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Among the well known names catalogued are,

Irving
Far West
Vibrato Valtat
Sign of a Victory
Call the Cops
River Maigue
Royal Boy
Mendip Express
Bless the Wings
Vendor

and also Lockstockandbarrel a Mullins maiden hurdle winner owned by Sue Magnier. If he's as good as he looked when winning at Thurles, I'll be surprised if he leaves Clonsutton.
 
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I had a good look at the catalogue earlier int he week and I was surprised by a few of those too. I guess a few won't turn up but even so those that do will add plenty of interest. I like to get to this one if I can but work will prevent unfortunately.
 
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Henderson's River Maigue , in Monday's sale, runs at Aintree this evening and is currently 14-1.

Not unknown for a horse to win in order to fetch a good price at the sales.

Just saying :whistle:
 
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chroniclandlord said:
Among the well known names catalogued are,

Irving Withdrawn
Far West Withdrawn
Vibrato Valtat Withdrawn
Sign of a Victory
Call the Cops
River Maigue £9,000 to Sophie Leech
Royal Boy £8,000 to Beccy Curtis
Mendip Express £75,000 to Philip Hobbs
Bless the Wings
Vendor £24,000 to Harvey Smith

Out Sam £145,000 to Highflyer Bloodstock
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Vetting fails - lack of or poor X-rays, scope fails, low grade lameness or the dreaded "sold as stands". All reasons they go for less than it seems they should be on paper.
 
I guess ( I'm assuming that was in answer to me!) auctioneer didn't mention it though, I thought usually they did? And isn't it assumed that all horses in a sale are sold as stands? I know it's in the "rules" of the sales I've been to before ( which isn't many and def never been to Doncaster!)

One that Hobbs bought at cheltenham a couple of years back was mentioned as failing it's vetting with a "big leg" by the auctioneer - they got 40k for it still though - made my eyes water !!!
 
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I wouldn't worry about the "as it stands" unless paying fortunes for one - find most folk will have a fair eye for a horse and as long as those with it aren't obstructive when you're trying to look at it then you should be fine.

Know of one horse who went through the ring at Cheltenham for 50k in the past year or so, subsequently resulted in a "no sale" and was sold in the car park for sub-10k later that evening.

Martin
 
I spend too much time looking at X-rays and scopes to be anything but wary of HIT sale I'm afraid!

Sold as stands gets you out of all sorts of bother, I know of a horse who was sold as such with a known fracture in the knee (nuclear scintigraphy diagnosed, not yet visible on X-ray). That's deplorable and all too common.
 
Fair enough Miesque - don't think I've ever been involved in the purchase of a horse where the costs of vetting made it worthwhile though with things like yearlings I can see why you'd definitely want as many x-rays and tests done as possible.

That's shocking behaviour - do like asking questions of those at the sales, particularly when already familiar with the answers.

Did once listen to a lady tell us that she thought the horse was wasted as an eventer and who happened to be willing to accept £2,000 less than she'd paid for it 5 weeks earlier just to see it go back racing.

It was fairly obvious that she couldn't handle it and was probably scared of it.

Martin
 
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I won't join in a vetting conversation - I'm of the opinion that anyone buying a horse without one is an idiot and unfortunately price doesn't make you safe !
Buying from the sales is a minefield IMO - unless you personally know the horse or someone you trust is involved with it I think you have to wear your cynical hat !!
 
When you look at how little vetting costs in terms of training and entries, it's worth every penny IMO. You wouldn't buy a used car without knowing what to look for or having it checked out so why buy something more expensive?

Cheap horses are often cheap for a reason!
 
True Miesque - alas the horses I've been involved with don't cost as much as a used car lol (had the latest one vetted, he cost marginally more than a used car).

Martin
 
Slight change of subject, but hypothetically if a friend and I wanted to buy/obtain a half decent horse to go pointing with, how much do you think we'd need to pay and how should we go about it? The idea would be to qualify it and train it ourselves, but probably put a capable rider on at the races! We wouldn't be looking for the next denman, but ideally something that could win a hunt race or a confined would be good.


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