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Seller Day 1 - #199 DIVINE CARTEL $150,000
OPENING YEARLING SESSION OF EQUINE
SALE SHOWS 24.3% INCREASE
CYPRESS, CA - Oct. 2, 2011 - The opening session of the two-day Los
Alamitos Equine Sale on Saturday afternoon enjoyed a 24.3% increase
on the average price of yearlings sold over last year’s first day.
The average price for the 141 yearlings purchased on Saturday was
$16,309 – up from last year’s opening day yearling average of
$13,121.
Divine Cartel, a full brother to Grade 1 stakes finalist Corona
Crystal, was the top seller of the day at $150,000. Juan R. Lopez
purchased the Corona Cartel colt out of Swiftette, by Merridoc, from
Burns Ranch, Agent for A Regal Choice, Inc. Corona Crystal won six
races for $163,463 and was a finalist to the Grade 1 Ed Burke
Memorial Million Futurity, Grade 1 PCQHRA Breeders Futurity and
Grade 1 Los Alamitos Winter Derby. Corona Crystal is the mother of
the winner of $215,914 Crystal Sola.
“I was pleased with the purchase price of Divine Cartel,” said
Francisco Flores of A Regal Choice Inc. “We believe is a great
looking horse and wish his buyer all the success in the world.”
Two other horses sold for six-figures on Saturday. Robert H.
Williams purchased the Mr Jess Perry filly Ballet Russes, a half
sister to stakes winners Dutch Schultz, Spike It And Fly and Rule
The Skies, for $100,000 from Kelly/Yearsley Equine LLC & Burnett
Ranches LLC. Ballet Russes is out of Sky Chicks, by Chicks Beduino,
to also make her a half sister to the multiple Grade 1 finalist Duke
Kahanamoku and the Grade 3 stakes placed runner Lite Up The Skies.
“We are pleased,” said J. Garvan Kelly. “And we also believe that
Ballet Russes is worth every penny of her $100,000 sale price.”
Guillermo Morales, Agent for Federico Becera, bought an unnamed
filly by Walk Thru Fire out the young broodmare Special And Proud
from Edward C. Allred consignment for $100,000. The filly’s second
dam is the blue hen mare Oh La Proud, the mother of Grade 1 winners
Hawkish and Hawkinson and stakes winners Pride Of Katella, Look Her
Over and Mister Katella. Joe Muniz paid $96,000 for a half brother
of Ballet Russes from the Lazy E Ranch Consignment. Named Deanie O
Banion, the colt is from the first crop of 2006 All American
Futurity winner No Secrets Here.
Gross sales for Saturday’s yearling session were $2,299,500. There
were only 16 repurchases from the 157 yearlings that entered the
sale ring. The average sale price for the 25 broodmares sold was
$5,255 – an increase of 17.07% from last year’s figures. The top
selling mare was Strict, from the Ed Allred consignment. The
Separatist mare was purchased for $23,500 by Guillermo Morales,
Agent for Rigo Olivas.
The stallion Looking For Chicks, the sire of two-time Blane
Schvaneveldt Handicap winner Sheza Bad Habit, was purchased for
$20,000 by Julio Cesar Encinas. A total of 169 heads sold on
Saturday for a gross total of $2,511,800. The average for the first
session excluding 21 repurchases rose 21.4% to $14,863 from $12,246
in 2010.
The final session of the Los Alamitos Equine Sale will get underway
at 10 a.m. on Sunday.
Day 1 Results
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