Keeneland November - anyone else do this?
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 8:24 am
I make a list of horses in the last catalog that I *think* i could afford and then justify the potential purchase.
There are some (actually, a lot) of Calumet grass mares being dropped into this sale with 2019 stud fees attached. That is so appealing.
Some of my front runners are:
4241 French mare (french in name only - the pedigree is pure USA) who was a turf sprint specialist and stakes placed. Light catalog page in France and foals by Red Rocks, English Channel and Producer. In foal to Producer with a 2019 season to Grey Swallow of Behesht.
4481 by Distorted Humor, 1/2 to a stakes placed Street Cry filly. 2nd dam is a sister to Fu Peg. In foal to millionaire Tapit son Cupid on a February cover.
4245 Irish mare by Rock of Gibraltar out of a sister to SW Alnamara and family of Sakhee. Foal by Red Rocks, in foal to Big Blue Kitten, and sells with a 2019 breeding to Musketier or Producer.
4423 stakes placed Lear Fan mare, whose highest speed rating came on a dirt track switched off turf! Not a lot of black type, but this mare ran every time she was asked. Her foals have done nothing, and she's in foal to Ironicus. This is one of those non-commercial mares I adore and hope she lands softly!
4316 by Saint Liam out of a stakes placed AP Indy mare. Not a lot of black type. Foals by Musketier, English Channel, and Snapy Halo. In foal to the provocative Bal a Bali, with 2019 mating to Oxbow or Raison d'Etat (which are both dead commercially as already pointed out here)
4475 by Successful Appeal, from the family of champion Golden Attraction (2nd dam). Foals by Aikenite, Oxbow, Red Rocks, Raison d'Etat. Not pregnant to Keen Ice and seels with 2019 breeding.
thoughts?
There are some (actually, a lot) of Calumet grass mares being dropped into this sale with 2019 stud fees attached. That is so appealing.
Some of my front runners are:
4241 French mare (french in name only - the pedigree is pure USA) who was a turf sprint specialist and stakes placed. Light catalog page in France and foals by Red Rocks, English Channel and Producer. In foal to Producer with a 2019 season to Grey Swallow of Behesht.
4481 by Distorted Humor, 1/2 to a stakes placed Street Cry filly. 2nd dam is a sister to Fu Peg. In foal to millionaire Tapit son Cupid on a February cover.
4245 Irish mare by Rock of Gibraltar out of a sister to SW Alnamara and family of Sakhee. Foal by Red Rocks, in foal to Big Blue Kitten, and sells with a 2019 breeding to Musketier or Producer.
4423 stakes placed Lear Fan mare, whose highest speed rating came on a dirt track switched off turf! Not a lot of black type, but this mare ran every time she was asked. Her foals have done nothing, and she's in foal to Ironicus. This is one of those non-commercial mares I adore and hope she lands softly!
4316 by Saint Liam out of a stakes placed AP Indy mare. Not a lot of black type. Foals by Musketier, English Channel, and Snapy Halo. In foal to the provocative Bal a Bali, with 2019 mating to Oxbow or Raison d'Etat (which are both dead commercially as already pointed out here)
4475 by Successful Appeal, from the family of champion Golden Attraction (2nd dam). Foals by Aikenite, Oxbow, Red Rocks, Raison d'Etat. Not pregnant to Keen Ice and seels with 2019 breeding.
thoughts?