Sale Details

2012 August Thoroughbred Sale
16, 17 August 2012
Oaklands Junction

Sale Overview

The thriving sale will be held at Inglis’ Oaklands complex on Thursday 16 August and Friday 17 August 2012.

The sale will be preceded by a parade of Victoria’s first season sires, commencing at 12 noon on Thursday.

114 Broodmares will be offered immediately following the stallion parade at 12.30pm.

New season yearlings, unbroken stock, race fillies and racehorses will follow on Friday, commencing at 10.30am, with the earlier start due to the large number of entries in this section.

Broodmares entered in the main catalogue include Mark Kavanagh’s Group 3 winner Valentine Miss off the track, Listed winner Fashion Victim which is being sold with a 2012 service to Star Witness, plus young filly La Dolce Diva which is a daughter of triple Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva.

Covering stallions of broodmares catalogued include exciting young stallions Artie Schiller, Astronomer Royal, Bushranger, Domesday, Foreplay, Magnus, Not A Single Doubt, Reward For Effort, Turffontein, Von Costa de Hero, Wanted and Written Tycoon.

Makybe have entered a great selection of 10 new season yearlings into the catalogue, including progeny by Al Maher, Casino Prince, Domesday, I Am Invincible and Purrealist. Yearlings will get Friday’s sale underway and will be followed by unbroken stock then the racehorse section.

Significant drafts from Wadham Park, Darley, Eliza Park, Tony Noonan Racing and Wood Nook Farm have taken the number of racehorses entered in the Melbourne August Thoroughbred Sale to 164 lots.

Sires represented in the racing section on Friday include Artie Schiller (2), Bel Esprit (4), Choisir (3), Commands (5), Encosta de Lago (4), Exceed And Excel (2), Fastnet Rock (8), Hussonet (3), Lonhro (3), More Than Ready (2), Not A Single Doubt (2), Redoute’s Choice (1), Rock Of Gibraltar (5), Snitzel (1), Starcraft (2), Stratum (1) and Testa Rossa (2).

Racefillies include Listed winner Swooper, the Group 3 placed Let’s Be Happy and Simply Put, plus last Saturday’s Flemington winner The Long Road.

The race colts and geldings section also includes multiple stakes performed gallopers and city winners, as well as lightly raced and unraced prospects.

Lot Index

Sale

Session	Lots
12:30pm Day 1, 16th August 2012	1 - 114
Day 1, Supplementary Broodmares, 16th August 2012	299 - 314
10:30am Day 2, 17th August 2012	115 - 298
Day 2, Supplementary Yearlings, Unbroken, Racehorses, 17th August 2012	315 - 372

Statistics

Sale Summary

Lots		Amounts / Prices
Sale Summary Lots
Catalogued	372	Gross Amount	$2,914,200
Sold	289 (90%)	Highest (Lot 69)	$300,000
Passed In	31 (10%)	Average	$10,084
Withdrawn	52	Median	$4,000

Session Breakdown

Lots		Amounts / Prices
12:30pm Day 1, 16th August 2012 Lots 1 - 114
Catalogued	114	Gross Amount	$949,550
Sold	80 (78%)	Highest (Lot 69)	$300,000
Passed In	22 (22%)	Average	$11,869
Withdrawn	12	Median	$2,200

Lots		Amounts / Prices
Day 1, Supplementary Broodmares, 16th August 2012 Lots 299 - 314
Catalogued	16	Gross Amount	$26,700
Sold	13 (93%)	Highest (Lot 312)	$8,500
Passed In	1 (7%)	Average	$2,054
Withdrawn	2	Median	$1,000

Lots		Amounts / Prices
10:30am Day 2, 17th August 2012 Lots 115 - 298
Catalogued	184	Gross Amount	$1,612,500
Sold	147 (96%)	Highest (Lot 216)	$100,000
Passed In	6 (4%)	Average	$10,969
Withdrawn	31	Median	$6,000

Lots		Amounts / Prices
Day 2, Supplementary Yearlings, Unbroken, Racehorses, 17th August 2012 Lots 315 - 372
Catalogued	58	Gross Amount	$325,450
Sold	49 (96%)	Highest (Lot 346)	$24,000
Passed In	2 (4%)	Average	$6,642
Withdrawn	7	Median	$4,500