Bel Esprit Top Colt Sold
New Zealand Bloodstock Ltd
Christchurch turned on a cracker with spirited bidding the order of the day for New Zealand Bloodstock's annual South Island Sale of Two Year Olds and Mixed Bloodstock.
The top colt of the day was Esker Lodge's Lot 37, by Bel Esprit from the Hurricane Sky mare Polar Sky. Te Akau Racing's David Ellis secured the strongly built youngster for $65,000.
This colt had previously been sold at the Inglis Weanling sales in Melbourne in May 2008 for $10,000 and sold again at the Inglis Weanling sales in Sydney a month later, for $30,000
Ellis finished the leading purchaser at the sale, signing for four lots amounting to $135,500.
The two-year-old section finished slightly back, averaging $13,268, 18% lower than last year's record South Island Sale average of $16,215.
Total receipts for the session totalled $1,592,700 for 120 lots sold and a clearance of 75%.
The overall sale average settled at $11,709 from $14,899 last year and $12,478 in 2007. A total of 145 horses were traded from 210 catalogues to bring an aggregate of $1,697,750 back from $2,115,700 for 116 last year.
Focus now turns to New Zealand Bloodstock's Ready to Run Sale of Two Year Olds on 17 & 18 November with entries for the sale due on 24 August. Contact reception@nzb.co.nz for a hard copy of today's sale results to request an entry form.
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