Saturday, 4 August 2012: Zabeel mare Be Inspired provided the highlight of Friday's New Zealand Bloodstock Winter Mixed Bloodstock Sale, selling for $100,000.
A sister to G3 winner Rainbow Styling and half-sister to G3 winner Zingaling (Redoute's Choice), Be Inspired was purchased by Sam Munro of Mercer based Jamieson Park.
Offered by Curraghmore Stud, Be Inspired has been served by the G2 winning English sprinter Showcasing who will see his first southern hemisphere foals born this season.
Be Inspired's Duporth colt topped the first day of the Weanling session at this year's National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale, when purchased by Lyndhurst Farm for $105,000.
"He was part of the reason we bought her as we could see she has thrown good types," said Munro.
"That and the fact that she is by Zabeel and she is a premier mare drew us to her and we are pleased to have got her.
"We also liked her covering sire Showcasing and we plan for her to go to a proven sire, possibly O'Reilly."
Curraghmore Stud ended the day as the leading vendor by aggregate, selling three horses for $175,500 and was also the leading vendor by average (for two or more horses sold) with an average of $58,500.
Blue-blooded mare Shutout was the second highest lot, purchased by Michael Otto Bloodstock for $75,000.
A daughter of the champion sire Redoute's Choice, she is from the G2 Winter Stakes winning mare La Sizeranne (Stravinsky) and has raced just six times for a win and two placings.
From 106 catalogued lots 70 horses sold for $438,800 at an average of $6,269 and clearance rate of 83%, up 28% on last year's clearance of 65%.
Attention now turns to the South Island Sale of Two-Year-Olds & Mixed Bloodstock on August 10 at Canterbury Agricultural Park.
2012 Winter Mixed Bloodstock Sale Results
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CATALOGUED | 106 | 97 | SOLD | 70 | 49 | CLEARANCE | 83% | 65% | AVERAGE | $6,269 | $10,360 | MEDIAN | $900 | $1,200 | AGGREGATE | $438,800 | $507,650 | TOP PRICE | $100,000 (Lot 8) | $200,000 (Lot 36) |
Top Lots
Lot | Type | Horse Name | Breeding | Vendor | Purchaser | Price |
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8 | BB M | Be Inspired | Zabeel / Done That | Curraghmore Stud | Jamieson Park | $100,000 | 74 | B. F | Shutout | Redoute's Choice / La Sizeranne | Curraghmore Stud | Michael Otto Bloodstock | $75,000 | 19 | Ch. M | Italian Princess | Bertolini / Our Chickaroonie | Richardson Partnership Trust | New Zealand Bloodstock | $45,000 | 17 | Ch. M | Hurricane Fashion | Hurricane Sky / French Tide | Cambridge Stud | New Zealand Bloodstock | $35,000 | 27 | B. M | Ocean of Tears | Minardi / Procure | Hallmark Stud | Michael Wallace Bloodstock | $30,000 |
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