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Karaka Colt Tops Hong Kong's International Sale
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Karaka Colt Tops Hong
Kong's International Sale
New Zealand Bloodstock
provided the highlight of the Hong Kong Jockey Club's
prestigious International Sale at Sha Tin on Saturday for
the second year in a row, with a son of Fastnet Rock
breaking the Sale's previous record price.
The gelding
by Fastnet Rock was knocked down to the bid of Chiu Yung for
the record breaking price of HK$9 million (NZ$1.4 million).
The two-year-old is from the Covetous mare Undercover, a half-sister to the stakes winner Ain't Seen Nothing (Nothin' Leica Dane) and from the family of Group 1 Golden Slipper winner Polar Success (Success Express).
A graduate
of New Zealand Bloodstock's 2011 Karaka Premier Sale, the
gelding was purchased by the Hong Kong Jockey Club from
Ascot Farm for $300,000.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club's 2011
International Sale also saw a Karaka Premier Sale graduate,
the O'Reilly colt from the Centaine mare Centa Belt, top the
sale and equal the previous record price of HK$7.5 million.
The 2012 International Sale saw 26 lots offered, 10 of
which were geldings sourced from New Zealand Bloodstock's
2010 and 2011 Karaka Premier Sales.
Other New Zealand
results included:
• A $420,000 purchase by the HKJC from
Westbury Stud at the 2011 Karaka Premier Sale, the Exceed
and Excel colt from the Group 1 winning mare Grand Archway
was sold for HK$5 million ($780,000).
• The Pins
gelding bought from Waikato Stud at the 2010 Karaka Premier
Sale for $350,000 was sold for HK$5 million ($780,000).
• The O'Reilly gelding from Lightning Tree bought from
Ardsley Stud at the 2010 Karaka Premier Sale was sold for
HK$4.5 million ($703,000).
Mark Richards, Executive
Manager of the International Sale, was delighted with the
auction.
"It was a very pleasing sale and what was most
pleasing was that the horses that made good money deserved
to do so," commented Richards. "The star lots brought in the
star prices and now they need to go on and prove themselves
on the racecourse. I hope they do that and reward their
owners with success."
To view the full results from Hong
Kong's International Sale, click here.
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