Follow the WPT buying team throughout the two-year-old sales. The team's spent time in California and Florida since early March looking to acquire juveniles to campaign under the black and gold silks. Terry Finley leads the buying team and loves the class we've assembled thus far. Did you know WPT has purchased more grade one winners from the 2-year-old in training sales than any other owner in the country?

Follow the WPT buying team throughout the two-year-old sales. The team's spent time in California and Florida since early March looking to acquire juveniles to campaign under the black and gold silks. Terry Finley leads the buying team and loves the class we've assembled thus far. Did you know WPT has purchased more grade one winners from the 2-year-old in training sales than any other owner in the country?

Each sale begins with an “under tack show” where each horse catalogued “breezes” or shows their speed mostly at an eighth of a mile, but sometimes at a quarter mile. Trainers, owners, agents, and consignors are on hands for the breezes. WPT then utilizes professional stride analysis to evaluate the action, efficiency, and stride lengths of each horse. That’s how we start narrowing things down. From there we look at horses back at the barns, consider pedigrees, then evaluate both vet results and heart scans before heading to the ring to acquire the the horses that jump through all the hoops and could potentially carry the black and gold silks.

If you're interested in learning more about West Point Thoroughbreds and these horses, please contact Casey Irving at (518)-583-6406.

OBS April Sale

4/26-Terry

I’m down in Camden, SC this weekend to watch the babies train at Kip Elser’s place. Saw them two weeks ago and they all looked great! It’s so fascinating watching these 2-year-olds develop into racehorses.

Click here to watch his breeze.

4/24- Terry

Got a super NY-bred son of Utopia (JPN) (pictured top right) today at the OBS Sale. We love NY-Breds and have had quite a bit of success with them. Utopia’s first foals are 3-year-olds and he’s gotten off to a good start. He’s amongst the leading sires in New York right now. This colt is an excellent physical. He’s got good bone, a smart eye, and incredible balance.

Had a nice dinner in Tampa with a client. Back to the sales grounds tomorrow morning to do second looks on the day three horses and to make the shortlist for the day four horses. Expect us to get one or two more.

With an open sale like this, it takes quite a bit of work to weed through the not so good horses. If you do your homework, you can really find diamonds in the rough that jump though all the hoops. This colt vetted and heart scanned well above his peers. For anybody interested in racing in New York, this is the horse for you.

4/23 Terry- Bought an awesome Circular Quay colt (pictured at right) this afternoon at the OBS April Sale. I love this horse and have been watching him since I arrived in Ocala last week. We purchased him from Casse Sales, the same people who sold us grade one winner Lear’s Princess. A family of horsemen. This colt has a solid frame on him, but isn’t too big. I like to see horses with meat on their bones that aren’t too big and hard on themselves.

If he was by a more established stallion, he probably brings triple the money. Circular Quay was a hard knocking racehorse and I have no problem whatsoever supporting a promising young stallion like him. This colt had one of the best works of the sale. He went an eighth of a mile in 10.1 and has a stride length 1.58 feet above average. Wow.

We’ve been hard at work the past few days. With over 1,000 horses catalogued, it takes time to find the diamonds in the rough. Have a few horses on the list tomorrow that have a strong chance to be future black and gold bearers. Maybe even a NY-bred or two :).

Click here to watch him breeze.

Keeneland Sale

WPT purchased two really exciting prospects at Keeneland. Both horses passed our stride analysis and heart scan process with flying colors. They both look like the type that should be making noise at Saratoga this summer! Click here to watch their breezes.

Hip #156 Value Plus colt named Legalize. He’s a Louisiana-bred who’s as athletic as they come. Who wants to come to New Orleans?