Colt tops day one of NZ yearling sales at $NZ1.975m
A colt fetched $NZ1,975,000 yesterday on the opening twenty-four sixty minutes menstruation of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 87th National Yearling Sales Series at Karaka.
The operate past times cost was paid for the much-anticipated colt – lot 63. By Coolmore Stud’s Fastnet Rock from the Peintre Celebre mare Celebria, the half-brother to Group 1 winner Gathering offered past times Curraghmore Stud is from the star-studded household unit of measurement of Redoute’s Choice together with Platinum Scissors.
After a three-way bidding battle amongst Peter Moody together with David Ellis, the colt was secured past times Coolmore Stud’s Tom Magnier for the 5th highest cost ever fetched at Karaka.
Magnier said: “He was definitely ane of the horses nosotros wanted. He is a really prissy colt amongst lots of lineament together with the household unit of measurement is doing really well.”
It was a rigid day’s merchandise at the sale, which saw the average, aggregate together with clearance all ahead of the results from twenty-four sixty minutes menstruation 1 final year.
With xl fewer horses catalogued for the twenty-four sixty minutes menstruation compared amongst 2012, turnover is ahead at $25,490,000, reflecting an average of $161,332 versus $145,985 at the terminate of Day 1 final year.
The clearance charge per unit of measurement was a really good for you lot 77 per cent.
The top-priced filly of the day, together with the 2nd operate past times cost of the sale therefore far, was the Zabeel filly, lot 103, a half-sister to New Zealand’s leading three-year-old filly this flavour inwards Fix (Iffraaj). She was bought for $800,000 past times Alan Bell.
The onetime Racing New South Wales chairman was impressed amongst the lineament on offering together with thrilled amongst his purchase from Haunui Farm, destined for Tim Martin’s stable.
“She’s a world-class filly. She’s past times a sire that is both a wonderful sire of race fillies but he’s a broodmare sire par excellence,” Bell said.
“She is that abrupt type of Zabeel filly that won’t attain got also much fourth dimension to larn rolling therefore she’s going to stand upward for Aussie racing. She’s going to sew together to a mile together with perhaps beyond.
“She’s a rare private past times a stallion that has no peer.”
Bell bought 4 yearlings yesterday, 2 fillies together with 2 colts, for $1,430,000.
Currently threatening to terminate Cambridge Stud’s 31-year reign at the operate past times of the Karaka vendor tabular array is Gordon Cunningham’s Curraghmore Stud, which sold the day’s operate past times lot. With all xv of Curraghmore’s entries for yesterday straight off sold, the stud has an aggregate of $6,270,000 at an average of $418,000.
Curraghmore chief Gordon Cunningham ever rated his star colt together with wasn’t surprised past times the result.
“He was a colt that I rated really highly from the really commencement fourth dimension I saw him together with I am grateful to John Camilleri for having given me the chance to sell him.
“I wasn’t surprised at the effect equally well-bred colts of his nature volition ever hold out sought afterwards past times the major players together with I’m delighted that Coolmore attain got bought him.
“Regardless of figures I knew that this was the best draft nosotros attain got offered together with I am grateful to everybody that has bid on our horses together with wishing them the best of luck.”
Curraghmore Stud has 7 premier yearlings to hold out offered today, including to a greater extent than or less other colt together with filly past times Fastnet Rock.
The leading buyer for the twenty-four sixty minutes menstruation was the Hong Kong Jockey Club, buying half dozen yearlings for $2,115,000 at an average of $352,000.
Australian buyers were the biggest forcefulness on the salegrounds on twenty-four sixty minutes menstruation one, therefore far accounting for to a greater extent than than $13 1000000 worth of stock, over one-half the day’s aggregate.
New Zealand – led past times Te Akau chief David Ellis spending $1.7 1000000 – has spent simply over $7 1000000 inwards total therefore far. Also active were buyers from Singapore, South Africa, Malaysia together with Macau.
Providing much of the activity at the operate past times terminate of the Sale, Fastnet Rock currently heads the sires tabular array amongst 10 lots sold for $4,725,000 at an average of $472,500. The 3rd operate past times cost of the twenty-four sixty minutes menstruation was the Fastnet Rock filly from Episode at Lot 129, bought from Curraghmore Stud past times Bart Cummings for $700,000.
Also inwards high necessitate were Encosta de Lago, Zabeel, High Chaparral together with O’Reilly.
With half dozen days of selling all the same to go, New Zealand Bloodstock co-managing manager Petrea Vela was pleased amongst how the sale began.
“It has been an extremely pleasing laid about to sales week. We’re thrilled amongst the turnout of buyers, the salegrounds are equally busy equally ever, together with there’s been lots of spirited bidding correct throughout the day.
“Leading into the calendar week it was difficult to predict how things were going to unfold but vendors are doing good to come across the marketplace position together with the mood on the grounds is really positive. The clearance charge per unit of measurement at 77 per cent is a keen laid about together with is probable to strengthen fifty-fifty farther tomorrow.”
Selling resumes today at 11am.
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