Cassidy Sweet on Super Savers

Trainer James Cassidy signed the $400,000 ticket on hip 749, a Super Saver colt who breezed in :21.1. The dark bay is the second foal out of Tell Some Fibs (Tale of the Cat), a full-sister to GISW My Trusty Cat. 
    Cassidy said the colt was purchased on behalf of California businessman Deron Pearson of D P Racing. 
    “I loved everything about him,” Cassidy explained. “The only thing that backed me off was that he’s a May foal. Other than that, I liked everything about him–his performance on the track, his look, he vetted out perfectly–he had a little bit here and there, but nothing to get excited about, and he had a great attitude.” 
    Pearson is the CEO of the telecommunications firm NeXus IS, Inc. He was part of the partnerships that campaigned stakes winners Dextera (Ger) (Royal Dragon) and Maid for Music (Ire) (Dubai Destination) and stakes placed Somethingabouther (War Chant). 
    Cassidy was pleased with the Super Savers that were at the sale. 
    “Every Super Saver I looked at during the sale–every single one of them–is very good looking. It’s amazing,” the conditioner said. 
    Cassidy also signed for hip 807, another Super Saver colt, on behalf of D P Racing, and was the underbidder on another Super Saver colt–hip 779–who went to Mark Casse for $525,000. 
    Peter O’Callaghan’s Woods Edge Farm purchased hip 749 for $85,000 as a weanling at Keeneland November. He went through the ring at Fasig-October, but failed to sell. Wavertree Stables’ Ciaran Dunne explained, “They thought he was a good enough horse that they wanted to go to the next level to sell him and they were greatly rewarded. He’s a lovely horse. He’s a really easy horse to be around. Until we got over here, we never realized he was a May colt, he’s always been really forward and really strong. Being a May foal, you’d like to think there’s more improvement in him.” 
Dunne has had mixed success with Super Savers so far at the sale. 
    “We’ve only had a couple to market so far–we had a really nice one yesterday that we were disappointed in,” he remarked. “Obviously, this horse has sold really well and there’s a lot of hype.”