Auctions everywhere and plenty of horseflesh changing hands. Here in Sweden the biggest Standardbred yearling auction of the year takes place this Thursday and the following 3 day's. Some 466 yearlings up for grabs!
Even more interesting from my view is the NRCHA Snafflebit auction over the same dates as the one above. Plenty of well bred colts and some interesting broodmares, showhorses and last but not least 2yearolds. The select 2yo sale is really something, where the bidding takes place while the colts works a cow in the pen. Really cool. Some of these youngsters might get worked pretty hard no doubt and I usually like the yearling section better. Friday you can find a full brother to one of this years Futurity frontrunners, The One Time, 2nd place after the prelims.
Hip No. 73 - Good God Almighty (AQHA) 10 rd..rn.s. (One Time Pepto x Love Em N Lena/Smart Little Lena) Dam LTE $114,190; full sister to LENAS WRIGHT ON. 2nd dam has produced $262,000+. NRCHA Stakes, NRBC, NRHA.
One of my favorites is this guy in the classic sale:
Hip No. 9 - Purdy Wrockin Cat (AQHA) 10 gr.s. (Wr This Cats Smart x Purdy Weed/Tumbleweed Smith) 2nd dam LTE $62,948, produced $183,376. NRCHA Stakes.
He's got the whole Miss Silver Pistol package (Playgun, Smart Little Pistol, Purdy Pistol, Silver Pepto Pistol etc.) and one of the hotter High Brow Cats as a sire.
As for the Snaffle bit Futurity, Les is still hanging on, tied 3rd, and heading for the finals, way to go! The 6666 Ranch Waresthecat colt, Sixes First Cat ridden by Boyd Rice, knocked them dead in the cowwork yesterday and took the overall lead. Another 50 or so horses finish their cowwork today. Our friend Richard Caldwell showed his nice Dual Rey colt Sumkinda Rey in the Open. They didn´t fare so well unfortunately but it´s really good to see Richard well enough to show at all, still rooting for you Richard!
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