Natalie’s Blog

I’ve always loved horses, especially Thoroughbreds. But, since they’re not rideable and cost a fortune to maintain, I always had my realistic goal set on a Quarter Horse or a Paint Horse. That never came to pass, either.

Lack of funds is my biggest issue with owning a horse of any kind, even a miniature that you can actually keep in your house (yeah, don’t think that thought never passed through my mind). I’d looked into many different ways of owning a horse but it just never happened.

Today that ended. A friend of mine from a virtual horse racing site, HorseRacingPark.com, just purchased a 5% interest in a gorgeous Two Year Old Cozzene filly. He piqued all of our interests with the buy, since most of us have never owned horses. Shortly after his announcement, the same syndicate announced that they had a Yearling Pure Prize filly available for purchase. The full 5% was too much for me, but I had been told that it was a possibility that a 2.5% share was available. That still cost me a little too much, but we eventually worked out a deal and…

I own a race horse!

I am planning a trip to Kentucky next year, so I just might get to see her at least once. She will most likely make her start in about a year’s time.

For years I had always wanted to own a Storm Cat baby. His outrageous stud fee would never allow this to happen for me, but as fate would have it, she is the granddaughter of Storm Cat! As close as I will ever get, but damn, close enough!

I’m really excited about this opportunity. This could become a drug for me. The syndicate buys a new horse every year and every year offers up shares for sale. I’m excited, now, to see what will be offered next year!

By the way, this filly sold earlier this month at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale for only $13,000… $500 over Pure Prize’s stud fee.