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Staff FavouritesMelbourne, Vic (Feb 3rd, 2010) Focus at Karaka turned to the opening session of New Zealand
Bloodstock’s three-day Select Sale with the strength seen during the Premier session.
The first 206 of the 617 horses catalogued for this session saw 148 sold for a total of $8,237,000. The key indicators show a staggering 50% improvement on last year’s results showing more improvement than seen in the Premier Sale over the last two days. The average finished at $55,655, up a whopping 49% from last year’s $37,366 and the median at $45,000 (last year, $30,000). The clearance rate settled at 77% at the end of the day’s proceedings
NZB Select Sale Day 1 highest priced lot a full-brother to Vonusti. Sold for NZ$210,000
Vonusti’s recent Group 1 Telegraph Handicap (1200m) victory helped the cause of his full-brother at Lot 644, reaching the top price of the day at $210,000 to the bid of the New South Wales-based Lucky Owners Syndicate. He was sold by Nick and Anne-marie King’s Brighthill Farm, who sold Vonusti in the same session in 2008 for $28,000 to Lance O’Sullivan.
Currently heading the vendor list is Windsor Park Stud with nine lots selling for $611,000 including Lot 682 by Thorn Park from the stakes performed mare Shadowfax Babe (Volksraad). The $150,000 colt was purchased by Hong Kong-based Magus Equine.
Again prominent in the Select sessions vendor list with the highest average is Hallmark Stud with four lots selling for an average of $110,000, over $35,000 higher than their final Select Sale average last year.
The leading buyer of the opening session has been David Ellis with five lots joining their 14 Premier purchases destined for Te Akau Racing’s Matamata stables at a cost of $390,000.
Also amongst those prominent on the buyers’ sheets today have been New Zealand buyers Wallace Thoroughbreds, Roger James, Rogerson Bloodstock plus international buyers John Foote, Bahen Bloodstock, Hawkes Racing and Laurie Laxon.
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