CARE TO THINK PROVES PROFITABLE AS BARGAIN BUY
AS millions of dollars changed hands on the Gold Coast yesterday, it was comforting to know that one of the most exciting horses racing at Saturday’s Magic Millions meeting is also among the cheapest.
Bloodstock agent Neil Jenkinson, who works closely with leading Murwillumbah trainer Matt Dunn, plucked Care To Think out of the Magic Millions National Sale in June 2015 for a meagre $16,000.
“He had great presence about him,” Jenkinson said. “He wasn’t jaw-droppingly beautiful but the one thing he had (was) great balance.
“I thought I would have to pay 30 or 40 grand for him, thinking that would be cheap, never thinking I would get him for $16,000.”
The son of So You Think, who stood for $66,000 the year Care To Think was conceived, has already won $240,000. He stands to win another $600,000 if he wins the Magic Millions Cup on Saturday and, given he is being spoken of as a Stradbroke Handicap horse in the winter, what he is capable of winning is likely to prove his purchase price a pittance.
Standing front and centre of the Care To Think fan club is a big contingent of excitable owners, who are sure to rock the Coast track if Jeff Lloyd can navigate a winning path on the fouryear-old come Saturday.
“I get a massive kick out of seeing the owners enjoy themselves,” Jenkinson said.
“There’s one syndicate of 10 owners that own 10 per cent – 1 per cent shareholders each. They get on the drink and it’s like they’ve won the Lotto every time he wins.”
Care To Think burst into contention with a stunning win at Doomben last month, when he overcame a traffic jam to win running away.