Our strong Premier Sale results carried over into the Select Sale which finished at Karaka on Friday afternoon. LA finished the session as the third leading vendor by average, selling 12 lots at an average of $64,000, a record average for the farm at the Select Sale.
Highlights included the sale of the Towkay colt, LOT 665, from Dancing Daze for $160,000 to South Africa’s Worldwide Bloodstock, and the Savabeel colt, LOT 706 from Eighty Twenty on behalf of David and Sarah Howarth for $140,000.
The only Zed yearling, pictured right, in the catalogue belonged to our colt from Maria’s Story, LOT 887 and the close relation to Melbourne Cup runner-up Maluckyday sold to the owners of Haylist in Perth for $50,000.
Following on from the Premier Sale where his only yearling sold for $170,000, Towkayhad another strong session finishing in tenth position on the Sires by Averages with six lots selling for an average price of $64,000. With all nine stallions above Towkaystanding for significantly higher service fees, it’s yet another example of the wonderful value for money the son of Last Tycoon represents at just $5,000 plus GST.
On the racing front Towkay looks to have unearthed two more promising three-year-old, this time in the form of Won’t Lie Down (Towkay-Jabeske), who broke his maiden status when successful over 1400m at Te Rapa on Saturday. Won’t Lie Down is raced by the Homebush Partnership of which LA is a shareholder. And also Smackdown (Towkay – Black Anna) trained locally by Stacey Dougan won on debut at Tauherenikau paying a handsome $14.
