Colt brings $8500

Press, 31 March 1980, Page 27

Colt brings $8500

PA Hamilton A’ yearling colt by Silver Dream fetched the top price of $B5OO at the Wrightson Bloodstock Yearling and Mixed Bloodstock Sale at Claudelands. Offered on account of the Fleurs Thoroughbred Stud, Cambridge, the colt is a half-brother to four winners including Fan tan, and the good Australian winners, Gold Saint and Regal Spray.

From the Blueskin mare, Tenderly, the colt is from the same family as Lunar Probe, which was second top-weight colt on the Two-year-old Free Handicap and later successful in America. The colt went to the bid of Charles David Proprietary, Ltd, Sydney. Next highest price, $6500,

was outlayed by another Australian buyer, Mr C. Fitton, of Brisbane, for a filly by Diplomatic Agent from Hasty Bride. Offered on account of Mr S. L. Izett, of Wellington, the colt is the first foal of Hasty Bride, an .unraced Hasty Cloud mare. Hasty Bride is herself a sister or half-sister to six winners, including ■ Hasty Heart, which enjoyed considerable success in Australia, and Dusty Bound. Mr O. K. Ross, of Whangarei, paid $6OOO for a brown filly by Namnan from the Streetfighter mare. Rue Vitesse. Another of the draft from Fleurs Stud. Cambridge, the filly is a sister' to the good juvenile Fleur Vitesse.