The progeny of resident Waikato Stud stallion
Savabeel were in hot demand once again on the second day of the Ready to Run
Sale at Karaka as the visiting Australian buying bench made their presence felt
in dramatic fashion.
Gold Coast trainer John Morrisey set the pace with his successful $350,000 bid
for Lot 201, the colt from six race winner Tonic.
That was overshadowed just two hours later when Sydney's Bryce Heys fought off
strong competition to set a new benchmark for this year's edition of the
successful two-year-old sale.
He outlaid $460,000 for Lot 264, (pictured Trish Dunnell) a full-brother to the multiple stakes
performer Diademe bought out of the Diamond Lodge draft.
Included in the colt's extended pedigree is Gr. 2 QTC Cup winner Sacred Star
and multiple stakes performer Starcent.
Heys admitted he had identified the colt as a horse of particular interest as
soon as he spotted him in the sale catalogue.
"We worked through the catalogue as soon as it came out and he was one we had
on the short list fairly quickly," he said.
"He just fits the profile of this sale so well as the horses sourced from it
are highly regarded in our market and he is from a sire that is producing the
results week after week."
Heys confirmed his attraction to the colt the moment he saw him in the flesh
prior to the sale.
"I flew in on Tuesday and managed to inspect him that evening and that
confirmed he was our main target as he really is a quality individual," he
said.
The colt, who breezed up in an effortless 10.70 seconds, will immediately head
across to his new home at Heys' Ellerslie Lodge at Warwick Farm in Sydney along
with a Fastnet Rock colt secured for $150,000 on the first day of the sale. – NZ
Racing Desk.