Hard to ask for a better first day at OBS, after a ton of hard work we came home with two of the three horses we really wanted and got them at true value prices to boot.  We purchased Hip #224, a lovely filly by top sire Into Mischief from a great female family for just $40,000 & Hip #58 a powerful handsome Shakin It Up colt out of a stakes winning dam who has produced two stakes horses from her first three foals to race, also for $40,000.

Hip 224 (Into Mischief - Home Rule)

From left to right: Mark Forney, Carl D'Angelo, Chris Driscoll, Ellen Gaynor, George Katzenberger, Robb Levinsky

This was as anticipated, an incredibly bifurcated market. The sales topper was sold for an all time OBS record $2,000,000, another horse brought $1,200,000 and another $825,000, yet despite that, both the average and median prices were down (see article here). If a horse didn’t attract a bid from one of a tiny handful of billionaire buyers, it was hard sledding to get even good horses sold. A great opportunity for value buyers like us. We took full advantage of it today and hopefully will again tomorrow. Stay tuned!

Some works to report from coast to coast for More Ice, Magic Musketier, Red Shelby, Run Macho Run, Kochees and Exchanging Ember (below). All horses are doing well and ready to run as soon as we can find spots for them. Still looking at the Grade III $800,000 Sunland Derby March 24^th for More Ice as an option. Looking at a race 1^st week of April for Exchanging Ember, she’ll work a couple times more before she runs. 

Start A Fire doing super in Ocala, will have photos after we visit to see him train tomorrow morning.

Horse Workout Notification 
March 12, 2019

Run Macho Run (5-Year-Old Gelding)

Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claimed 11-9-18 at GGF

Date: March 12, 2019
Track: SANTA ANITA PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 53:20 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 11/11

Red Shelby (5-Year-Old Mare)

Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claimed 12-3-18

Date: March 12, 2019
Track: SANTA ANITA PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 51:00 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 7/11

Magic Musketier (4-Year-Old Colt)

Your comments for this horse were: Private purchase

Date: March 12, 2019
Track: SANTA ANITA PARK
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.02:60 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 11/28

More Ice (3-Year-Old Colt)

Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse

Date: March 12, 2019
Track: GOLDEN GATE FIELDS
Distance: Six Furlongs
Time: 1.17:60 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: All Weather Track
Rank: 2/4

Exchanging Ember (4-Year-Old Filly)

Date: March 12, 2019
Track: PENN NATIONAL
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:20 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 4/9

Horse Workout Notification 
March 11, 2019

Kochees (9-Year-Old Gelding)

Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claimed 11/11/18 at GGF

Date: March 11, 2019
Track: SANTA ANITA PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:40 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 9/53

Diamond Play shipped into Kelly Breen at Palm Meadows this afternoon and arrived just fine. Looking forward to Monmouth Park and New Jersey bred races for her.

All our horses are totally fine at Santa Anita. Extensive investigation has found no obvious problems with the track surface. Racing is expected to resume in about 10 days.