Filly brings $25,000 at record yearling sales

Press, 21 March 1979, Page 30

Filly brings $25,000 at record yearling sales

By W. R. CARSTON History was made in more ways than one at the 35th New Zealand National Sales of selected standardised yearlings at Christchurch yesterday. When the Parramatta Livestock Agency, of Sydney, went to $25,000 to secure a sister to the top pacer, Wee Win, this created a new New Zealand and Australian record for a yearling filly. The previous best in this country had been $13,500 paid for a daughter of Sly Yankee and Brahmaputra at the National Sales two years ago.

The vendor of the plain bay filly by Out To Win from Foaming Lass yesterday was Mr Max Thompson who, in partnership with his wife, races Wee Win, one of the top fancies for the $125,000 Benson and Hedges Inter-Dominion Championship Pacers’ Grand Final next Saturday.

The aggregate and averages at yesterday’s sales were also all-time records for either country. Although at times passings were frequent a big bench of buyers spent $695,300, an average of $5112, to secure 136 of the 186 lots offered. On the corresponding day of the sale last year 149 lots changed hands for $455,400, an average of $3016. Australian buyers were

very active. Altogether they spent $311,950, an average of $5472, to secure 57 lots, among them some of the choicest in the sale. Parramatta Livestock was the biggest of the Australian buyers. Beside the toppriced filly they bought 14 other yearlings for a total of $lOl,lOO. Another of their purchases in the five-figure bracket was an attractive Out To Win-Silver Halo colt. For this youngster, offered on behalf of Kotare Down, Ltd, Rangiora, they paid $14,000.

There were three other five-figure purchases by Australians. Dalgetv Bloodstock went to $12,000 to secure a Lordship-Pacific Pearl colt, offered on behalf of Tara Lodge Ltd, Halswell; Mr Peter Kafataris, of Sydney, paid $ll,OOO for a Garrison Hanover-Rosedale colt from the Rosewood Stud draft, and Mr R. Winig, of Melbourne, paid $lO,OOO for a Timely Knight-Starwood filly offered by Mr P. A. Watson, of Ashburton.

Mr R. Wanless, of Brisbane, bought six colts for a total outlay of $20,750; Mrs P. J. Hall, of Sydney, spent $17,100 to secure two colts and a filly and Mr R. Annear, of Perth, also secured two colts and a filly for a total of $19,400. The top-priced colt in the sale is a brother to the top Australian pacer, Markovina. This well-built youngster, offered by Messrs W. M. Denton and R. C. J. Mackay, of Christchurch, was bought by Mr Les Purdon, of Auckland, for $23,000. His future and that of two other purchases made by Mr Purdon — a Noodlum-Dora Doone

colt for $5500 and an Out To Win-Morning Glory colt for $7OOO — are destined to do their racing in the United States.

Altogether New Zealanders outlaid $383,350 an average of $4852, to secure 79 lots. Outside of the toppriced colt there were four other purchases in the fivefigure bracket.

The sale started on a high note when Mr Allan Greenslade, of Nelson, paid $20,000 for a Young CharlesSakuntala colt offered on behalf of Mr J. C. and the estate of Mrs J. H. Cummings, of Lawrence.

Dalgety Bloodstock, as agents, paid $12,500 for a Tarport Coulter-Los Altos

colt offered on behalf of; Messrs C. I. Payne and E. H. Davison, of Christchurch, and a Noodlum-Dark Rose filly from the Roydon Lodge Stud draft brought $ll,OOO. The purchaser was Mr E. M. Grant, of Timaru. Mr D. C. Watts, of Christchurch, acting as agent, also paid $ll,OOO for a Young Charles-Ev’s Pride colt. The vendor of this youngster was Mr M. B. Stirling, of Balclutha.

Although yesterday’s aggregate was a new record it could have been higher if some vendors had been prepared to meet the market. Among the passings were two at $ll,OOO and one at $lO,OOO.