The single-session New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale Book 3 saw 113 lots sold for NZ$1,537,750, with the total gross from a week of selling bringing the overall aggregate to NZ$97,017,750–the highest total for the Karaka Yearling Sale in a decade. The clearance rate was 84% on Sunday, the average was NZ$13,608 (-8.4%) and the median was flat at NZ$10,000.
“Whilst the average was slightly down on last year's third catalogue, the median remained the same,” NZB's Managing Director Andrew Seabrook said. “The highlight of today's sale was the 84% clearance rate, which equals the record 2008 Festival Sale, and rounded off a fabulous week of selling.”
After seven days of selling–a four-day Book 1, two-day Book 2 and Sunday's Book 3–the average was NZ$106,379 (+22%) for 912 lots sold (81%) and the median was NZ$75,000 (+50%).
A colt (lot 1210) by Showcasing (GB) from the Grangewilliam Stud draft topped the session at NZ$68,000. Hong Kong-based Southern Bloodstock purchased the third foal of the winning Sahara (NZ) (Keeper {Aus}), utilizing Hallmark Stud's Mark Baker, as agent. Sahara is a half-sister to listed heroine Arica (NZ) (Anziyan).
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