The Art Major - Priscilla Rocks colt at the sales enjoying his dinner.

I was trying to think of a few words to sum up our Perth sale and “Extremely Pleasing” was the most apt I could think of.

We had an amazing amount of interest in our yearlings on the day of the sale. Every horse had been out a good amount of times which is not usually the case and that gives you confidence that their are at least plenty of people interested in your horses.

Just before the sale was about to start I can remember leading a yearling for someone and our row was packed on either side and in front of me. I felt quite nervous simply because of the amount of people watching me lead this horse. It was quite amazing.

As we chose to enter only one yearling in the select section we had quite a wait for most of our horses. You try to keep an eye on the prices being made however it is tough to keep on track totally. There did seem to be some good prices being made though.

Our first lot through was the American Ideal – Margareta Ville colt and we were not sure what he would make. When he got knocked down for $26,000 to Gary Hall it was a great feeling. Getting a good price for your first yearling gives you a good feeling and a sense of relief.

Our next two lots through were the American Ideal – Pleasedontstop filly and the Art Major – Priscilla Rocks colt. The filly went for $14,000 which while there is not a lot of profit was still a good result.

The Priscilla Rocks colt was our most commercial yearling so we were hopeful he would make good money. We were sort of thinking he should make at least $25,000 and after that who knows, it would just depend on who was really interested in him. The knock on him was he wasn’t big and he wasn’t. However neither is his mum.

He made $32,000 and we were very happy with that. He was bought by Matty Young and will go to Michael Brennan. It is great to see some new young owners and trainers investing in yearlings. It gives you confidence for the future.

The Badlands Hanover – Amarantine filly, Grinfromeartoear – Crystal Journey colt and Elsu – Ima High Rolla colt made $10,500, $17,000 and $12,000 respectively. The Crystal Journey colt is probably the only one amongst those three to make any sort of real profit, however we were once again happy with all three prices. You cannot expect to make big money on all of them.

At this stage of the sale we were very happy with proceedings. All our yearlings had sold and we were happy enough with all of the prices (quite rare for a sale) and where they were going. Our last lot to go through the sale was the Gotta Go Cullect – Living On Love filly.

Gotta Go Cullect - Living On Love Filly

This filly was a lovely, strong filly with a Cullen look about her. She had had good interest and some good judges seemed to like her a lot. So were confident she would sell quite well, however she was near the end of the sale, a first foal from her dam, by a first crop stallion and a filly. So because of these factors we didn’t expect her to sell for anywhere near the price she did!

Knocked down to Rob Tomlinson for $26,000 she well and truly exceeded our expectations. Rob is a great guy and a friend so we are really hoping that she will make the grade for him.

This last result made our sale a really good one. Getting good prices for your yearlings is obviously good for the bank balance and helps to pay the bills that have accumulated. However it also means more than that. It means that people liked your yearlings, they liked their breeding and they liked the look of them.

It takes an incredible amount of hard work and stress to get these yearlings to the sale, so it is extremely pleasing and gratifying when people do appreciate your efforts.

After our poor results on the east coast this sale was a great pick me up for our family.

Western Ideal - Suri Colt

We now just have the Western Ideal – Suri colt to sell in a yearling sale and he will hit the auction ring in Karaka tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

We then also have the Jeremes Jet – Graceland colt and a Gotta Go Cullect – Escapades filly to sell privately. So if you are still looking for a yearling, please contact us about these two.

Note: Overall I think the Perth sale was just fair, the average increased slightly from last year, but there were 40 or so less horses catalogued. The sale median of $8,500 means the greater majority of horses sold were sold at a loss. This is not good and cannot continue.

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