Kentucky Derby Saturday

congrats to barry & his team.. awesome win!!....(tu)

Brilliant Barry, and thanks so much for all your thought provoking postings........

Wow well said Barry...thats the kinda thing that keeps us owners down here persist

Incredible, savour these moments Barry. You throughly deserve winning this prestigious race. Well done!

Although i never watched it,i heard it first on this beautiful site,great win for a great team.

well done barry for a great win...i see you bred the champion did you put him on a sale or is this another champion that never went through a sales ring?

Watch Winning Ways also some good inputs on the race (tu)

Thanks guys. Yes Magic, you is 100 percent korrect. The other begins with a K.

Animal Kingdom was bred by one partnership, offered for sale at Keeneland as a yearling in order to establish his value. I bid him in at $100,000, then formed a new syndicate to race him. I offered the original members the opportunity to remain as partners. I bought the rest myself and then offered it to our full client roseter, then to newcomers. He was not an instant hit, so it took me awhile to sell 95 percent of him. I have 5 percent now. Parts of the horse sold for prices of $100,000, then $160,000, then $350,000 and just before the Doiby for $2 million. My insurance man reckons his value today is between $5 and $7 million.

Hopefully he will be worth a whole lot more still after the Belmont.(

Agree Magic..must say this kinda thing is so exciting as we down here in lonely SA can chat to the guy who bred and owns a Kentucky Derby winner ans we now have an interest in the triple crown USA...just shows what racing websites can do