My understanding: Equibase: "This horse has not been sold via public auction." I was under impression that Calumet was racing him themselves and then Red TR Racing claimed him out from under them for $30K. So to me, this is still a homebred, went to the racetrack by the breeders and then got claimed? He was not bred to sell originally right?
I have always perceived a homebred to be a horse bred by its current owner but I could be wrong . What do other folks on the board think ?
www1.drf.com/help/help_glossary.htmlRich Strike WAS originally bred and raced by Calumet. ( He wasn't bred to be commerically sold at auction, but to race for his "owner/breeders".) If you go back and look at his very first race you can see this: the "owners" of record was Calumet Farms. The same people who also bred him (which is also on his pedigree report).
Joe Sharp was training at that time. His 2nd race, also Calumet. Owners were racing their own horse they bred.
He got "claimed" before his 3rd race at Keenland by Eric Reed Red TR Racing. That doesn't change the fact that he is a homebred, bred and raced by his owner/breeders. Getting claimed later on in career has nothing to do with that status.
You may also be interested in my research on homebreds and their potency in the Derby. I went back as far as I could. When you look at their records, it will make more sense, if you go back to their very first few races......look at Swale. He was bred and raced by Owner: Claiborne Farm; Breeder: Claiborne Farm. Some like him never get claimed way , so they remain with their orig owner/breeders.
But this should be "eye opening" for some ...... it was for me until I started doing the research: You may save this if you wish, I don't mind since I went back 91 years. They have a very high % of hit rate, both winners and ITM. (I did not do the ITM horses, I'll lave that gargantuan task to someone else and I dearly hope somebody DOES do it, maybe and post it up?
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I did the winners though: LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!!
1) 2021 Mandaloun Juddmonte Farms Inc
2) 2019 Country House J. V. Shields, Jr.
2019 Maximum Security Gary & Mary West Stables, Inc DQed (incl. for homebred purposes)
3) 2015 American Pharoah Zayat Stables LLC
4) 2014 California Chrome Steve Coburn & Perry Martin
5) 2013 Orb Stuart S. Janney III & Phipps Stable
6) 2011 Animal Kingdom Team Valor International
7) 2010 Super Saver WinStar Farm LLC
8) 2007 Street Sense Jim Tafel LLC
9) 2006 Barbaro Lael Stables
10) 2005 Giacomo Jerry & Ann Moss
11) 2004 Smarty Jones Someday Farm
12) 1996 Grindstone Overbrook Farm
13) 1993 Sea Hero Rokeby Stable
14) 1986 Ferdinand Elizabeth Keck
15) 1984 Swale Claiborne Farm
16) 1983 Sunny’s Halo D.H. Foster Racing Stable
17) 1982 Gato Del Sol Arthur Hancock III & Leone Peters
18) 1981 Pleasant Colony Buckland Farm
19) 1978 Affirmed Harbor View Farm
20) 1974 Cannonade John Olin
21) 1973 Secretariat Meadow Stable
22) 1972 Riva Ridge Meadow Stable
23) 1968 Forward Pass Calumet Farm
24) 1968 Dancer's Image DQed (including due to homebred)
25) 1967 Proud Clarion Darby Dan Farm
26) 1964 Northern Dancer-CAN Windfields Farm
27) 1963 Chateaugay Darby Dan Farms
28) 1962 Decidedly El Peco Ranch
29) 1961 Carry Back Jack & Katherine Price
30) 1958 Tim Tam Calumet Farm
31) 1957 Iron Liege Calumet Farm
32) 1955 Swaps Rex Ellsworth
33) 1952 Hill Gail Calumet Farm
34) 1950 Middleground King Ranch
35) 1949 Ponder Calumet Farm
36) 1948 Citation Calumet Farm
37) 1946 Assault King Ranch
38) 1944 Pensive Calumet Farm
39) 1943 Count Fleet Mrs. John D. Hertz
40) 1942 Shut Out Greentree Stable
41) 1941 Whirlaway Calumet Farm
42) 1938 Lawrin Woolford Farm
43) 1937 War Admiral Glen Riddle Farms
44) 1936 Bold Venture Morton Schwartz
45) 1935 Omaha Belair Stud
46) 1933 Brokers Tip Col. E.R. Bradley
47) 1932 Burgoo King Col. E.R. Bradley
48) 1931 Twenty Grand Greentree Stable
49 1930 Gallant Fox Belair Stud
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