Sale Topper - Curraghmore Stud's Lot 1307

Sale Topper - Curraghmore Stud's Lot 1307 (Daggers Drawn x Russian Dancer)

The top price of the day came when Lot 1307 was knocked down to New Zealand trainer, Lance O'Sullivan, for NZ$63,000. The Daggers Drawn colt out of Russian Dancer (Zephyr Ace) was offered by Gordon Cunningham's Curraghmore Stud. This was O'Sullivan's sole purchase of the session, but joins the total of 13 yearlings he has bought over the course of the week, including a top price of NZ$300,000 for Lot 183, a Volksraad filly out of Guinevere (Fairy King) at the Premier Sale.

Curraghmore Stud also claimed top spot as leading vendor by average for this session, with four sold for an aggregate of NZ$102,500 and an average of NZ$25,652.

The leading vendor by aggregate was Mark and Denny Baker's Hallmark Stud, with 11 sold for an aggregate of NZ$231,750 and an average of NZ$21,068. This included a top priced lot of NZ$40,000 for Lot 1159, a colt by first season sire, Chianti (Danehill), out of Fortelo (Armidale), bought by William Stretton from Auckland.

Leading individual buyer of the Festival Sale was New Zealand bloodstock agent, Phill Cataldo, with five yearlings bought this session including a top price of NZ$36,000 for Lots 1176 and 1185, the first a colt by first season sire, Gold Mine (Mr Prospector) out of Graphite (Bigstone) from Hallmark Stud, and the second a colt from Te Runga Stud by Strategic Image out of Honeyimhome (The Commander).

Cataldo was also the second leading individual buyer at the Select Sale, with 12 purchases for NZ$877,500, bringing his total outlay for this Sales Series to just over NZ$1 million.

The second leading buyer was Ruakaka trainer, Donna Logan, who bought eight yearlings for NZ$101,000 including a top price of NZ$24,000 for a colt by first season sire, Danroad (Danehill) out of Lutaana (O'Reilly) offered by Alison and Bryan Henry's Maara Grange in Cambridge.

Cataldo and Logan headed up a predominantly domestic buying bench that also included buyers from Australia, Philippines, Singapore and Korea.

All yearlings sold over the past week at Karaka have 30 days to enter the new one million dollar graduates race - the Karaka Million - scheduled for 27 January 2008. For information and conditions of entry contact Petrea Vela (petrea@nzb.co.nz).

A full set of results from the 2007 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales can be viewed online at http://www.nzb.co.nz/. Combined session results will be available from tomorrow (Monday 5 February).

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