Forestry Colt Brings World Record $16 million

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Forestry Colt Brings World Record $16 million

Postby austique » Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:54 pm

I believe that's a world record for any type of horse at public auction. Nice looking colt, but not $16 million worth of good-looking. Still no word on who gave in first.
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Postby Ill-bred » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:06 pm

Demi O'Byrne "won" the bidding war.
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Postby HR LLC » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:09 pm

Amazing price for a Keeneland September yearling that only went for 425k...
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Postby nferro9925 » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:15 pm

I just read the article and the first words out of my mouth were
Holy S*** :shock: :shock:

That is a lot of moneuy for an unproven horse.
I am glad for his pinhook connections, they made a killing! :)

Still.......
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Postby summerhorse » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:41 pm

Pretty much mine watchingit on the computer. Are these people CRAZY? LOL wish I had the money to be that crazy (although I wouldn't be buying unraced 2 yos with (that much) of it... :D
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Postby Heidilady » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:58 pm

nferro9925 wrote:I just read the article and the first words out of my mouth were
Holy S*** :shock: :shock:

That is a lot of moneuy for an unproven horse.
I am glad for his pinhook connections, they made a killing! :)

Still.......


My first words too, nferro. Whoa.
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Postby Sam » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:12 pm

Heidilady wrote:
nferro9925 wrote:I just read the article and the first words out of my mouth were
Holy S*** :shock: :shock:

My first words too, nferro. Whoa.

Ditto that
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Postby LSB » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:24 pm

All you can say about that is, Good Luck to the connections. :)
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Postby Karie » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:33 pm

WOW.. :shock:

Some people just have too much money...
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Postby Sam » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:35 pm

Karie wrote:WOW.. :shock:

Some people just have too much money...

And that was my second reaction. Actually, it was more along the lines of "Do you SEE what happens when people have more money than brains?"
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Postby Intrinsic Worth » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:59 pm

And for a Forestry colt ?????????

I wouldn't be nearly as surprised if it was a Storm Cat, but a Forestry???
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Postby halo » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:41 pm

What you all don't seem to understand is at this level, its much less about the horse and more about WINNING. Im positive neither connection wanted to pay that much for that colt; its not a matter of if he's worth it or not, its a matter of NOT LOSING. Its a matter of not so much winning the colt, its not letting the other guy have it. Egos on that level are so far out of the realm of normalcy.....look at it this way....you will NEVER see 2 women getting into a bidding war like that. Had it been all about the colt, they would have pooled their resources and bought him for 1/3 of that. But its about power, and winning. Pathetic, isnt it?
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Postby Sam » Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:07 pm

halo wrote:you will NEVER see 2 women getting into a bidding war like that.

Uuuuuuh, you might want to rethink that. If you don't think woman have egos that match their competitive streak ... well, don't ever think to challenge my driving. I've made men 10 years my senior cry.

And I've seen more than my fair share of women who get into bidding wars for no other reason than they don't want someone else to have something (typically, it's jewelry).
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Postby wilf » Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:47 pm

Thanks for the reality check Sam, If it was Demi O Byrne that bought the beast then obviously it was for Coolmore , a gang of Irish boys responsible for the likes of the fantastic Sadlers Wells and Giants Causeway. They make a few mistakes but not many!!.
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Postby LSB » Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:48 pm

Sam wrote:
Karie wrote:WOW.. :shock:

Some people just have too much money...

And that was my second reaction. Actually, it was more along the lines of "Do you SEE what happens when people have more money than brains?"


I'm amazed at how often people say that when rich people spend their money the way they want to (and actually I'm surprised no one has mentioned starving children in India yet :roll: ). Just because you don't agree doesn't mean they're stupid.
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