Wow, 60k, yay! He was cute too. :yes:
I really like the one in the ring now. He is very dark bay almost black. with the white. Very refined looking
would make a awesome Show Hunter . Send him here to virginia. :lol:
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I really like the one in the ring now. He is very dark bay almost black. with the white. Very refined looking
would make a awesome Show Hunter . Send him here to virginia. :lol:[/QUOTE]
I know, me too! This is really painful to watch. But I am. not. going. down. there.
I want to go next year. I want to get one of those Yearlings. I can not believe the quality. the looks. and most of all the price.
I am sure they would make a very lovely Show Hunter and I am so willing to take a gamble on one. Just have to know plan the trip . 
whoa i’m shocked
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IN THE RING NOW. The white colt. Sold for $ 60K :winkgrin:[/QUOTE]
wow 60k? hmmm I am seriously surprised… interesting… can’t wait to see who signed the ticket on him…
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I want to go next year. I want to get one of those Yearlings. I can not believe the quality. the looks. and most of all the price.
I am sure they would make a very lovely Show Hunter and I am so willing to take a gamble on one. Just have to know plan the trip . :D[/QUOTE]
I’ll go with you! Maybe I’ll have an empty stall by then. :lol:
YEAH MUST BE IN THE BLOODLINES. But they can also keep him whole and stand him at stud if he does not run well.? i guess.? not sure . I know nothing about the racing industry.
Look at Hip # 1865 !!! very Flashy and full of Chrome. see that is what I am saying . We need to buy these instead of importing all those WB’s… :eek:
YES!
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Look at Hip # 1865 !!! very Flashy and full of Chrome. see that is what I am saying . We need to buy these instead of importing all those WB’s… :eek:[/QUOTE]
all day long I see these adorable flashy babies and think “hmmm he would look really nice with that white face tucked into those white knees over a fence”… they are ALL OVER THE PLACE and many bargains to be had (especially in this economy and especially at the “mixed” type sales).
race people don’t seem to give a hoot about chrome and personally I would be fine with a lesser pedigree and smokin’ hot looks.
so yes please come and grab these babies! I’m sure they would be really happy to live the life as a show horse!!
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wow 60k? hmmm I am seriously surprised… interesting… can’t wait to see who signed the ticket on him…[/QUOTE]
You and me both, LOL. There is no way that pedigree page was worth it … of course, I said the same thing about The Green Monkey, too. 
(Although time certainly proved the right of that assessment, eh?)
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You and me both, LOL. There is no way that pedigree page was worth it … of course, I said the same thing about The Green Monkey, too. (Although time certainly proved the right of that assessment, eh?)[/QUOTE]
not to mention a wickedly toed-out rf along with some other less than desirable confirmation pieces. someone really really wanted to own a piece of the legendary Patchen Wilkes bloodlines, I guess!
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Look at Hip # 1865 !!! very Flashy and full of Chrome. see that is what I am saying . We need to buy these instead of importing all those WB’s… :eek:[/QUOTE]
Amen to that statement!!! It would sure make it easier for us TB folks to rehome some of our horses…
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race people don’t seem to give a hoot about chrome and personally I would be fine with a lesser pedigree and smokin’ hot looks.
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Yep. I prefer my racers a nice plain shade of bay. No white to scrub and keep clean, no white feet to deal with. I love the chrome to look at, but practicality wins for me.
Maybe they were hoping all the other horses would stand frozen in fear when the gates opened because of the WHITE HORSE. Might could win a race or two if nobody passes him!
When i first rode my old hunter down the road to my trainer’s farm, I had to pass by a world famous yellowmino farm (of the QH variety). The first time I passed by there and there were not one, not two but THREE yellowminos :eek: out in the front field being schooled , I discovered my just-barely-an-OTTB had real upper level potential. Upper level as in airs above the ground. Hard to believe he never saw a yellowmino pony horse in 3 years of racing, but that’s what he would have me believe.
hhhhmmmm
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/48839/white-colt-brings-60000-at-keeneland
Ooops. Not a particularly auspicious note for a pinhooker to go public with!
Christy Whitman, a Florida pinhooker, bought what she thought was a unique yearling during the fifth session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages auction, and she’s hoping that shoppers at a future sale will be attracted by his white coat color, which is unusual for a Thoroughbred. Whitman, who paid $60,000 for White Prince, plans to make him part of her consignment at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. August yearling auction. And if he doesn’t find a new home there, she’ll get him ready for a sale of 2-year-olds in training in 2010.
“He is very unique individual,” she said in a telephone interview Jan. 16. “I bought him for his white coat, but I also like his sire
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hhhhmmmm
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/48839/white-colt-brings-60000-at-keeneland
Ooops. Not a particularly auspicious note for a pinhooker to go public with![/QUOTE]
There’s hope for the palomino filly yet! :lol:
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hhhhmmmm
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/48839/white-colt-brings-60000-at-keeneland
Ooops. Not a particularly auspicious note for a pinhooker to go public with![/QUOTE]
It sounds like she’s going to be in for a rude awakening when she finds out that none of the other racehorse owners care about color or are willing to pay extra for it.
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There’s hope for the palomino filly yet! :lol:[/QUOTE]
Ya know, that’s exactly what I thought! Fools and their money and all that. Sad thing is, the other two horses the seller brought are actually much nicer mares, pedigree-wise. Frankly, if he wanted unusually colored runners (which he said in one of the Bloodhorse articles), he’d be better off breeding the bay mares he already has to one of the palomino or cremello TBs out there. While the foal might not be a palomino (although it could happen), at least that way the foal would be coming from a family that had a racing record. 
A quick search shows that this is by far the most she’s ever paid for a sales horse; most of the others were well under $10k, with many going for less than $5k. I wonder what her partner’s gonna say?
hoping for some dope sporthorse breeder to jump at the chance?
Gosh - I would have taken 2119 in a heartbeat! She no saled at $1000.00 …
What a lovely looking mare …
