Lexington KY - Keeneland Sales 2009 - Keeneland Race Track
Lunch at Keenland Sales costs 3.7 million!
Well...not exactly! My lunch was $4.00 but for Mr. O'Byrne it was 3.7 million!
This happened one September, but imagine having a delicious lunch and in the room next door a live auction is underway at Keeneland Sales. What is up for sale is a beautiful Kentucky thoroughbred colt.
The bidders seem to be hidden because it's hard to tell who is bidding.I swear they must bid with their eyes by blinking because I don't see anyone scratching their nose or raising a finger. Then suddenly as the bid is going up $200,000 a lick... it ends at 3.7 million! Sold! Number 432 to Demi O'Byrne, bloodstock agent for John Magnier's Coolmore Stud.
His rival bidder was Texas-based owner Clarence Scharbauer Jr. The prize was the gray son of Unbridled's Song.In his pedigree included legendary stakes winners: Unbridled, A.P.Indy, Alydar and Seattle Slew. What a fabulous bloodline!
I know many people come to Keeneland Race Track in Lexington KY to watch horses race, but to me the Keeneland Sales 2009 will be the most exciting.
Have a nice lunch and watch people spend BIG money. AHHHHhhhh...What a life!
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It sounds like that lunch was worth more than 4 bucks! I would have paid at least 5!
Dinner and a show afterall! crazy money for a horse, dont you think?
Lizette: Great post (a little tongue in cheek)... regarding sales... I kind of feel like that most days, like we're on auction... and I skip alot of lunches too!... this one sounds really heavenly, would have loved to have been there.
Robert - It was a fun lunch. More money than you would ever dream of if spent on horses there.
Rene - I know the feeling!
Lizette, Great Photo and I love Keenland, but I have never been to one of the sales sounds like fun!! Have a wonderful 4th of July
Liz, I would have enjoyed watching that and wished I could have seen the bidders. We have one ractrack left here to bet and I am going to do that before the summer is over. It really is a lot of fun!
Hi Lizette, I would love to go to one of those auctions just to experience it someday. Thanks for sharing!