Fortuna acquires two Yearlings on Day One of Karaka National Yearling Sales
With hardly time to draw breath after a stirring opening address by Minister of Racing, Winston Peters, Lot 2, an Australian bred speedster type By DEEP FIELD was knocked down to David Ellis/Fortuna Syndications for $100,000– this was our final bid as we had set an upper limit of $100k. Whew!!!
I had really wanted to secure this Colt – he has the confirmation of a real get up and go speedster, he was highly recommended by the “Dream team” of Ellis/Walker/Richards, lovely strong 2yo type, clean X rays, no obvious faults. By a super fast race horse in Deep Field, who won five times in Australia up to 1200 metres up to Group Two level, he is the first foal of the Exceed and Excel mare, Egyptian Melody. This pedigree is all about Australian speed, although notable that the Grand dam, Sherine, won at Group Two level in the USA and is from a strongly performing black type family. I have nicknamed this lovely Colt “Cassius”as I am sure he is going to deliver a few knockout blows!!
Here is what Fortuna’s NZ Trainer Jamie Richards has to say:
“John, you told us you wanted to buy a Colt that had the attributes on an early 2yo type that could be aimed at the Karaka Million. This boy ticks a lot of boxes, he is strong, very well put together, has a great walk and I can see that he is just the type of Colt that could be broken in early, trial at Te Teko in August, then spell, get him back to another trial in October and then commence his racing career on a path toward the Karaka Million.”
David Ellis chimed in with these words; “John, you have done well here – I was doubtful that you could get this Colt for your budget of $100k, I gave him a high rating and thought he would make a lot more – to my eye, he looks ideal for the 2020 Karaka Million 2yo race.”
Yearling Colt by Deep Field out of Egyptian Melody
Full details including Disclosure Statement will be available soon on the Fortuna website, but all Syndicated up, he is a total of $156,000 or $1560 for each 1% share and $38 per month from 1 April. This includes purchase price, GST, Promoter Fees, Karaka Million Fee, 12 months insurance and working capital of over $9k. If you wish to express interest, Click HERE
We hardly had time to congratulate each other, draw breath and we were up to Lot 26. A different type of horse, a real 3yo Guineas/Oaks type, she is by Contributer out of a Zabeel Mare. Contributer (by High Chaparral) won 8 times in Australia up to 2000 metres, twice at Group One and was named Australian Champion Miler in 2014/15. The Dam, Falsetto (by Zabeel), won 3 times up to 2100 metres, including a win at Moonee Valley and was 3rd in the NZ Oaks. This is a great pedigree, anything out of a Zabeel mare is like “gold” when it comes to resale and she has the physical attributes to boot. Here is what Fortuna Trainer Mark Walker had to say, “John, this filly really impressed me – I have trained a lot of successful staying fillies and this one has lovely staying attributes – you will need to be patient with her, but given time to develop during her 2yo year, she will be ideal for the 1000 Guineas at Riccarton and the $1m Karaka 3yo Clasic at Ellerslie as a 3yo”.
Prepared to go to $100k for this filly, she was knocked down to us for $62.5k – sometimes you get lucky!!!
Yearling Filly by Contributor out of Falsetto
Full details including Disclosure Statement will be available soon on the Fortuna website, but all Syndicated up, she is a total of $112,000 or $1120 for each 1% share and $38 per month from 1 April. This includes purchase price, GST, Promoter Fees, Karaka Million Fee, 12 months insurance and working capital of over $9k. If you wish to express interest, Click HERE