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The original owners paid $9500 for the horse and then sold him for 400K before the Breeders Cup.
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Even if he did pay $9500 (which he didn't), wouldn't that knock the credibility of the horse sales and auctions moreso than the Derby??
I dont know what you saying dawg. Are you saying that because he sold for $9500 that the sale in which he sold is not that good of a sale?
Ive heard that the horse was small and crooked therefore the $9500 price he went for. Also a lot depends on the mares foals and what they have done on the track.
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My point is why would the price a horse is purchased for have any bearing on the quality of a race.
If anything, shouldn't it reflect more on where the money was spent? And the people who evaluate them? Why spend millions of dollars on a horse when one that, at one point, sold for $10K can win the Derby.
I fully understand that this is the far exception, but my point is the sales price of a horse has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of a race that it wins.
Of course we all remember Funny Cide back in '03, I remember the "our gang" owners paid like $50K for the horse, but he had originally sold for around $22K.....
I read about one of the "our gang" owners talking some other owner with blue blood horses and saying, " Why are you paying millions for horses, we only paid $50K and we won the Derby...."
I think we all know these type of horses are an exception and are probably what keep the Derby Dream alive for a lot of us.... :0corn
I read about one of the "our gang" owners talking some other owner with blue blood horses and saying, " Why are you paying millions for horses, we only paid $50K and we won the Derby...."
I think we all know these type of horses are an exception and are probably what keep the Derby Dream alive for a lot of us.... :0corn
I agree sales price has nothing to do with winning a quality race and it doesnt happen a lot but it does happen. There are many reasons why horses sell for what the sell for. Confirmation problems, no lung capacity, too small, etc, etc. Doesnt mean they cant win a quality race though.
This horse was crooked in the front and also possibly crooked in the back from what i read. But one thing you cant measure in a horse is its heart and this horse had plenty heart.
