William Inglis’ Weanling and Breeding stock sale featuring the Johnson Family dispersal, has proven a success with a Redoute’s Choice weanling colt out of the Spectrum mare Dancing selling to KP Thoroughbreds for $300,000 on Friday.
   In total $3.86million was traded on the day, with a solid clearance rate of (84%). The select weanling session averaged $21,426 which included five weanlings that fetched $100,000 or more.
  Young sires, Strada (Danehill - Shindig by Straight Strike (Widden Stud)) and Nadeem (Redoute’s Choice - Candide by Sound Reason (Darley Stud)) both featuring in the new season sire showcase had progeny that were in heavy demand, with weanlings selling for $135,000 and $125,000 respectively.
    Every state in Australia was represented by buyers, in addition to clients from the United States, Singapore, Japan, South Africa, the Philippines and New Zealand, who were particularly strong over both days.
    “I’d like to thank the Johnson family and Twin Palms for entrusting us with their dispersal,” Inglis Managing Director Mark Webster said.
    “This is the second year of this sale but it has very quickly established its place on the sales calendar and its timing has proven ideal for quality dispersals”
   “The session finished with a clearance rate of 80% and we had a lot of inquiry from pin hookers and we look forward to re-offering their purchases at next year’s yearling sales,” Webster concluded.

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Permalink| Jun 28, 2009

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