Record Sydney yearling sale

Press, 26 January 1979, Page 10

Record Sydney yearling sale

I All records for stai dard-j bred sales in Australia were broken at the three-day Sydney yearling sales of Parramatta Livestock, which con!eluded on Wednesday. A colt with strong New Zealand affiliations realised 529.000, a record for Australia and New Zealand, the previous best being $26,000 paid in Christchurch two vears ago for Columbus. Offered on behalf of Karingal Stud, and clients, he was by Over Trick from a N.S.W. Oaks winner, Shy Castle (Play Bill-Shy), which had one start in New Zealand j from Freeman Holmes's; team. He was purchased by] the Sydney trainer. Eddie; Sims, acting as agent. The veteran Sydney: j trainer, Percy Hall, paidi

•i 525,000 for a brother to Rip . Van Winkle, while Mr Bob: Ingham paid $17,000 for a‘ ’ colt by Overtrick from an- • other N.S.W. Oaks winner in • Tanya Hanover (Garrison; Hanover-Fidelior). ■ Mr Ingham operated freely; I and bought 24 lots for about: ■ $138,000. : An Overtrick colt from > Pascali (Armbro Hurricane-j > Twig) was bought for $15.500: bv the Sydney trainer, John -iMignemi. > Altogether 293 of the 533 . lots in the catalogue were ■ sold for $780,900, a record; I average for an Australian I sale of $2665. ;■ The round of sales will) •[continue in other Australian! finishing with the! national selected sale of r yearlings in Christchurch ini [lMarch.