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Hip 819 for $5000

Postby springboro » Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:54 pm

That seems so cheap for a Pulpit colt from this family. Did anyone see him?

Hmmm... seems that there is little love for Pulpit, even though his 1/2 bro was a huge seller.
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Postby bdw0617 » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:13 pm

if I was at the sale I would have pounced on hip 0493 at 35k
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Re: Hip 819 for $5000

Postby Green Hills » Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:15 pm

springboro wrote:That seems so cheap for a Pulpit colt from this family. Did anyone see him?

Hmmm... seems that there is little love for Pulpit, even though his 1/2 bro was a huge seller.


Let's just say that I and others saw his vet report...the rest should be obvious.
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Postby Maven » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:05 pm

Like I said before, in a sale this big, you can afford to be picky about conformation and vetting. For every horse you like, there's a few to replace it if it doesn't check out.
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Postby Maven » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:07 pm

bdw0617 wrote:if I was at the sale I would have pounced on hip 0493 at 35k


Can I ask why you like that one so much?
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Postby Green Hills » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:22 pm

bdw0617 wrote:if I was at the sale I would have pounced on hip 0493 at 35k


I pounce on nothing without a vet check.
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Postby Maven » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:26 pm

Green Hills wrote:
bdw0617 wrote:if I was at the sale I would have pounced on hip 0493 at 35k


I pounce on nothing without a vet check.


Ditto. This sale is especially full of horses with issues.
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Postby Green Hills » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:39 pm

Maven wrote:
Green Hills wrote:I pounce on nothing without a vet check.


Ditto. This sale is especially full of horses with issues.


Amen...amen...

I thought we had found the most beautiful filly...the Northern Afleet x May Day Bluff (1503)...well when the vet called back...he said there were more things wrong than he could shake a stick at...so I see she went for 60K...probably on breeding potential rather than racing potential.
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Postby Maven » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:45 pm

The Elusive Quality I got def has an issue in her front left but it doesn't bother her movement. I think she'll be able to do something on the track... if not, she should still have enough page to be commercial.
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Postby Green Hills » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:48 pm

Maven wrote:The Elusive Quality I got def has an issue in her front left but it doesn't bother her movement. I think she'll be able to do something on the track... if not, she should still have enough page to be commercial.


I try not to start out with issues...they only get compounded I've found.
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Postby Maven » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:51 pm

I hear you, but I wanted in on the family and since she wasn't bought as a pinhook, and she's still rather immature physically, I'm hoping for a change with maturity.

Got name ideas for the Voodoo Dancer colt? He certainly deserves a regal one!
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Postby Green Hills » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:53 pm

Maven wrote:I hear you, but I wanted in on the family and since she wasn't bought as a pinhook, and she's still rather immature physically, I'm hoping for a change with maturity.

Got name ideas for the Voodoo Dancer colt? He certainly deserves a regal one!


I'm open to suggestions...I've got 4 to name and that one is the most important name of all.
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Postby Maven » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:55 pm

No suggestions from me... I'll have enough issues naming my own but her certainly calls for something special!

Are you into one word names or what?
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Postby Green Hills » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:58 pm

Maven wrote:No suggestions from me... I'll have enough issues naming my own but her certainly calls for something special!

Are you into one word names or what?


If I can find good ones...yes...one word names I think are always better.
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Postby winds » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:17 pm

Having worked for/on farms that ran mostly homebreds I've learned what I can work with and what I can't. I also remember advice I recieved years ago..while at the races I said I wanted to go to the paddock to see the stake horses in person. My reasoning was to see good conformation and what works at that level. I was told not to judge good conformation by looking at stake horses, rarely do they have good conformation.

(Wow, the word conformation 3 on top of one another, whew.)

I also worked for a man that went to a sale and saw a What A Pleasure colt he really liked, but his advisors told him to not bid on him. They told him he raised enough horses that legs looked like that. They advised him to buy a Swaps colt. Well the Swaps colt bowed his tendon in his stall digging a hole (stalls had dirt floors) and never started. When I spoke to the owner about it, he replied "Goes to show how much these 'Experts' know, the horse they turned me off of was Foolish Pleasure". He loved that story. Oh yea, they both sold for the same price.

Anyway, if you can live with certain faults and know how to work around them, it's ok. I'm not going to pay premium price for it that's for sure, but I guess that's how you can pick up some nicely bred horses at the sale for less than top dollar.

Wish I could afford that.

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