SYDNEY SALES
Total Near s2m (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) SYDNEY. The turnover at the Sydney Yearling Sales, which ended on Monday, was only 1625 short of $2 million. In the four days of the sales, conducted by William Inglis and Son, the record sum of $1,999,375 was spent on 623 yearlings. The average price of $3209 was also a record. The previous record was established last year. when 616 yearlings went under the hammer for 81.697,901.'an average of $2756 Buyers had their biggest spending day of this years sales on the second day last Thursday. when $815,000 was paid for 174 lots, an average of $4684. The imported stallion, Gaul, which was represented for the first time, had a successful sale. He topped the stallions’ aggregate with $182,400 from the sale of 22 yearlings. Gaul stands at the Oakleigh Stud, tn the Widden Valley. Sixteen Star Kingdom yearlings were sold for $159,650, an average of $9978.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31662, 24 April 1968, Page 4
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