Harris, Pollock spent $2.5m more than the next biggest spender.....

[Grandstand Handicapper]

From HRU.....and some other stats and details about the sale.....

https://harnessracingupdate.com/2024/10/05/lexington-sale-concludes-with-second-best-gross-and-average-in-history/

Taktker with 24, Alagna with 30, and that's not counting others that are being sent to them. That's a lot of horses, LOL, and Harrisburg is yet to come! LOL. Records set here and there, everyone is so happy, LOL.....just imagine what the real numbers look like. If Harris/Pollock aren't there, take $5m off the total, add back another what, 75% for whatever these horses would sell for? 80%? Sure, there's someone like this every year, but there have been years where he/she wasn't in Lexington, LOL.

HARRIS, POLLOCK SPENT $2.5 MILLION MORE THAN NEXT CLOSEST
Despite not buying a single horse in the last three sessions, the tandem of Andrew Harris and Bill Pollock dominated the buyers’ standings with $5,115,000 spent, total, to take home 15 yearlings. Nancy Takter was second with total purchases of $2,626,000 for 24 yearlings, followed by Tony Alagna ($2,316,000 for 30 yearlings) and Ake Svanstedt ($2,127,000 for 12).

Alagna was still active during the fifth and final sessions.

“There was a Trixton filly that I bought,” Alagna said. “I saw her when I went up to Jim Avritt’s farm to look at some other horses. She was kind of one of those ones that I thought if I could buy her in the right range with her having dual eligibility, then I’d take a shot. So, I got her bought.

“Then, I also came out to support John Barnhard. He’s one of my clients and has Fiftydallarbill in Indiana, so I wanted to make sure his horses sold okay.

“This type of sale when a lot of them had dual eligibility so people are waking up to that. With us having the farm in Kentucky, it’s easier for us to race in Ohio and venture into Indiana a little bit more than we used to.”

[gh2009]

Must be nice to spend other people's money for them.

[Grandstand Handicapper]

Wouldn't many people, LOL.

Personally, I more follow the "rest" of the market. That kind of buying doesn't interest or impact me, unless of course I was a breeder and marketing to him, LOL. I have bought shares in stallions, but I am not an active breeder today. I just find it disturbing that the so called marketplace, is not so much an "efficient marketplace" so to speak, LOL.

These #'s are kind of scary. $70k average is a big number. Sure, the median is different, and plenty sold under $70k (and $40k), but those larger #'s bring up the average. Purses for stakes races are down. Training bills are up. Vet bills and other related costs (for racing) are up. Yet the prices of horses are massively higher? Doesn't make sense to me, LOL.

[gh2009]

In my opinion, you're better off having an overnight horse who can race at Yonkers and run 30 times a year and win $100,000 or more. Training costs are expensive, and the high-profile ones charge more. Buying yearlings is a crapshoot and an expensive one. Andrew Harris did well when his stable was overnight horses , but it's totally different training and managing young horses, some trainers do well, others, not so well..

[PineHurstPacer]

not done yet

still have Harrisburg

[jupiter]

When is the sale of all the flops he had from last year? He sure can't keep all of them.

[SeattleSlew]

From HRU.....and some other stats and details about the sale.....


“Then, I also came out to support John Barnhard. He’s one of my clients and has Fiftydallarbill in Indiana, so I wanted to make sure his horses sold okay.

Hmmmm....Where is the line between "make sure his horses sold okay" and shill bidding??

[The Exporter]

There is none. What is disturbing is their cavalier attitude to this level of dishonesty.

[Harness racer]

I was thinking the same thing.  What kind of fucking asshole thinks it's no big deal to run up the bids on horses he had no intention of buying?  What a piece of shit!

[Lance]

As they say, you have to spend money to make money.

[Harness racer]

As they say, you have to spend money to make money.

Very true....spend $5mill to make $1.5 back!      

[LUCPARK]

ANDREW GOT HIMSELF A PIGEON

KID CANT TRAIN NO BABIES,,

[gh2009]

Guess he didn't learn anything working for Casie Coleman all those years.

[simplify]

Tax write-off for part of it.

I love when people say it's a tax write off. Please.......it is miniscule.

[ferdinand the bull]

ANDREW GOT HIMSELF A PIGEON

KID CANT TRAIN NO BABIES,,

His wife dying allowed him to play the sympathy card everyone thinking he's the stand up widower left to look after his kids. Most know the truth