![]() ![]() ![]() Weaver was asked to put her in the shop window on the racetrack, and she duly shaped with abundant promise when a green third in a dirt sprint at the Keeneland spring meet. Wavertree Stables had also overseen the education of Crimson Advocate, after her acquisition by a pinhooking partnership for $100,000 at the OBS October Yearling Sale. Dunne called Weaver and asked whether he could turn the horse round in time for the Royal Palm Juvenile S., a Royal Ascot qualifier carrying a $25,000 travel bursary. In the event, however, bidding in Ocala stalled at $335,000. The Bregman family, through agent Mike Akers, had exported this one for €180,000 from Arqana last August, as the first foal of Group-winning juvenile Etoile ( War Front), herself out of a Classic-placed sibling to G1 Derby winner Pour Moi (Ire). It looked very much as though a pinhooking experiment for Houston Astros third-baseman Alex Bregman, looking to finance his nascent program with a few colt sales, was going to prove a rewarding experience. 17, he posted the fastest two-furlong work at the OBS Spring Sale, blitzing :20 4/5 for Ciaran Dunne. No Nay Mets, in particular, has had an extraordinary month. And now both, from going nowhere, are on their way to Royal Ascot next month. No Nay Mets (Ire) ( No Nay Never) was staying in the same ownership and Crimson Advocate ( Nyquist) was staying in the same barn. When the market determines the value of something, they call it “the going rate.” In the case of George Weaver's two juvenile winners at Gulfstream last Saturday, however, a recent pricing had meant that neither was going anywhere. ![]()
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