$ll,000 for colt at Waikato sales

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33435, 17 January 1974, Page 8

$ll,000 for colt at Waikato sales

HAMILTON. (New Zealand Press Association) I he record price established on Tuesday was bettered by some $2500 at the closing session of the Waikato Yearling Sales yesterday. when an Aucklander. Mr H. W. Ritchie, outbid strong Australian opposition to secure a Taipan 11-Silk and Silver colt for $ll,OOO.

The Taipan 11 coit, a particu- : larly handsome chestnut, well grown and with all the scope of a top racehorse, drew marked attention from the moment he entered the ring. The auctioneer. Sir P. Kelly, • opened the bidding at $lOOO, and • after a spirited duel with two s Australian buyers, Mr Ritchie s secured the colt. ’ Although not eligible for the Stud Book, the Taipan colt comes - from one of the most successful' ■ families in New Zealand racing.' ; His dam. Silk And Silver, is bv ■ Byland from Nereis, bv Nep- - tune from Lucky Lulu. This isj -’ the family of Sleepv Fox. the; - winner of four Easter Handicaps -and numerous other races, - Gentle Lu. Corolu, Master Coro. Inach, Dashing Lu, Old And Bold,: • land Fencourt. I The colt was offered by Mr and * . Mrs R C. Manning, proprietors • j of the Tudor Park Stud. Howick,(where Taipan II stands. I

The second-highest price wasI $6500 which Mr K. A. Johnstone, : of New South Wales, paid for a I Crest of the Wave—Truella colt ; Australian buyers took many of the top-priced lots, as they . had done the previous day. I Of the 169 lots offered vesteri day, 133 were sold for $346,875, i an average of $2608. On Tuesday. 127 of 166 lots offered: , fetched $269,800, an average of : $2125. — : CANTERBURY PARK TROTTING CLUB ' WITHDRAWSLS for all events at i the above Club's Commonwealth ’ Games Meeting to be held on ■ January 26. 1974. must be re-, .ceived by 3 p.m. on Monday,: : January 21. D C. PARKER, ' i Secretary/Manager. 'I —AdvtJ