Aggregate up 102 per cent, average up 43 per cent - they were the figures that had New Zealand Bloodstock staff smiling yesterday.
The Spring Bloodstock Sale conducted at Karaka by New Zealand Bloodstock yesterday saw an average price of $9430, up 43 per cent on last year's average of $6601.
The aggregate of $1.2 million was up 102 per cent from the $594,000 that was spent at the same sale last year although the 128 horses sold yesterday were 38 more than the 90 sold in 1999.
The top price was $120,000 for an unraced three-year-old filly named Chataigne.
She is by Theatrical from the American-bred mare Hilda Castle and went to the bid of a New Zealand Bloodstock agent on behalf of an Auckland client.
The main sections of yesterday's sale comprised one for yearlings and the other for broodmares.
The top price among the broodmares was $105,000 for the American-bred Augmentation, a 10-year-old by Risen Star.
Augmentation is the dam of two winners in the United States and was purchased by Gary Witters of Auckland.
The top-priced yearling was a Carnegie filly which fetched $52,000 to the bid of Tony Pike Bloodstock of Cambridge.
The filly is a half-sister to well-performed South Island racemare Mary Josephine.
NZPA
Racing: Karaka spring sale figures pleasing
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