BEST AGGREGATE YET

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 23, 28 January 1938, Page 13

BEST AGGREGATE YET

YEARLING SALES

OPINIONS ABOUT STANDARD

There has probably never been so wide difference of opinion on the ' quality and prospects oi the youngsters ] offered and sold at the NationaJ. Yearling Sales at Trentnajn as there w i< this ye;ir. Many sires were rejut.-j sented for the first time, and several j sires who made the earlier sales had j ceased to be represented or were represented only by a few offspring. For instance,' there were ho Chief Rulers, and Ljmond had only a small offering for his last crop. Despite all these factors, the auctioneers are satisfied that it was the best sale yet held in the series, which now covers a dozen years. It was interesting to have the cabled view from Sydney a couple of days ago that the leading Sydney trainer G. Price, who had just returned from the sales, considered thaf; there were no outstanding colts in the offering, but an exceptionally good lot of fillies, several by 3eau Fere j".e}ng beautiful youngsters, In contrast to this view is that of two or three Trentham trainers, who have the opportunity for a fortnight before the S3les to inspect the youngsters thoroughly, H. /A. Telr ford, a good judge and the man who bought Phau Lap, was of opinion, for instance that he had never seen a better all-round lot of yearlings. RECOBD-PpiC^p FILLIES. Tlje result pf the sate was' generally mpst satisfactory from the viewpoint of pie majority pf sellers. There were no record-priced youngsters, but twp fillies for the first time on record made four figures. The average (for smaller offerings) has also been" exceeded, but that was in the years before the depression. The number of lots sold was the largest yet, exceeding the 1931 sales. by half a dozen, and this without including several sales subsequently made. The aggregate sum for the sales was easily a record. The catalogue! was «fceed.ed in numbers only in 1931. It comprised 197 yearlings, and 144 of them were offered. Of these 128 were sold on the day for an aggregate of 32,925 guineas, giving the sale "an all-over average bf 257 guineas Since the sales a number of other Jqts have been disposed of, inSwftJ»SS! ****»*»** wy Tjjp following taple will be of inter* esJ ,as,,gfving the number of yearlings, sold, the aggregate turnover for the sales, and the average price for the offering since the National Sales were first instituted in }927:^Tptal. Ayer»pj, Lots sold. Gs. Os. J»P r, 48» l|3,fioo S4l 1028 ~„„.. 50* 14,800 552 1929 ....,.,. 3R« 12.&20 ;m 1930 ~...,„ 50* 20,750 415 IJSI 128 34,665 120 1932 ~....„ S6 }9,080 Uf "•H "> §3 10.J40 m 193* ~ 67 3G.650 218 'A IJSS ' 86 20,722% 210 V«. 13SB , , S8 31,03314 239 "3? , 123 St% 257 *Ono v selling firm only. .. This year's aggregate turnoyer at the sales was not only the largest since the two firms of Wright, Stephenson, and Co,, Ltd., and Pyne, Gould Gumness, Ltd., combined their offerings in 1931 but it exceeded the combined aggregates pf this two firms in any of the first four years of the sales. It is interesting to observe that the present trend of the sales, measured through averages, ig very similar to thatshown by the totalisator, which', of course, might be expected. " "'/ FEATURE QF WE SALE. The features pf the §ale were tfee continued demand fgr the stocl?: qf the Soa-mrLaw horse geau Fere, who was the sensatiqji pf lpst year's pale, and the good prices obtained for the stock of the new stallions, Foxbridge (a grandson of Son-in-Law) and'Hingmaster (a eon of the two~ thousand guineas winner Colorado, who has proved hjmself one of the best of Phalaris's sgns). Beaij P~ere had the honour of lopping the sale for the second* time, thus securing for himself the signal distinQ? tion of having gire4 the highest-priced, youngster in Tiis first two crops", There will be only one other offering of the Beau Peres in the Dominion, so there I is a big chance that this sire will ex? tend his distinction another step. The five Beau Peres sold at the sale aver-! aged 870 guineas, his filly average (for three fillies) being no less than the easy record1 qf 933 guineas for the six. The subsequent disposal of the Beau Pere—Duelling fijly for IPOO guineas to Mr. E. L. Riddiford makes the Beau Pere averages in effect still better. Another Bpau Pere filly, from Phrosa, was passed in at 1000 guineas, the reserve on her being 1500 guineas. Ringmaster's average for four lots I (two colts and two fillies) was 631 guineas, and ~ Fpxbrjdge's average for five lots (three colts and two fillies) was 550 guineas. Other sires to make good averages were: —Blunting Song (two lots), 537 guineas; Limond (six lots), 486 guineas; Posterity (two lots), 350 guineas; Bulandshar (eight lots), ?94 guineas; Siegfried (seven Jots), 386 guineas; Gascony (five lots), 265 guineas; Lord Quex (eight lofej), 253 guineas; and LPfd Warden (eleven lots), g5? guineas. The top price of the sale wa3 1150 guineas fpr tfie Beau Pere^-Drama fijly offered by Mr. W, R, Stead an 4 purchased by Mr. T. H. Lowpy. Other fqur-figure Jots were:—Siegfried.^* Lilock colt, bought by Ulr. C, Wheeler, Melbourne, fop 105Q guineas; Fpxbridge—Hyades colt, bought by Sir Sydney Snow pnd Mr. A. Lewis, Sydney, for 1000 guineas; Limond —Waterwings colt, bought by Mr. T. Impey, Auckland, for 1000 guineas; and Beau Pere—Barbacan fijly, bought by Mr. T. H. Lowry for 1000 guineas. Subsequent to. the sale, as has )jeen noted, Mr. E. L. Riddiford purchased another Beau Pere fijly for 1000 guineas. The fpUpwing . tabJe gives the yearjings who bought top prices at me twelve National Sales that have so »or been held aj; Trentham:— Guineas. 1927 At)Burd-=Brop?9 c 1023 1328 J/imnitf —llomHce c 2300 1929 Llmpnd—Watanvlpgs c ...., 2100 1030 Hunting Soiig^T-Qratres!. p... 2400 1931 ' Limond—Hyades f ~ 850 l.irnond—Asnjq c ~ 81)0 1332 *lifinon<l—Waterwjngs c 550 1933 *Limonci—Homage c ........ Xl5O 1934 *Limond—lmprudence c ~... SfiO 1933 +Limond—Veil c ."". 2100 lf>3lJ Mmoprt—Homage c ~, 1200 103T *Jleau Pere—Helen c ~ 1050 1038 Beau Pore—Drama f ...... 1150 ♦SloKfried—Lllook c 1030 ■"ljougljt by Australian owners, The amount of buying by the Australians has been a very considerable factor in the sales since 1932. In 1033 the Austrqliaps contributed 6085 guineas to the aggregate turnover of 10,075 guineas; in 1934, 6525 guineas (aggregate 16,650 guineas); in 1935, 13,025 guineas (aggregate 20,7224 guineas); in 1936, 9040 guineas (aggregate 21,032$ gumeas); and last year, 12,330 guineas (aggregate 25,505 guineas). This year the disclosed Australian buying has amounted to 11,095 guineas out of the aggregate of 32,925 guineas, The only buying for overseas this year outside of Australia was a Pink Coat colt for India at 210 guineas. Last year South Africa contributed 950 guineas and Singapore another 500 guineas,

Seven mares arrived at Auckland from London on Wednesday by the Imperial Star. First Cast, by Salmon Trout from Joyous, and the winner of five races, is to be put into training. This mare and Karlova, by Clarissimus ■from Kitty Tchin, are consigned to Mr. J. Porter, Akaroa. The remaining five are Falcon, by Flamingo, from Lammermuir; Dorettai, by Foxlaw, from Doraby; Merry Miss; a mare by Plantagg from Jnchmalgne; sn d Saone, a French-bred mare. They are also consigned, to the South Island.