Re: Matron & Atto Mile-- Hey Barry (546 Views)
Posted by:
Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: September 22, 2005 04:31PM
Theres a certain amount of acumen that goes into buying a horse, but obviously on the results the edge even the best "experts" obtain is very slim indeed. Its more a matter of who loses less and thats a very unsatisfying way of measuring success. Lucky for the agents in these sales the buyers are prepared to lose money. The owner of Flower Alley picked his horse because the dam's name is Olivia and thats his daughters name. He should fire his bloodstock agents.
Since buying will always be a crapshoot regardless to whether you're Parcells or Gibbs it makes sense to craft a strategy for the purchase. Barry Irwin seems to be going overseas quite a bit and that appears very sound for a number of reasons. Tgraph approaches it from a small and developing race sample purchasing perspective. The difference probably being that pedigree is going to be less important in the one method and that has its pros and cons.
Both techniques are going to show better results than the bidding wars at Keeneland, guaranteed. Still in this area have to figure Class is almost as competent as many others in the field, especially if he can eyeball a horse and knows a bit about pedigree.
classhandicapper Wrote:
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> TGJB,
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> Comparing yourself to Parcells and Gibbs is pretty
> comical coming from a guy who accuses me of being
> into myself.
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> The intention of the post was to offer an opinion
> on the subject of buying horses and to get
> feedback. I don't recall having a problem
> discussing things like that with Barry when I
> bought one through him a few years back. Opinions
> are only a problem on this board when then are
> mine and/or conflict with yours.
>
>
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> Edited 1 times. Last edit at 09/22/05 04:09PM by
> classhandicapper.