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i have good news for you cass!!! my estiamtes is that she will go for the price between $1.5 to $1.8 mill.........if your serious, i can help you out.......


Multiple Group One winning mare Eskimo Queen will go under the hammer at June's 2009 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale after being retired today.

Trainer Michael Moroney confirmed the news that the daughter of Shinko King had been retired following her unplaced effort in Saturday's Group One Coolmore Classic.

She won last year's Coolmore Classic, doubling her Group One count after winning the Queensland Oaks as a three-year-old.

"We won a couple of Group Ones with her, but she was one of those unlucky mares who could have won more," Moroney said.

"She probably should have won the Underwood Stakes and who knows what she could have done in the Queensland Derby (when she lost the rider)."

And of course there was the Caulfield Cup when she in great form and was a late scratching in a sensational prelude to the big race in 2007.

The outstanding mare earned her connections $868,650 in Australia and $18,800 in New Zealand from just 21 starts.

Eskimo Queen joins an outstanding line up of mares set to go under the hammer at the Southern Hemisphere's top breeding sale.

Entries are closing soon for the National Sale which will include an outstanding selection of weanlings, yearlings, stallions and racehorses.

The mint julep is well-known as the traditional beverage of the Kentucky Derby, a position it has held since 1938. Each year almost 120,000 juleps are served at Churchill Downs over the two day period of the Kentucky Oaks and the Kentucky Derby. For over 18 years, the Early Times Mint Julep Cocktail has been the designated "official mint julep of the Kentucky Derby".

At the 2006 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs served custom-made mint juleps at a cost of $1000 each. The mint juleps were served in gold-plated cups with silver straws, and were made from Woodford Reserve bourbon, mint imported from Ireland, ice from the Bavarian Alps, and sugar from Australia. The proceeds were used to support charitable causes dedicated to retired race horses.

In May 2008, Churchill Downs unveiled the world's largest mint julep glass. Churchill Downs, in conjunction with Early Times, commissioned the Weber Group to fabricate the 6-foot (1.8 m) tall glass (7.5-foot (2.3 m) if the mint sprig is included). The glass was constructed from FDA food-grade acrylic, heated and molded into the shape of an official 2008 Derby glass. It had a capacity of 206 US gallons (780 l; 172 imp gal), and distributed the mint juleps at the Derby with an elaborate pumping system concealed within the "stir straw".

have spoken to connections of eskimo queen......it seems my estimate may have been high......probably au$800,000 to $100,000

sorry left an 0 off the last post...........

$1,00 per drink!!!!!!!
well at least it goes to good cause!!!!

..here unless a horse goes lame or has severe behavourial problems, most go on to breeding/show/pleasure/eventing careers......do they put them down in the states if they arent breeding propositions??????

Actually I am having a cookout after Oaks and another after Derby. I have almost 200 pounds of ribs along with steals, burgers and horse dogs... er... i mean hot dogs. The neighbors are bringing other things and one is bringing a couple gallons of bourbon to make Mint Juleps. We have a blast at our cookouts. Wish you could be here.

zee

The south side St. Patrick's Day parade is cancelled for next year, so get out your guns and go after those PETA people (just joking about the guns)

OMG PETA hates the Irish too?.... When will the hate end?

zee

WHY CRYSTAL??????