Big Money

[GodolphinArabian]

Can someone tell me how much a horse must grow and look to leap so much in value .. crazy money

, C, 2-y-o
Smart Strike (Pulpit) 1,800,000 USD Stonestreet Stables 13Mar13 Oca

, C, y
Smart Strike (Pulpit) 115,000 USD Kings Equine 22Oct12 Fas

, C, f
Smart Strike (Pulpit) 100,000 USD Maverick Racing 09Nov11 Kee

[Baunemon]

I suppose horses mature at different rates.
It’s harder to go into a barn of foals and pick out the top bunch than it is to go into a barn of two year olds and do the same. When you’re buying a two year old you’re more sure of what you’re buying.

[GodolphinArabian]

True but you would of thought it must of been

drastic

tho to leap like that.

[Marginal Value]

Why the big difference, to hit $1,800,000? It could be:

Two rich determined people wanted him. After $400,00 there were only two bidders throwing punch after punch. Lots of rich people have the “I will not be beaten” attitude.

He is a well-bred colt, Smart Strike is a well-established top class sire, and his dam, Mini Sermon, was a Group 2 winner, and placed in other Group races, from a family containing other Group horses.

The six months development (and shaping) since its previous sale is 25% of its life so far. That work input at that time prior to a Spring Sale as a two year old, can make a big difference. By all accounts he was the best looking horse in the sale and had the most visits at preview.

He ran a sub ten-second furlong at the breeze-up for the sale. Its a positive to be well-bred, it’s a positive to be good looking, but it really helps to KNOW that the horse can run fast.

[GodolphinArabian]

Cheers for the info… just looked it completely passed my mind
the stable who brought this colt have a good

eye

for a horse

Curlin
My Miss Aurelia
Rachel Alexandra

Could be a star then.

[Miss Woodford]

My Miss Aurelia is a Stonestreet homebred. Curlin and Rachel Alexandra were bought privately while they were racing – Curlin for $3.5 million after his maiden win, Rachel for an undisclosed (very large) sum of money after her Kentucky Oaks wins.

He ran a sub ten-second furlong at the breeze-up for the sale. Its a positive to be well-bred, it’s a positive to be good looking, but it really helps to KNOW that the horse can run fast.

Actually he ran a co-bullet work (tied for the fastest of all the horses in the sale), and a horse with a bullet workout is usually the one who goes for big money at these 2yo sales.

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