5 Reasons to Buy Thoroughbred Bloodstock at the Winter Sales

re: 5 Reasons to Buy Thoroughbred Bloodstock at the Winter Sales

Julie L. — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:24:40 GMT

In the sale results it listed her as in foal to Afleet Alex I did not see the catalog page. Though her produce record may be spotty as I stated early I would have taken the chance on her as looking at her record I believe her to be a mare that should be bred every other year. She's obviously the type that needs the time to recoup and with her offsprings' record to date I say that for $1,000 you would be a fool not to give her a shot. Stop thinking about having a baby to sell every year and start think about the racing offspring. I hate this term but "back in the day" that's what good breeders use to do. Profit(creed), profit(creed), profit(creed) gets us in the mess we are in today and with a mare like Morning Time selling for $1,000. For a small breeder like me she is a dream.

re: 5 Reasons to Buy Thoroughbred Bloodstock at the Winter Sales

sceptre — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:30:07 GMT

Re- the supposed "bargains" at Keeneland November, and others potentially available in January-

I felt I bought one of these at Keeneland Nov. and passed, at the last minute, on another that I then regretted not buying. But, I shouldn't be too regretful, nor should I be that certain of a bargain. Those that bring medium-high prices do so because they are perceived (correctly) to be far more apt to produce a commercial product, AND those prices are paid, for the most part, with commercial motives in mind. This is the one segment of the business where most believe (rightly so) that there is a decent chance to at least break even. Yes, it may be easier now that ever to purchase a good breed to race type broodmare, but even with this edge the odds are heavily stacked against not taking a big loss down the road. This is, and has always been, unfortunately, the fiscal state of this sport.

re: 5 Reasons to Buy Thoroughbred Bloodstock at the Winter Sales

Chris — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:08:49 GMT

If you look closely at the catalogue page...this mare was NOT in foal. She looks to be a high risk mare...thus the $1000.00 sale price...

re: 5 Reasons to Buy Thoroughbred Bloodstock at the Winter Sales

da3hoss — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:28:25 GMT

"Reproductive soundness" problems? Does that mean she founders after foaling? Or that she is hard to get in foal? Hard to foal?

(4 winning racing age foals?)

Poor darling, hope a kind person got her...

Scot's reply: I don't know what the repro issues are, just what her record shows: aborted foals in 2002 and 2005; barren in 2006, 2008, and 2009. I believe it's actually three winners from three foals of racing age (the '08 colt might hit the track this coming year...).

re: 5 Reasons to Buy Thoroughbred Bloodstock at the Winter Sales

Julie L. — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:11:38 GMT

Scott, I noticed a mare that sold at Keeneland whose name is Morning Time. She is by Gilded Time out of Morna by Blakeney. She sold in foal to Afleet Alex for $1,000. This mare I wish I was there to buy as she is a half sister to Casual Lies who was a major 3 year old SW and Classic placed. What do you think of her?

Scot's reply: Wow -- she wasn't on my radar before the sale, but I wish she had been. Someone got a rare steal. Morning Time (catalog) didn't race, but she has produced a nice stakes winner of $262,002 and all three of her racing-age foals have won. Morning Time herself sold only two years ago for $210,000 -- not the type of mare you'd expect to sell for a grand. It appears she has some reproductive soundness problems, but I'd still value the 11-year-old mare in the five figures. Lots of black type under the first dam ... an outcross to Mr. Prospector/Northern Dancer/Seattle Slew ... there's a lot here to like.