Another RNA…
Catch A Glimpse hammer price 3.M
I think there are enough International buyers at this sale and at Keeneland to make it worth bringing some of the European bred horses here.
Catch A Glimpse to Japan.
And Birdatthewire RNAd at $725K,
Wish Catch A Glimpse was staying state-side but the US breeders seem to be working well with the Japanese to repatriate at least the stallions… hopefully the same for mares as well.
Fantastic Style in foal to Curlin. She’s lovely! hammer price 925k
Finest City hammer price 1.5M
Stonestreet bought Fantastic Style.
Dacita for $1.85M
Illuminant was gorgeous! 1.1M
Quidura (GB) hammer price 3.6M
Illuminant to Shadai.
Quidura to White Birch Farm.
Tepin who hammered at $8M sold in foal to Curlin and is scheduled for a date with Galileo next spring. Love to see that baby in a few years 
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The “outs” may seem a bit high but by and large that’s about the average number, % for most sales these days.
To get a handle/feel for the market it is best to check out how many “outs” there are BEFORE the sale starts. The sales company provides this number days before the sale starts.
Entries have to be made several months before most sales. So some, a lot of entries may get scratched for lots of different reasons and never make it to the sales grounds.
Though this “boutique” sale will except “quality” entries pretty much right up to start time. Late entries will not be in the main catalog. The sales company will print up a addendum.
The number of “outs” before the sale can be for any number of reasons. Horses that are “scratched” out after arriving at the sales grounds are usually because the sellers feel there is not enough interest in their horses at the level they want to sell for. No sense in sending the horse through the ring and having to pay “buy back” commissions. And or sellers don’t want and RNA record on the horse and or the mare’s selling record/statistic.
Knowing the number of outs before the sale and than looking to see how many were scratched after buyers had a chance to look at them gives a “feel” for the “buyer base” and or the strength of buyer interest in certain pedigrees, stallions, etc. It’s all in how one extrapolates things. Interprets the numbers.
Horses on the sales grounds that are sold privately still have to be reported to the sales company and a 5% commission paid. Pretty hard to get around this. Rarely happens anyway.
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Curious about maiden mares consigned to these high end sales:
I heard the FT announcer yesterday reference repositories just before the auction got underway. Do any of these maidens undergo repro/breeding soundness exams? Or are the “repositories” mentioned just x-rays and (I assume) ultrasound results for the mares who are selling in foal?
I realize those who play at this level are well aware that breeding is a crapshoot in the dark, and I know it’s possible to purchase insurance policies that pay out in the event a mare just won’t catch or can’t carry a foal to term. But if it were me (oh, how I WISH!), I’d kind of like to know that everything on the inside of the mare is copacetic before I authorize that multi-million dollar wire transfer!
They are examined and the announcer will say “suitable for mating” which means that they have no anatomical abnormalities of the reproductive tract.
Stellar Wind tops Keeneland so far at $6 million to Coolmore! She’ll visit American Pharoah next year.
She is a great looking mare. I thought Stonestreet might buy her but Coolmore could keep bidding forever…
I too thought Barbara Banke would get her, either in her name or as part of a partnership! But yeah, Magnier’s pockets have no bottom.
