Lot 76, Raise the Flag - Legal Note Colt
Tara Hughes
Kevin Myers had the final say on the top lot during New Zealand Bloodstock's record breaking South Island Sale in Christchurch on Friday.
The Wanganui horseman went to $52,500 to secure a son of Raise The Flag out of the White Robe Lodge draft.
A half-brother to three winners, the colt is out of the Personal Escort mare Legal Note who is from the family of the Melbourne Cup winner Baghdad Note.
The second highest price of $43,000 was paid by Ascot Farm, the Cambridge operation of Bruce and Maureen Harvey, for a Showcasing colt.
Offered by Inglewood Stud, the youngster is out of a half-sister by Keeper to the Gr.1 Goodwood Handicap winner Velocitea.
A superb day of trade resulted in the sale aggregate more than doubling last year's $655,250 to $1,447,110 at an increased average of $17,435, up from $10,401 and the median rose from $6000 to $15,000 with an excellent 92 percent clearance rate.
"For any sale to double its turnover and see the average, median and clearance rate increase by such large margins is spectacular," NZB managing director Andrew Seabrook said.
"The future of this sale has now well and truly been cemented and to see international buyers such as the China Horse Club, John Foote, Darren Dance, Liam Birchley, Eion Sullivan and Stephen Chow, among others, shows that there is still strong demand for the southern product."
The China Horse Club was the leading buyer at the sale with their Cambridge-based racing and bloodstock manager Michael Wallace spending $324,000 on 21 lots.
"We came to secure the type of sound southern horses that the region is renowned for producing and found good quality and value on offer," he said.
As well as offering the sale topper, White Robe Lodge was the leading vendor by aggregate with $394,000 realised from 15 lots sold.
"We made sure we had a draft that boasted quality stock from winning mares and good families," Wayne Stewart said.
"We didn't do anything different in terms of the preparation of our horses, however we saved our whole yearling crop for this sale and I believe this gave the buyers confidence that we came to this sale with our best horses."
Inglewood Stud was the leading vendor by average at $28,800 from five lots sold and their resident sire Zacinto was the leading sire by average at $23,600, also from five lots sold. – NZ Racing Desk.
The Wanganui horseman went to $52,500 to secure a son of Raise The Flag out of the White Robe Lodge draft.
A half-brother to three winners, the colt is out of the Personal Escort mare Legal Note who is from the family of the Melbourne Cup winner Baghdad Note.
The second highest price of $43,000 was paid by Ascot Farm, the Cambridge operation of Bruce and Maureen Harvey, for a Showcasing colt.
Offered by Inglewood Stud, the youngster is out of a half-sister by Keeper to the Gr.1 Goodwood Handicap winner Velocitea.
A superb day of trade resulted in the sale aggregate more than doubling last year's $655,250 to $1,447,110 at an increased average of $17,435, up from $10,401 and the median rose from $6000 to $15,000 with an excellent 92 percent clearance rate.
"For any sale to double its turnover and see the average, median and clearance rate increase by such large margins is spectacular," NZB managing director Andrew Seabrook said.
"The future of this sale has now well and truly been cemented and to see international buyers such as the China Horse Club, John Foote, Darren Dance, Liam Birchley, Eion Sullivan and Stephen Chow, among others, shows that there is still strong demand for the southern product."
The China Horse Club was the leading buyer at the sale with their Cambridge-based racing and bloodstock manager Michael Wallace spending $324,000 on 21 lots.
"We came to secure the type of sound southern horses that the region is renowned for producing and found good quality and value on offer," he said.
As well as offering the sale topper, White Robe Lodge was the leading vendor by aggregate with $394,000 realised from 15 lots sold.
"We made sure we had a draft that boasted quality stock from winning mares and good families," Wayne Stewart said.
"We didn't do anything different in terms of the preparation of our horses, however we saved our whole yearling crop for this sale and I believe this gave the buyers confidence that we came to this sale with our best horses."
Inglewood Stud was the leading vendor by average at $28,800 from five lots sold and their resident sire Zacinto was the leading sire by average at $23,600, also from five lots sold. – NZ Racing Desk.