A real bargain!

[dougie]

I was reading a interesting article on "Horse Racing Nation" about "Chunk Of Gold" who was bought for $2500 at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton yearling sale. The West Virginia Derby winner has earned nearly $700,000 in his seven starts. Geez.....I bought four cheap claimers at Pompano Park in the 1980's and lost my shirt. LOL! These kind of stories must be a million to one. It's a great story, I admit.

[kantseeback]

I was reading a interesting article on "Horse Racing Nation" about "Chunk Of Gold" who was bought for $2500 at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton yearling sale. The West Virginia Derby winner has earned nearly $700,000 in his seven starts. Geez.....I bought four cheap claimers at Pompano Park in the 1980's and lost my shirt. LOL! These kind of stories must be a million to one. It's a great story, I admit.

On the flip side many years ago I remember a TB named Danzig Southside that was purchased at a sale for 500,000 dollars and couldn't win an 8000 maiden claimer.

[Trigger]

On the flip side many years ago I remember a TB named Danzig Southside that was purchased at a sale for 500,000 dollars and couldn't win an 8000 maiden claimer.

Excellent memory, slight correction, Danzigs Southside.

Sent to Brazil, had 9 offspring, 1 made it to the track and did nothing much, some were bred some more.

To make a long story short, nothing ever came from her, down to her great, great, great grandchildren born as late as 2020.  Those poor countries and some of her lineage might of made into a taco truck. 

[kantseeback]

Excellent memory, slight correction, Danzigs Southside.

Sent to Brazil, had 9 offspring, 1 made it to the track and did nothing much, some were bred some more.

To make a long story short, nothing ever came from her, down to her great, great, great grandchildren born as late as 2020.  Those poor countries and some of her lineage might of made into a taco truck.

I'm surprised you even know of or could look up Danzigs Southside. The last time I actually remember seeing the horse race was at M1 at night when the TB's raced there part of the year in the 1980's.

[dougie]

I love these "feel good" stories about someone getting lucky like this. When I watch the sales, both thoroughbreds and harness horses, it looks like a convention of billionaires competing against each other. How can the "little guy" ever get into the game anymore? But I guess it could happen. Just not so often.

[Trigger]

I'm surprised you even know of or could look up Danzigs Southside. The last time I actually remember seeing the horse race was at M1 at night when the TB's raced there part of the year in the 1980's.

Last week I go 0/7 handicapping, the week before 5/7.  The punish myself playbook makes me get back to handicapping the toughest races for me to sharpen up, those being maiden special weight, so I'm looking at Finger Lakes 3rd today and while trying to stay awake and reading a bit of PLOP late night and I see your post.

This is the pedigree tool I use when I was looking at that race and after your post I looked up Danzigs progeny:

https://www.pedigreequery.com/

As for derailing Dougie's thread, California Chrome, like Chunk Of Gold, nice story of the impossible starting with the worst intentional breeding and a $8k sale lol:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Chrome (Scroll to Ownership  )

[dougie]

See.....it can happen. The "Blue Bloods" must have chuckled when they took that horse for $2500.00!

[kantseeback]

See.....it can happen. The "Blue Bloods" must have chuckled when they took that horse for $2500.00!

The little guys can get lucky once in a while. I would like to add another story,
Jack Klugman of Odd couple fame bought a horse for peanuts and then named the horse Jacklyn Klugman because he thought it was female.
The horse ran 3rd in the Kentucky derby.
I used to see Jack a lot years ago when I lived in NYC and Jack lived in my neighborhood. He was a friendly guy and we had conversations.

[Trigger]

The little guys can get lucky once in a while. I would like to add another story,
Jack Klugman of Odd couple fame bought a horse for peanuts and then named the horse Jacklyn Klugman because he thought it was female.
The horse ran 3rd in the Kentucky derby.
I used to see Jack a lot years ago when I lived in NYC and Jack lived in my neighborhood. He was a friendly guy and we had conversations.

I almost met his son upstate in Nyack, he was renting his apartment, but he never showed up, the realtor showed it to me anyway, was nice.  The father gave off that regular guy, horse player vibe beyond the character.

The Pigeon Sisters yowza!   

[Papillon]

The little guys can get lucky once in a while. I would like to add another story,
Jack Klugman of Odd couple fame bought a horse for peanuts and then named the horse Jacklyn Klugman because he thought it was female.
The horse ran 3rd in the Kentucky derby.
I used to see Jack a lot years ago when I lived in NYC and Jack lived in my neighborhood. He was a friendly guy and we had conversations.

they renamed it Jacklyn Klugman because they found out it was a filly

The Pigeon Sisters yowza!  

 

don't forget when Felix got the heat at the track and Oscar tried to get him to not bet it all

$5 for socks