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Lunch at Keeneland Sales costs a mere 3.7 Million!

                                                                                   Lunch at Keeneland Sales costs a mere 3.7 Million!

Well...not exactly! My lunch was $4.00 but for Mr. O'Byrne it was 3.7 million!

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! More on the story and video link here.

I know many people come to Keeneland in Kentucky to watch horses race, but to me the Keeneland Sales are the most exciting.

Have a nice lunch and watch people spend BIG money. AHHHHhhhh...What a life! 

I LOVE KENTUCKY! 

 

Lizette Fitzpatrick - Baby Boomer Real Estate Relocation Specialist with Prudential Don Foster in Richmond, Kentucky.

Rated number #1 featured Kentucky Realtor on Activerain.com and Localism.com. Publisher/Author for the only Central Kentucky email newsletter on local real estate listings and sold properties, Kentucky relocation, local events, homeowner information and fun! For more information on Lizette, Kentucky Horse Farms, Prudential Don Foster, Madison County, Fayette County, Richmond or Lexington, Kentucky click on Lizette.us.

See for yourself what Lizette's extraordinary clients have to say about their Kentucky real estate experience.

 

9 comments • Lizette Fitzpatrick - Lexington KY MLS - Kentucky Homes - Horse Farms • September 12 2007 09:59AM

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nice...

is this a potential for one of the big races?? or just stud?

Posted by David A. Podgursky, PA (Boynton Beach & Lake Worth Florida Real Estate Broker Associ) over 4 years ago
David - This might be one you will hear of next year as a Derby contender if he playes his cards right.
Posted by Lizette Fitzpatrick - Lexington KY MLS - Kentucky Homes - Horse Farms (Lizette Realty - Lexington KY - Richmond KY) over 4 years ago
Lizette--Too bad that they were bidding on horses and not houses. Especially if you could have been the representive for the sale. That would be a nice commission! :) Sounds like a fun way to spend an afternoon!
Posted by Teri Eckholm, REALTOR® Anoka&Washington Counties Acreage & Lakeshore Homes (REMAX Specialists) over 4 years ago

Lizette:

 

 FYI, many auction bidders do wink their eyes to bid.  I am an auctioneer.  There are many subtle ways of bidding without anyone else knowing it.

Those race horse sales are very exciting!!!!

Posted by Mike Morris (Beiler-Campbell Realtors / Beiler Campbell Auction Services) over 4 years ago
Lizette, I would have loved that!  I've been to auctions but they were for furniture, not horses!  I bet you had a blast :)
Posted by Laura Cerrano and Carole Provenzale Owner, Feng Shui Long Island & New York (Feng Shui Long Island & New York City/Feng Shui Manhattan ) over 4 years ago

Teri - Too bad houses are not selling like that now. That would be fantastic!

Mike - I really find that amazing about the eye blink for a bid at that high a price. Auctions are so exciting!

Carole - You wold find this world amazing! There is nothing like it anywhere.  You need to come visit. It's not Paris...but a close second! lol

Posted by Lizette Fitzpatrick - Lexington KY MLS - Kentucky Homes - Horse Farms (Lizette Realty - Lexington KY - Richmond KY) over 4 years ago
Holy cow!  That is one expensive pet!  Makes you feel a bit better about your $4.00 lunch :)
Posted by Your Tampa Bay Mortgage Source over 4 years ago
Leah - You are right! I was thinking that even on a good day in real estate I still can't afford those prices. The opening bid starts around $25,000 on some of them.
Posted by Lizette Fitzpatrick - Lexington KY MLS - Kentucky Homes - Horse Farms (Lizette Realty - Lexington KY - Richmond KY) over 4 years ago
So Lizette...what did YOU get for your $4 lunch? I mean, besides the company of someone with a taste for a really expensive horse!!
Posted by Real Estate Specialist | Brandon, FL | Susie Roscoe (Signature Realty Associates) over 4 years ago

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