National Yearling Sale – First Day Results
| National Yearling Sale – First Day Results |
The TBA National Yearling Sale kicked off this afternoon and saw the top price for a handsome chestnut KZN-bred colt from Summerhill Stud [pictured above], a son of Visionaire selling as Lot 126 for R525 000.
The colt named Count Von Count (sold as Lot 126), out of mare Dream Starling by Northern Guest, is a half-brother to Gr3 placed Cookie Monster. This yearling is from the damline of Bruce Nicolas’ In The Fast Lane as well as Newton Power.
A beautifully-bred Kahal filly [pictured right] from Bruce Le Roux’s Spring Valley Stud – Lot 61 named Kahula out of Gr2 Fort Wood mare Bedloe’s Island, topped the KZN-bred fillies and was the top-priced Kahal of the day.
She is the first foal from Bedloe’s Island, also bred by Bruce Le Roux.
The first colt to go through from freshman sire Golden Sword, a resident son of High Chapparal at Champion Breeders’ Summerhill Stud, sold for R250 000, Lot 95 named Spook Express.
His dam is a half-sister to Gr1 winning Disappear.
Just As Well was represented by one individual today at the sale, a very large well grown Roski-bred filly named Molly Kool sold for R160 000.
Her full sister, Just A Jet, is highly thought of in training.
Out of a Jet Master mare A Thousand Jets, second dam is Gr2 placed Asmara from the family of Yataghan, Destroyer and In Camera.
KZN Breeder Bruce Nicolas sold his half-sister by Philanthropist to In The Fast Lane for R650 000.
The Northern Guest mare, First Arrival, has produced six runners and six winners, with In The Fast Lane sent to the UK to race.
The top priced colt [pictured left] overall of the day was a Dynasty out of a Danehill Dancer mare from the family of Arabian Lass, who sold for R4,250 000 to Tony Millard.
In total 150 lots were catalogued, with an aggregate of R41 875 000 and average of R361 215 each.
The sale will commence again tomorrow afternoon from 1pm, from Lots 151 to 330.
Congratulations to the Vendors and Buyers on a great sale!
Bloodstock South Africa’s Vice Chairman Kevin Woolward commented that whilst the sale started slowly, “we picked up momentum nicely. Althouugh the aggregate was slightly lower than last year’s Lots, the average is R361 215, as opposed to last year’s R349 781.
“The record National Yearling Sale’s price set today is encouraging in the current economic climate, that we have a new sales record. The middle market was not as strong as previously and I think buyers are targeting specific lots and they are not looking elsewhere.”
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