BEAU JANGLES yearling video----would you have bought?

[wizardofoz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyMSAeeYa8U

[wizardofoz]

Last week qualifier video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDmU0AemFs8

[SDST2009]

I find it awfully hard to evaluate pacers off of yearling photos. It seems like a lot of the time all you can identify is if they look athletic (he does) or if they do something egregiously wrong (throw a leg; look off, etc).

If the question is would I have bought solely on video, the answer is no. But if the question is whether anything in his video would make me not buy him, the answer is also no.

My understanding was, the biggest knock on him at the sale was he was too big. Having seen him in person at 2...he is pretty damn big. But it sure hasn't hindered him much. They can be big and athletic, or big and clunky (and therefore hard on themselves). He is definitely the former.

[goblue]

His video is fine, no red flags. Gait a little clunky due to his size at such a young age, as previous poster mentioned. That probably would've kept my hand down when he went through the ring. But whoever raised it sure did capitalize

[Open bridle]

I looked at Pebble Beach at the Yearling Sales and he seem too small to be anything special. I guess you never know whats under the hood.

[Brown jug]

after you watch enough video they all start to look the same
more valuable in terms of looking for flaws
don't forget his pedigree is strong

[MIKE CAMPBELL]

after you watch enough video they all start to look the same
more valuable in terms of looking for flaws
don't forget his pedigree is strong

Based on the video, I would say he might be close to his knees on half mile track turns but many times after further growth, that may be eliminated. Also, assessing a pacer that does nothing but trot on the video can sometimes be a crapshoot. I probably would have looked elsewhere.

[clearmind]

  You can't tell the size of the heart off a video. What you do want to see is how fast is he to the trough.   

[SDST2009]

  You can't tell the size of the heart off a video. What you do want to see is how fast is he to the trough.

If someone could reliably indicate that kind of heart & desire at the yearling sales, they'd be the richest person in harness racing.

It's easy to say now but I can say Beau Jangles does have a different look in his eyes. I didn't see him at the yearling sale so can't say if it existed then, but the "look of eagles" was apparent in him by the time he had beaten up on any other 2yo that faced him.