solely at lines we already have experience with that may fly under the radar for the big spenders.

In other words, wait for what you want and go to your limit.

re: Strategies for Buying a Thoroughbred Broodmare, Plus Poll Results

catnip lane — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:34:26 GMT

I definitely think you should buy ONE mare and get the best one possible!!! Pick the ones you like the best and don't get caught up in the fever of the moment. If you don't get one for your price now, there's always another sale...