So odd…. Since someone is claiming to have gone into partnership with Coolmore & Lukas to purchase him.
Thanks for verifying what I had found.
Captain?
I’d never heard the term “turf foot” before you posted the link from the analyst, who is obviously giving advice, not to breeders but to people who bet on TB horses.
Where was the incorrect information from?
He’s very handsome, wherever he landed.
It’s interesting how some videos show them walking on pavement, and some videos show them walking on grass.
I prefer Keeneland’s catalog; can flip through the horses very easily and see pages and photos and video all on one single screen. However, the results pages I enjoy FT more as it’s easier to sort through
I wonder if a lot of this has to do with a level piece of land and appropriate backdrop for the video.
A “private sale” at Keeneland means it didn’t happen in the ring, but took place on the grounds and was recorded with the sales office. But based on what you were told, one of two things might have happened. The sale might have indeed been private, meaning it wasn’t recorded publicly. Or possibly it didn’t take place and someone is trying to make themselves sound important by saying they did a deal with Coolmore. Technically these sales are supposed to be recorded with Keeneland, and are then listed in the sales results as post-sales, but that doesn’t always happen.
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I agree. I think consignors would prefer to show a horse walking on grass, and buyers would prefer to see them walking on pavement. But it’s the consignor’s decision since they’re the ones who make the videos. All the horses are available to be seen on the grounds, however, and there they will be shown in the manner that the buyer wants to see them.
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Yes. I like to see them walking on grass, since I think it gives a better idea of how they actually move. But the hard surface is also useful for evaluating soundness.
I wonder what percentage of people buy these days without going to the sale to see the horse in person?
At these sales, there should hopefully be no soundness concerns. I prefer pavement because you can see the angles of the hooves and the entire action of the leg. Grass can be used to cover all sorts of things.
Aside from during the pandemic, it would be unusual for someone to buy a yearling without either seeing the horse in person themselves or having their agent see it. (Broodmares, it happens.)
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Session 9 horses. Getting late in the sale now and I think the late we get, most classify this as the “yuck” of the sales. However there are still some nice horses
Hip 3099- Bolt Doro- Topic
Don’t see too many by Bolt Doro but she is a pretty one
Hip 3159 - Honor AP - Baby Zito
Realize that the Honor AP/Honor Code babies are not highly desirable in the sales ring. But I just love them. They have such a classy physique about them
Hip 2813 Caravaggio - Deep Water Cay
Hip 2816 - Game Winner - Diamond Maker
Hip 2827 Volatile - Dya Knowwhatimean
Shes pretty! Sorry cant get think to post for her video
Hip 3124 Silver State - Will Take the Gal
Another nice Silver State . He looks kind of sporty
Hip 3151 Kantharos - Aspiring
Dam has a nice record too and a producer of 8 offspring, all winners.
Hip 3170 Candy Ride - Belial Filly
No video for her but shes big and pretty. From Lanes End
Hip 3195 - Volatile - Chambray
Another nice Volatile!
Hip 3326 Silver State - Lady Laura
https://youtu.be/EtCtOs77aTA
Hip 3327 - Raging Bull (FR) - Lady Macha (GB)
Would like to see this one end up with Wesley Ward. Might be a neat one for the turf
Hip 3438 Liams Map - Rooms
What a hunk! Kind of a neat pedigree being out of a giant’s causeway mare.
I had to post this one for the super cute photo-bombing jack russell 
Hip 3545 Vekoma - Walk of Fame
They’re so shiny. Even the gray one! Obviously they have been getting rubbed on a lot.
I prefer pavement as sometimes you can hear things you can’t see…yet.
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By “most” I assume you mean yourself because all the people I know, most of whom are at the sale, would dispute that.
With the foal crop dropping each year, the Keeneland September is selling 2,000 fewer yearlings now than it was 6-8 years ago. The “yuck” as you call it, are gone.
Just in the small sample you posted above, I see stud fees as high as $75,000 and a yearling by a stallion who currently tops the First Year Sires List.
Perhaps you only shop in book 1, but in the real world there are hundreds of horsemen on the Keeneland grounds today looking to buy a nice yearling.
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They have. But even more important, they’ve been on overnight turnout since July so their coats don’t get sunburned. That makes a huge difference.
Just someone saying they had gone into a partnership with Coolmore & Lukas for this colt.
I was mostly just being nosy since I knew he’d been a RNA & they claimed the sale took place back at the (sale) barn.
Doesn’t really matter either way, just was hoping to satisfy my curiosity 
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Right. I knew it would have had to be a private sale, since he RNA. But he’s still listed as RNA, not PS. Which threw me off.
Maybe once the sale is complete, his record will be updated or maybe not
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Does Keeneland still get their percentage if it’s a private sale within 30 days or something like that?
I do not classify it as the yuck of the sale. some do. I think there are some great buys all the way through the end
Yes, although I don’t remember the exact timeframe. (Although that assumes the seller “admits” a sale took place, which doesn’t always happen.)
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