In this new series, we ask agents and others who book a lot of mares for their clients which sires might be flying slightly under the radar in this breeding season. Who might be getting overlooked in the rush for the new, hot thing? Read on.
Peter Bradley, Bradley Thoroughbreds LLC
SKY MESA, Three Chimneys, $15,000
Sky Mesa is a horse I like because he is a sire that can get racehorses on any surface, as a sire of Grade I winners on turf, dirt, and Polytrack, having sired horses such as General Quarters and Sky Diva. He is great value at $15,000. At age 19, he is represented by 65 black type winners and four champions. In the auction ring, he provides breeders with access to a great pedigree with a lot of upside in his sales results. In 2018, his yearling average was just over $43,000, but saw high-end prices of $275,000 and $220,000 during the sale season. He also passes on the precocity he displayed as a racehorse as seen through a colt selling at OBS March in 2018 for $300,000. It is also no surprise that daughters of Sky Mesa have found success in the auction ring and the catalogue page. Hailing from one of the great sire and broodmare sire lines in A.P. Indy, Sky Mesa has seen his broodmares sell for prices up to $2,000,000 in recent years.
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