Beaufort Sea in strong demand again

Press, 10 May 1979, Page 20

Beaufort Sea in strong demand again

I By W. R. CARSTON | ! Some breeders with hopes I of getting their mares covered by the Ohoka-basedl 'Beaufort Sea this coming stud season are going to be ’disappointed. The latest newsletter issued by the Inglewood , Stud, where Beaufort Sea 1 stands, makes it quite clear I that it is intended to try to I restrict the stallion to 65 ■ mares this year at a fee of i $l5OO. 1 The stud will have a wide range of mares from which ■to choose. They have al-

| readv received nearly 100 applications for bookings. : The demand for Beaufori i Sea is mainly due to the .‘success of hir first crop on !the racetrack. However, the ifact that his half-brother: ■sold for $950,000 at last year’s Keenland Yearling ■ Sales and that his own stock' I have continued to sell well I i has also added interest. Two yearlings by Beaufort - i Sea at this year’s National ■ Sales at Trentham averaged $9OOO and four Beaufort Sea two-year-olds offered at the- ? I South Island sales last Augi[ust averaged nearly $5OOO. -' Although last year was al

i late stud season Beaufort I Sea finished up with very good fertility figures eonsid- : ering the large number of II mares he covered. At the i ‘ time of the newsletter going Ho print 76 of the 93 mares covered had returned post- ; tive tests, and with some i mares still to be tested it is ‘expected he will end up iwith 80 in foal. King's Palace, which also I stands at Inglewood, covered I 75 mares last stud season i and about 60 of them have ■l returned positive tests. The i Sovereign Path horse was jreorese n ted b' 3R foals from Hhis first crop last year.