It was an emotional scene in Karaka on Monday after the shelf was orchestral for $ 2.4 million.
Fresh Orchestra (NZ) (Savabeel) Sensational victory at the Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic (1600 m) On Saturday there was great interest in her Savableel Full-Sister (Lot 345), which was offered through the design of Haunui Farm in Karaka for Breeders Barneswood Farm.
The expectations were high when eager spectators poured into the Karaka auditorium to see coach Chris Waller reached the top with a last bid of 2.4 million US dollars.
Sarah Green from Barneswood Farm cut out an emotional figure on the drop of the hammer and was directed with the weight of what had developed, and she was thought about passed family members who were significantly involved in the development of their love for the race.
“We expected interest, but never at this price. This is a fairy tale, ”said Green, who runs the Barneswood Farm with her husband Chris and business partner Ger Beemsterboer.
“My first father died when I was six months elderly and he was a jockey. My stepfather was the owner and I keep thinking about how proud they would be. ”
Family means green, and that has extended to her horses, and she admitted that it is the most complex part of her operation to have separated from the horses that she breeds.
“I love my race, my racing partner from the Netherlands loves his breeding, but they have to have both,” she said.
“We have a different pleasure and I love the race side. I am not so much the breeding side of it because they have to sell their babies. It's like your children, but this (sales results) dampens the pain. ”
The Barneswood Farm had a lot of success with the purchase of Karaka, with the winners of the desert flash of group one, media sensations, Planet Rock and Orchestral's Dam Symphonic only a number of their purchases, and this success has followed them in their role as a seller.
Orchestra was the former sale of the farm when he was sold to Cambridge coach Roger James and Robert Wellwood for 625,000 US dollars three years ago. However, Green's expectations were on Monday, even though they exceed this number.
“We were told that there were five gigantic players in our reserve and then maybe three who would go over it,” said Green.
“We had hoped to get $ 1 million, it would have been our first sale that is so high, but so high (2.4 million US dollars) is incredible.
“I never wanted to sell this foal, but my husband persuaded me to do it, so he is now off the hook.”
While the race of Green's main love remains, breeding quickly becomes a second, since the success of the orchestra racing track proves that there is just as much excitement to observe the success of its graduates.
“I always thought when you breed a horse and sold it, you won't get the same thrill when you watch it, but you absolutely do it,” she said.
“She is still like our baby, and I'm sure, Betty, which I called at birth (yearling), will still be so invigorating.”
While it was a bitter sweet moment to separate from “Betty” in Karaka, Green said that her dam Symphonic had a full sister foal on the foot they will keep.
The Bloodstock agent Guy Mulcaster, Chris Waller Racing Manager Charlie Duckworth, Glenn Ritchie and Chris Waller in action to secure Lot 345 on Monday.
Photo: Tara Hughes
Mulcaster and Waller were just as pleased to secure the foal, which they bought for the Magnat Glenn Ritchie bus transport.
“I looked at all the best stut foals here and thought that she was the best bred physical, which corresponds to the lovely family tree, and that cheered us on,” said Mulcaster.
“Chris (Waller) looked at her a few times and we both agreed that she was probably the choice.
“We took our customers with us this morning and we were lucky that they were buttered and amazed the money.
“We have been beaten a few good foals in recent years. If you have a good side and the physical agreement, you will earn your money.
“It is a lovely savabeel that grows a bit, but it has a huge deep scope, so her fingers crossed.”
