York & Brightwells Sales 2017

Camden Stud Standardbred Sale @ York Harness Raceway

 

Brightwells Standardbred Sale @ Builth Wells

Lot HORSE Price Buyer
(NS = Not sold, NF = Not forward)
11 LADY ELLA 200 P Davies
12 SPRINT AHEAD (USA) 1000 A Jones
13 VOCIFEROUS 1300 K Young
14 BRYWINS VELVET 2600 E Wozencroft
15 MYSTIC RIVER 3200 C Wadhams
24 DOUBLE FANTASY NF NF
25 BLACKFIELD BUTTON NS NS
26 IB COYOTE NS NS
27 FIRE STARTER NF NF
28 CHECK ON TOM 800 T Davies
29 YSTWYTH VALLEY 800 J Duggan
30 YSTWYTH DELLILAH 650 G Ball
31 OAKWOOD CISCO 600 L Gething
32 ANNIEJOAN 1000 J Wright
33 PRUDHHOE BAY 3000 R Evans
34 SAUNDERS MACH 3 2000 M Bevan
35 AYR SUPERIOR 600 J Wright
41 CHECK ON DANCER 1200 B Timmins
42 EASY TARGET NS NS
43 BRYWINS JOHN ALLEN 800 D Clark
44 BRYWINS VAVABEACH 800 C Morgan
45 MAHOGANY ABBY 1800 P Manning
46 MAHOGANY AMBER 1300 C Wakefield
47 MAHOGANY ASH 2400 P Anderson
48 IB ON ICE NF NF
49 OAKWOOD MAESTRO 14000 G Power
50 OAKWOOD IN IT TO WIN IT 10000 A Flower
51 OAKWOOD STARCAM 28000 Meadowbranch Stud
52 RHYDS DRAGONFLY 13000 C Fletcher
53 RHYDS SEEANDBESEEN 16000 C Fletcher
54 RHYDS REBEL 6200 TBC
55 STATESIDE TROOPER 3000 A Price
56 STATESIDE ICON 35000 J Foody
57 ROGUEANNA NS NS
58 CHINATOWN ALI NS NS
59 CHINATOWN FANTASY 1200 C Bevan
60 CHINATOWN BELLE 1050 J Connors
61 AYR ELEGANCE 15000 A Dickinson
62 AYR VICTORIA 3100 W Grievson
63 IMADEUCE 4000 TBC
64 TWOFORTEA 9000 TBC
65 EVENWOOD SHARPSHOT NS NS
66 OAKWOOD COSMO 7000 M Walsh
67 OAKWOOD ENCHANTED 5000 M Walsh
68 RHYDS SALSA 7500 E Joyce
69 RHYDS FIRST EDITION 7500 L Jones
70 STATESIDE VOGUE 10000 G Power
71 STATESIDE PIN UP 6200 G Dowse
72 MANHATTAN GANGSTER 650 H Langford
73 BARLEY MO 2000 B Nicholson
74 TAKEMETOTHELIMIT 6800 D Gibbons
75 JUSTANOTHERGUY 5200 W Cooke
76 IB NOTORIOUS NF NF
77 BRYWINS BEACHALIBI NF NF
78 BRYWINS MYBEACH 1000 G Allan
79 CARAMASARA 1900 W Grievson
80 BRYNLLO CADI NS NS
81 GARTHS BEACHWAVE 1800 A McCoy
85 JUICY WIGGLE NS NS
86 REAL YANKEE 2000 T Thomas


At York, from 52 entries there were 49 sale lots forward.  Of these, 24 were sold through the ring.  The total sale value came to £135,350 with an overall average of £5640.  In the yearling section, there were 28 entries with 19 sold for a total of £124,550 making a yearling average of £6555.

In 2016, 24 horses were presented for sale; 20 were sold.  The total sale value was £116,400.  The average price across all horses forward was £4850.  The total sale value of the yearlings was £111,650.  The average yearling price was £5,876.  Therefore the averages in 2017 are higher than those from 2016, showing a continued increase in the value of horses sold at the Camden Stud Sale.

At Builth, from 60 entries there were 55 sale lots forward.  Of these, 47  were sold through the ring (78% sold).  The total sale value came to £249,150 with an overall average of £5301.  In the yearling section there were 41 entries with 33 sold for a total of £229,400 making a yearling average of £6951.50.

In 2016, 51 horses were presented for sale; 44 were sold.  The total sale value was £254,490.  The average price across all horses forward was £5784.  The total sale value of the yearlings was £226,250.  The average yearling price was £7542.  The averages in 2017 are slightly higher for the whole sale (with some of the broodmares selling for very strong money) however the total value of yearlings sold and the yearling average has decreased.

One interesting thing to note was the purchases from the leading owners for the past two seasons (Claire Fletcher, 2016 and Raymond Huschka, 2017).  In previous years although both owners have purchased from UK sales, they have also ventured across the Atlantic to purchase at Harrisburg.  At York, the Huschkas purchased the two highest priced yearlings for the Laidler team (Horatio Camden and Christy Camden, totalling £43,000), whereas at Builth, Claire & Shane Fletcher purchased two colts from Rhyds Stud (Rhyds Dragonfly and Rhyds Seeandbeseen, totalling £29,000).  Neither camp purchased from the American sales this year.

I personally view this as a MASSIVE thumbs up for British breeding at the moment.  Whilst Camden Stud and Rhyds Stud continue to record strong sales (with Rhyds Stud offering their first crop of new stallion See And Ski's yearlings - which appeared to be well received), Oakwood Stud, Ayr Standardbreds and Stateside also recorded good sales prices, with Stateside Icon topping the sale at Builth (£35,000) and Oakwood Starcam (£28,000) being the highest priced filly sold at Builth.

We sold Cliff (Crosshill Costa) at York and he came straight back up the M74 to Stirling with Sandy Cassells - great news for me as Sandy's daughter Hayley sends me regular photo updates of his education and he has settled in perfectly!  We avoided any accidental purchases and after last year's bonanza spending from my dad, he also avoided buying any more horses!  He can wait patiently for his Hasty Hall foal out of Frisco Frisk (Rogue Hall), and I'm waiting rather impatiently for my Hasty Hall out of Vain In Spain (Artsplace) and my Arts Conquest out of Coalford Tracey (Coalford Laag). Can't it be April already?!

With sales season now over, I can start looking forward to awards season (arguably my favourite time of the year!!).

Over and out,

#1 Groom