Thoroughbred Daily News | By Alan Carasso
Two of Pender’s latest success stories are a pair of Florida-bred fillies by Bucchero, sourced 12 months apart at the OBS June Sale, each acquired for $40,000 and neither loaded up on a van with owners already in place. It was a roll of the dice Pender was willing to take. “I think it keeps me really focused and hungry, I sort of ask myself, ‘If I buy these, am I OK owning these myself?’,” said Pender, who turned 59 on Valentine’s Day. “That’s a really tough question for a lot of bloodstock agents.”
