[kathy and al]

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

Sure the trainer is important, but since their trainers isn't that self serving?

I'm an owner here in NY, the trainers IMO are all good or there no longer here.

I'll bet on the horses ability.

anyone have a list of what the entries cost if they went thru auction?

To anwer your question-if you were to enter a horse of racing age at the Ocala Breeder's Sale auction then you would pay approx. a $300 entry fee and then 5% of the sale price up to $50,000 or 2 1/2% of the sale price above $50,000. I believe these are the current rates for this particular auction in Florida.

[jimbo2012]

That wasn't my question.

What did the owners of the horses racing in derby pay for them at action if known.

[jblum315]

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

That wasn't my question.

What did the owners of the horses racing in derby pay for them at action if known.

I doubt that is public information.

[jimbo2012]

It's very public it is listed in the racing form the day before.
the experts are ranking the top 4 as follows

Creative Cause
Gemologist
Hansen
Alpha

[lovesports]

At least 11 of the 20 horses running in the Kentucky Derby today once called Ocala area home.
Found the info on Ocala.com.
Through the years I have noticed many many horses have connections to Ocala.(training) The last Triple Crown Winner -Affirm- was a total Ocala Horse. I think Big Brown was a Florida Horse too.
Makes the Derby more fun to watch.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by lovesports

At least 11 of the 20 horses running in the Kentucky Derby today once called Ocala area home.
Found the info on Ocala.com.
Through the years I have noticed many many horses have connections to Ocala.(training) The last Triple Crown Winner -Affirm- was a total Ocala Horse. I think Big Brown was a Florida Horse too.
Makes the Derby more fun to watch.

I had been looking for that information. Thanks lovesports!

[jimbo2012]

Excerpt from bleacherreport.com

Union Rags (9/2)




Take Charge Indy should be a legitimate favorite.

Remember the Florida Derby that Union Rags was so disappointing in? Yeah, Take Charge Indy won that with relative ease.

Throw in the fact that three-time Kentucky Derby winner Calvin Borel is the jockey and he has the No. 3 post position (Borel loves getting to the rail), and you've got my pick to win the Kentucky Derby.



Somehow Gemologist, who is undefeated in five races and two-for-two at Churchill Downs, is being overlooked.

The incredibly fast horse has the third-best odds of any horse, but I'm honestly a little surprised he doesn't have the best.

Gemologist is coming off an impressive win at the Grade-1 Wood Memorial and has apparently looked very good during pre-race training.

He should be the favorite, not the third favorite.

[lovesports]

Take Charge Indy has quite a history.
Don't have it in front of me but I believe he was a horse no one wanted. A women in Ocala bought him and broke him and he grew into a beautiful horse. She made a good deal of money when she sold him.
Someone fill in the details here. I'm on my way to a Derby party.

[chuckinca]

Take Charge Indy with Calvin Borel up gets my bet and opening at 15-1

(I worked at Arlington and Washington Parks in the concessions office for two years out of HS so that makes me an expert too)


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[Bill-n-Brillo]

Would probably be appropriate and proper to cite/credit the author and the article you're quoting from, jimbo.

Bill

[lovesports]

Today's winner-I'll Have Another- was broken and trained in Ocala.

[jimbo2012]

He was sold as a yearling for $11000, great job from a low level trainer & rider to beat the millionaires.




Also Bodemeister deserves kudos also to run the front end almost to the wire, great horse.

Bad news was Take charge Indy and Daddy Long Legs pulled up, hopefully not injured badly.

[Taltarzac725]

Probably will not be a Triple Crown winner again this year though. Congrats to I'll Have Another though.

[kathy and al]

Originally Posted by lovesports

Today's winner-I'll Have Another- was broken and trained in Ocala.

I'll Have Another was sold as a yearling for $11,000 and then pin hooked in the April 2011 Ocala Breeders Sales for $35,000.
For those of you who don't understand "pinhooked", it's a person who buys a horse out of one sale (usually yearling sales) with the sole purpose of developing the horse for 1 year and then turn around and run him through the auction as a 2 year old hopefully to gain a profit.

[kathy and al]

I'm trying to figure out these poll results. Yesterday (Sat. 5/5 prior to post time of the Derby) there were no votes for I'll Have Another in the poll. This morning there are 8 votes for the winner!!!! Pretty easy to pick the winner in this poll after the race is run. Also, the poll says that it is open until May 9th????????????? Is there something I don't understand here??