WOW look at Hip# 676
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WOW look at Hip# 676[/QUOTE]
She had very interesting markings. I loved the black and white mane. 
Who was 676?? I can’t watch the sale, as I am on dial up… 
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Who was 676?? I can’t watch the sale, as I am on dial up… :([/QUOTE]
She was VIZ, an 18 YO mare and multi stakes producer who sold in foal to Hard Spun for 77K. She was very dark bay/brown with what appeared to be a large patch of heavy roaning (mostly white really) that extended from the crest of her neck down over her shoulder on the left side. When viewed from the right, her color appeared normal except that her mane was striped black and white. It was very eye catching.
Equinoxfox, they will take that mare home. No sales and Rerserve Not Achieved horses will just go home and possibly be sold privately or kept. Same as any horse or object (I go to antique auctions) that is not sold - the owners do whatever is right for their situation. With these TBs, most go home and are sold privately or many get sold back at the barn at the sale.
Someone will have to post the sales price when this horse goes thru!
HEY THANKS FOR THAT . I AM SO CONCERNED FOR THESE HORSES … what can I say. I am a sucker for the TB.
I am waiting now to log on. I will be watching most of the day . (at work) . once that Filly goes i will put up a price. I signed off on yesterday around 4:30pm so not sure where they are in order this morning . It is such a wonderful and exciting time to see the American TB have this week long sale.
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SOMETHING STANGE GOING ON ??
So I am logged on and for some reason the Live Feed is not working?
Is anyone else having this same issue.
The sale was to start at 10am today .
come on I need my entertainment while I work today…:lol:
Be patient and keep trying. They sometimes are a bit late to start.
I sure wouldn’t want to be standing in those barns this morning. And it’s going to get nothing but colder over the next few days. What a brutal job that is.
HEY
NEVER BEEN THERE BUT JUST DYING TO GO. so do tell . the weather is it as bad there as it is here in Virginia. And it looks to be TONS of horses there.
would you recommend someone plan to come next year and just spend a week there or is it better to wait until the Spring time when the farms all have their tours going ?
Depends on if you want to buy or tour… I don’t think any of the farms tour during the sales, so you have to decide if you want to experience the sales or see the stallions. If it’s the sales, I recommend the September yearling sale… It’s not cold, the yearlings are stunning, and most of the time you aren’t tempted to bring something home. (That said from the view of someone that has a very soft spot for old broodmares) If it’s the stallions, I recommend June or July when breeding season is starting to slow down. It’s not as hectic for the farms and there are babies everywhere.
My Live Feed is up and running. yeah we are already on Hip # 842 … getting there. This is such fun to watch .
makes a person want to buy something .
Somebody tell me they have heat lamps in the barns. I hate looking at clipped horses in a forecast of -7F . . . especially the pregnant mares, who don’t have a lot of rugging options.
Did you see that colt Hip # 863 sold for $ 390,000 . now that is a big gamble for such a youngster. Boy the trainers/ owners must really put a lot of faith in those bloodlines. :yes:
Guess Tomorrow
Looks like Tomorrow is the Big Day…!! They are on hip # 1064 now and boy can not wait. Remember she is hip # 2167 …
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Did you see that colt Hip # 863 sold for $ 390,000 . now that is a big gamble for such a youngster. [/QUOTE]
Eh, not really. To you and me, sure, but to the folks who play in that pond? Not so much.
I’m gathering that this is the first time you’ve seen a TB sale? If so, you need to realize that it is absolute bloodbath time in TB world, much like it is everywhere in the horse world. Hip no. 863 probably would have brought double or more than that $390,000 last year.
You might want to check out the Bloodhorse (bloodhorse.com) to see what the analysts are saying about the market and what the numbers really say. Short version: It’s really bad out there, especially for horses with poor or non-commercial pedigrees.
As for the filly who’s the subject of the original post, I really hope the seller has real-world TB racing expectations. I remember a while back when one palomino bred about like this one no-saled at more than $5,000. I’m not sure which was more mind-boggling: that a person interested in a race prospect would go that high for a horse with a non-existent racing pedigree or that the seller had set a reserve so high on said horse. Of course, it may well have later been sold to a show home, since we show people tend to be swayed by a pretty face and color way more than the race people are. 
If you want a palomino that is not going through the sale:
http://www.horsesales.com/fullofhappiness07.htm
and another by the same stud:
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If you want a palomino that is not going through the sale:
http://www.horsesales.com/fullofhappiness07.htm
and another by the same stud:
http://www.horsesales.com/giftedgold.htm[/QUOTE]
The sire, Zillionair, belongs to Blond Filly, who has been posting on this thread.
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Somebody tell me they have heat lamps in the barns. I hate looking at clipped horses in a forecast of -7F . . . especially the pregnant mares, who don’t have a lot of rugging options.[/QUOTE]
Very, very few of the horses in this sale are clipped. I’ve seen maybe 5 yearlings (all from Florida) and about a dozen racehorses (currently in training.) No one in their right mind would clip a pregnant broodmare for this sale–remember too that the vast majority of these broodmares have been living outside at least 16 hours a day up until they shipped to the sale. As for rugging options…blankets went on everywhere around 4:30 this afternoon. I’m sure everyone is feeling quite cozy.
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Very, very few of the horses in this sale are clipped. I’ve seen maybe 5 yearlings (all from Florida) and about a dozen racehorses (currently in training.) No one in their right mind would clip a pregnant broodmare for this sale–remember too that the vast majority of these broodmares have been living outside at least 16 hours a day up until they shipped to the sale. As for rugging options…blankets went on everywhere around 4:30 this afternoon. I’m sure everyone is feeling quite cozy.[/QUOTE]
Thank you for this relief! I’m watching online, and they all appear clipped. Then again, I once trotted past some wintertime spectators in an arena on my TB mare, and overheard them grumble that I had given her a full body clip, when she had a full-grown winter pelt. They are not the shaggiest of breeds.
I’ll sleep better tonight. Seriously.
I wonder if she knows they are for sale?
They are both beautiful, but I have to wonder why the 2007 colt, is already under saddle and training on the track.
