Cameron Cooke is hoping history can repeat itself after spending NZ$750,000 (US$486,713) on one of his foals. Too hot from family purchase group 1 Karaka of Victoria dealer Grunton the second day of the New Zealand Annual National Blood Breeds Discount Program.
The Melbourian has signed one of the most talked about this week and he has to compete with local and international buyers to secure a spot at the top of the 2023 New Zealand sale. across Tasman to start his racing career.
Trelawney Stud consignment foal (Lot 294) is now the most expensive one-year foal sold to date, having surpassed NZ$625,000 ($405,594) Savabeel The foal was purchased by Te Akau on Day One.
He is at the top of the results table after the second day of trading, also the half-sister with 14 wins group 1 melodies belle take NZ$500,000 ($324,475) and a half-brother with I wish I won earned NZ$375,000 ($243,356).
Colt by per Incanto are also on sale for NZ$400,000 ($259,580), NZ$360,000 ($233,622) and NZ$325,000 ($210,909) and one Extreme choice filey was knocked down for NZ$380,000 ($246,601) yesterday.
The Too Darn Hot half-brother bought by Cooke, topped the session with the winning mare in Group 2 owned by Cambridge Stud Excelidais the fourth living pony of the Lady Sayyidathree-time winner, half-sister to winner Cox Plate (G1) Ocean Park and Ruqqayadam of winners Australian Guineas (G1) and Makybe Diva Stakes (G1) Grunt.
Coolmore’s Tom Magnier and Lindsay Park were strong on ponies as were Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood, who made NZ$625,000, their hopes dashed when “new blood flowed” ” was included for NZ$650,000.
Hot Selling Too Darn Pony Consigned by Trelawney Stud at NZB’s Karaka Annual Sale
Cooke has contracted the foal on behalf of clients in Melbourne, who will send the foal to Ciaron Maher and David Eustace for training.
“He’s a lovely pony,” Cooke said. “He’s clearly outstanding and there’s a lot of people interested in him.”
“We fought pretty hard to get him. We met the market and paid a decent amount of money to buy him. I’m happy to have him.”
“He looks like a star athlete. He’s a great athlete. I got lucky from my family, I bought Grunt as an aspirant and he showed up in the second smash. two.
“There are two stallions on the page and he’s just an excellent type. Hopefully he can turn into Grunt or Ocean Park, both on the pedigree page.”
Trelawney Stud principals Brent and Cherry Taylor were delighted with the results with livestock partner John Struthers.
“John bought Lady Sayyida when she was hungry and Roger James coached her. We wanted to buy her when she retired, but he would only sell half,” said Cherry Taylor.
“John owns Avanti Cycles and is a lovely guy, he loves his race. He loves to breed with us, so I’m glad he achieved such great results.”
UK agent Johnny McKeever, who is in Karaka, also paid AU$1 million (US$696,785) for runner-up Blue Diamond Stakes (G1) by Darley. Enbihaar at the Magic Millions sale earlier this month on behalf of Andrew Lloyd-Webber, the owner of the 2- and 3-year-old ponies who won Europe in 2018 and 2019.
Sheikh Khalifa buys Melody Belle’s half-sister
The Pier The half-sister to New Zealand champion mares Melody Belle has attracted the attention of international racers and breed heavyweights Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al Maktoum and Yulong’s Yuesheng Zhang to Karaka, who have direct confrontation with the consignment farm Haunui (Lot 344).
The ship Pierro was consigned as lot 344 in NZB’s Karaka annual sale
But that was the case first, acting through the Sydney coach’s race manager Annabel Neasham Rob Archibald, who now owns the well-bred girl after shelling out NZ$500,000 for the purchase. she.
Zhang, who flew to Auckland for yesterday’s session, was the lower bidder – this has not been written too often in recent years – although he can console himself that he has there’s Melody Belle and her chubby pony. tycoon writes at his lavish Victorian stud farm.
“We spoke to (representative) Tim Stakamire, and his client, Sheikh Khalifa, and he asked if there were any goodies in this sale,” Archibald revealed.
“We went through a few numbers and we said we particularly like this one. She’s a half-champion and he likes the way she looks. We spoke on the phone. phone and he decided that was the number for him We love her and she is one of those people who loves to shop.
“I think she’s a lovely mover, pretty strong, but it takes a bit of time to breed. She has a good presence on the sales ground. I love her movement and think that will take her a long way.
“I think she’s above average for what we’ve seen, just physically. She’s one of Pierro’s more physically fit people we’ve ever seen.”
Bred by Marie Leicester, whose mares and her ponies reside on the Chitty family’s Haunui Farm near Karaka, Pierro’s daughter is the eighth pony of the bunch. meleka belledam of Melody Belle as well as winners listed Tutukaka.
Mark Chitty, chief executive of Haunui Farm, said: “We go back to Annie Sarten, the daughter of Marie Leicester who bred filthy pigs. We took care of their flocks of blood. for several years”.
“Melody Belle is about to be inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame, which is great. Mrs. Leicester has kept three fillings and Meleka Belle is back as Savabeel’s pony.
“She’s got a fat 3-year-old Divici Belle who won at the start (for Ken and Bev Kelso) and she’s got a chubby Snitzel (trained by Mark Walker)… due to coming to the track. , so I expected that money, but it still has to happen.
“You have to tick all the boxes. Not just in terms of type, but also in terms of scope, x-rays, tests, personal opinions and all that sort of thing.”
While overall sales figures are still higher compared to last year and 2020, given the most recent pre-pandemic Karaka sale, Chitty thinks the opening two days have proven challenging.
“It’s been a good sale, but it’s also a challenging one. You’ve got to get your value right. We’ve seen (that we haven’t received) a lot of advertising, but that’s just it. is the market,” said Chitty. “It’s a six-day sale, you have to take it or drop it and that’s part of the game.”
Neasham has purchased eight cubs a year so far in Karaka.
“We came here to try to find stable, medium-distance fillings,” says Archibald. “There are many beautiful horses here and we are pleased with what we have obtained.
“We think we’ve found some reasonable value and look forward to getting them back and seeing what they can do in the next year or two.”
After two sessions, almost NZ$46.5 million ($30,176,175) was traded, just over half of which could be attributed to buyers in Australia, with a total of 301 saplings sold in The average price is NZ$154,236 ($100,091) with an average price of NZ$135,000 ($87,608). Ground clearance rate improved to 76%.
Although the overall figures are down slightly on a daily basis, the 2023 figures are still higher than previous years and are the brother of group 2 once trained by Grahame Begg butter chicken, who will be offered by Pencarrow Stud as Lot 495 Tuesday is poised to be a strong seller in the final Book 1 session.
NZB’s Kane Jones commented yesterday’s action from the buying bench was an “exciting dynamic”, with international buyers showing their strength after domestic investors took the upper hand. leprosy on the first day.
“All the buyers are here and they are determining the horses they like and the ones they like are popular, so we see that there are a lot of people on these horses and they are those that exceed the reserves.” .
“We’ve seen the liquidation rate increase gradually from Sunday and into today and I know the team is working very hard to sell and ship the horses. I absolutely think the liquidation rate will continue to increase. “
The third day of the Volume 1 sale begins at 11am New Zealand time.
“There is a really good stable horse lineup with a few highlights,” says Jones.
“We still have Sir Peter Vela’s pony Savabeel-Scintillula of Pencarrow Stud coming through, so expect the fireworks when he arrives.”
