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BucksBucks    158 posts
West Australian Racing
4 years ago i decided that i wanted to own a share in a racehorse. I had $5k to spend and looked through every syndicator that was going around. I was pretty disappointed initially as all the horses in my price range seemed to come from mares that had done nothing on the track. After a month or 2 of searching i finally found what i was looking for a testa rossa colt out of a flying spur mare that had won 6 times. I enquired with Elite Thoroughbreds over east, received the paperwork and signed the contract. Later that week a horse that i had my eye on a Snitzel in WA was purchased by a syndicator i had done some research on. At the last minute i decided that if i was going to own a horse i better get one in WA as most of the fun of ownership would be to meet other racing enthusiast i could have a beer with at the track. I threw the other contract in the bin and signed up with the WA horse.

The horse i was originally going to purchase just won it's 7th race on the weekend and nearly $1.2 million in prizemoney it's name is Testashadow. I just wanted to here if anyone else had any similar stories of coming close to owning a top liner/ money spinner but for some reason didn't go through with it.

Dan Pearce told me he was looking at a horse that was a really nice type, however the mum had 6 to the track but unfortunately had done nothing so he thought it would be too hard to syndicate the horse back here in WA. That horse turned out to be Unencumbered. 
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  • tofarkennardtofarkennard    191 posts
    How the snitzel end up Bucks dare I ask !
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  • dungydungy    9,278 posts
    Wally Mitchell's got a beauty went over to buy Takeover Target came home with Stella Regale which ended up in Broome
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,485 posts
    dungy I thought TT was bought for 2 bob at a dispersal sale...would Wally have been there in woop-woop?
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  • NevershowsurpriseNevershowsurprise    995 posts
    Not sure if I'd classify Sydney as woop-woop
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  • spinkingspinking    4,001 posts
    Wally was the underbidder on TT i think

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  • JayJayJayJay    8,623 posts
    Watched Preux Chevalier in the sale ring....didn't like him, too heavy in the front...passed in at 3.5k.....I didnt have that much anyway, so not really a what if....but I do remember running my well trained eye over him bahaha.

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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,485 posts
    i thought TT sold at a NSW country sale...stand corrected but sure he went for about $1200..not a Sydney sale price.

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  • tofarkennardtofarkennard    191 posts
    TT ex Gai Waterhouse regect if I remember at at mixed sale in Sydney I did hear wally was underbider cant confirm that though. ..I did hear the story that when joe janiack lobbed home with TT his mrs said ive had enough of u wasting pur money on buy horses im out here !!
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,485 posts
    underbidder? what did the horse go for?
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  • NevershowsurpriseNevershowsurprise    995 posts
    Johnny Morish had him first. He was sold at the Inglis Newmarket complex in Sydney.
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  • NevershowsurpriseNevershowsurprise    995 posts
    $1250 plus GST

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  • BucksBucks    158 posts
    The Snitzel tries but he has his issues. He's a decent provincial horse when we can get him to the track.

    On the positive i have met some fantastic people through owning him.

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  • spinkingspinking    4,001 posts
    What's the difference Falc . Even if it went for $5.00 the bloke who bid four is still the unDerbidder

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  • dungydungy    9,278 posts
    thefalcon said:

    i thought TT sold at a NSW country sale...stand corrected but sure he went for about $1200..not a Sydney sale price.



    Absolutely it was Wally Mitchell
    thefalcon said:

    underbidder? what did the horse go for?



    Absolutely it was Wally it's well known in racing circles he ended up buying Stella Regale for Lyn Ryan I think
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,485 posts
    jeez, the last time I saw lyn ryan he was having a coffee with the ex  mrs. ric hart at a café in broome about 6 yrs ago....
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  • silkysilky    430 posts
    Got offered a share in what turned out to be Fortune Streak when I was a teenager. It won a couple of listed and other races and later produced Brava Fortune who won the Karrakatta and Sires double :(
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  • paraleticparaletic    3,750 posts
    gees being the under bidder on TT when he sold for chum change, that's gotta hurt.

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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,485 posts
    ^^ yeah, you'd think he'd up the ante to 1500 bucks and see what happened...
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  • TiversTivers    7,720 posts
    Was it that sale being referred to, or when he originally sold as a yearling ?

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  • hashhash    7,495 posts
    edited January 2017
    @rustyh posted a link in a thread during the spring carnival about a bloke over east that had the chance to buy into the blue diamond winner (Extreme Choice I think) cant recall the details, but no doubt it would put your mind at ease Bucks reading this guys misfortune and bad luck

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  • paraleticparaletic    3,750 posts
    im pretty sure someone in the Werrett circle of friends passed on buying a share in black caviar. you reckon they arnt pi$$ed??  
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  • LendmefiftyLendmefifty    227 posts
    One of my colleagues from a past job passed up a stake in Bel Esprit as his brother didn't like him and ended up with a share in a very pretty but useless filly. I'd be reminding him at every opportunity.
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  • hashhash    7,495 posts
    doesn't Kevin Sheedy have shares in the sire bel Esprit?
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  • tonytony    2,436 posts
    Sheeds was involved with Bel Esprit from the start of his racing career.
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