RTR Sale Enjoys Unparalleled Results

Thoroughbred Daily News' (TDN) Paul Vetisse reports:

In terms of graduate performance, the Ready to Run Sale is unrivalled with 19 Group 1 winners to come out of the ring in the last six seasons alone and more than 140 stakes winners amassing five Derby titles and 13 Guineas winners.

View: New Zealand Bloodstock's Ready To Run Sale catalogue

NZB Bloodstock Sales Manager Danny Rolston believes all the key indicators promise a strong two days of trading.

“I was up in Hong Kong two weeks ago and the feedback was really good, although the troubles up there have escalated since then,” he said. “Our existing markets are all strong and we're obviously always active in Australia, Malaysia, Macau and Korea.

“It's been a popular sale with south-east Asia buyers for so long and highlighted by Beat The Clock. Our graduates have also enjoyed elite Australian successes in the Caulfield Cup, the Rosehill Guineas, the ATC Derby and the VRC Derby.

“Our graduates have also enjoyed elite Australian successes in the Caulfield Cup, the Rosehill Guineas, the ATC Derby and the VRC Derby.” - Danny Rolston

“I'm sure there will be a formidable international buying bench. It is a far more international than domestic sale, although Te Akau has enjoyed major success and a horse like Te Akau Shark is a pin-up boy for the sale.”

Te Akau Shark (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle {Ire}) was bought out of Lyndhurst Farm's draft by David Ellis in 2016 for NZ$230,000 and scaled new heights in Australia in the spring with Group 1 placings in the Cox Plate and Epsom H.

“We've been around all the farms here and looked at all the horses and between that and the breeze-ups at Te Rapa we are really confident in the quality on offer,” Rolston said. 

“We couldn't be happier with the way the sale has gone from strength to strength. The sire power is there with Savabeel, Pierro and Dundeel, all represented.

“Darci Brahma, Charm Spirit and Per Incanto are going well and Ocean Park is flying at the moment. There's some big names in the sire index.”

Strong trading expected

Major buyer David Ellis, of Te Akau, is expecting a competitive sale given the auction's glowing history.

“The statistics of the horses that come out of this sale are the best of any Ready to Run Sale in the Southern Hemisphere, no contest,” he said. “It's a very strong catalogue, both on pedigree and a host of very nice athletes.

“For the Ready to Run Sale, we don't start our inspections until after the breeze-ups and we've seen plenty of them. 

“It's those by the more proven sires that have taken my eye. There's some really nice ones by Savabeel, Darci Brahma, Tavistock and I've seen a really nice Burgundy.

“Our main sale is the yearling sale but we'll certainly be buying here. It's a sale that Mark (Walker) and I and Jamie (Richards) have had a lot of luck buying at. Horses like Gingernuts, Te Akau Shark and Hall Of Fame have all been Group 1 horses we've bought in the last three years.”

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