Tell us something really trivial about your life (vol - XIV)

[Waugh-terfall]

Zwolf said:

I'll bet his mum doesn't still buy his clothes though...

This only happens on occasion. I buy my own, thanks.

[GTIR]

Carthage said:

Aizle said:

GTIR said:

I'm at Tattersalls horse sales in Newmarket.

Biiiig money sale.

How much does a thoroughbred top dollar station go for?

100k? 500k? Millions?

I saw Sadlers Wells at Coolmore a few years back, and he was valued then at £40 - £50 million, with covering fees of around £120k (NFNF terms, I think).

It was bought in 2007 for $5 million as a yearling.

These horses are yearlings at Tatts too.

Interestingly the sales are in Guineas (= £1.05).

Edited by GTIR on Tuesday 9th October 22:02

[Carthage]

GTIR said:

Carthage said:

Aizle said:

GTIR said:

I'm at Tattersalls horse sales in Newmarket.

Biiiig money sale.

How much does a thoroughbred top dollar station go for?

100k? 500k? Millions?

I saw Sadlers Wells at Coolmore a few years back, and he was valued then at £40 - £50 million, with covering fees of around £120k (NFNF terms, I think).

It was bought in 2007 for $5 million as a yearling.

These horses are yearlings at Tatts too.

Coolmore told us that their sires would cover a couple of mares a day during the stud season, so that's a lot of profit (even taking into account that the same mare would usually be covered twice - on days 2 and 4 of oestrous).
Weatherbys doesn't allow AI.

[Waugh-terfall]

"Spare meat, little bit o' this, little bit o' that, grab a handful, fry it up. Meatabix."

[DickyC]

Waugh-terfall said:

Zwolf said:

I'll bet his mum doesn't still buy his clothes though...

This only happens on occasion. I buy my own, thanks.

The horror, the horror.

If there are public occasions in prospect when I go to Devon to see my mum I live in dread of her looming up to inspect me, a licked corner of hanky in hand. I'm fifty eight fer gawd's sake.

[Carthage]

GTIR said:

Interestingly the sales are in Guineas (= £1.05).

Edited by GTIR on Tuesday 9th October 22:02

Guineas are traditional, and sometimes 'luck money' is too.

I used to spend a fair bit of time at horse sales, used to source horses for clients.
Thinking of doing it again now the market's picking up.

[GTIR]

Carthage said:

GTIR said:

Interestingly the sales are in Guineas (= £1.05).

Edited by GTIR on Tuesday 9th October 22:02

Guineas are traditional, and sometimes 'luck money' is too.

I used to spend a fair bit of time at horse sales, used to source horses for clients.
Thinking of doing it again now the market's picking up.

If we had baby's would they have horses heads?

[Gorilla Boy]

Horses are edible meat, nothing else.

[Carthage]

Gorilla Boy said:

Horses are edible meat, nothing else.

Not even very edible, IME.

[Gorilla Boy]

Carthage said:

Gorilla Boy said:

Horses are edible meat, nothing else.

Not even very edible, IME.

I'd eat every one, stupid animals

[Carthage]

Gorilla Boy said:

I'd eat every one, stupid animals

If only I'd known...
Last one I had PTS cost £800 for disposal.

[Carthage]

Trivia: I drove through 'Cockadilly' tonight.

[Gizmoish]

Waugh-terfall said:

"Spare meat, little bit o' this, little bit o' that, grab a handful, fry it up. Meatabix."

Meatabix is my new favourite neologism.

[GTIR]

Carthage said:

Trivia: I drove through 'Cockadilly' tonight.

Did you reminisce?

[Carthage]

GTIR said:

Did you reminisce?

It was disappointingly small (even without lights on), and seemed to come and go quite quickly.

[C2james]

i always laugh a little when i drive past "the blue bell" in cocking.

[GTIR]

Carthage said:

GTIR said:

Did you reminisce?

It was disappointingly small (even without lights on), and seemed to come and go quite quickly.

Seems like they didn't want to hang around.

[NoVetec]

Good Morning.

Time to nap, eat and then sleep properly.

[DickyC]

The radio searches valiantly for a stronger signal for Radio 2 several times between Newbury and Reading en route to Norbiton. While it's searching, all is quiet except for the the engine, the noise of the road and me singing. The trick is to try to keep time and see how close you are when the music comes back.

[slopes]

Gorilla Boy said:

I'd eat every one, stupid animals

Not everyone is a self proclaimed rufty tufty macho man like you though Gor