Good RTR Sale for 2023

[Chief Stipe]

I see the usual suspects are moaning about how bad the RTR 2023 sale is but as always the statistics contradict them.

55 two yr olds bought by New Zealanders (you'd need a lot of fingers on two hands to count to 55!) 68 to Hong Kong.

I'm picking quite a bit of wheeling and dealing will go on behind the scenes and more will stay in NZ to race.

A record Day 1 and it will be interesting to see the analysis for Day 2.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale saw an incredible Day One of selling that defied market conditions and expectations, with a record-breaking aggregate and not one, but two lots making history.

At the close of selling, the aggregate reached a record $16.2 million, up by $4.8 million (43%) on the previous year. Key sale indicators continued to tumble with the average reaching $157,345 and a top price of $800,000.

 

[Chief Stipe]

Unprecedented results were witnessed across two days of selling at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale, confirming the status of the world’s best sale of its kind and the confidence in New Zealand-raised and educated two-year-olds.  

 

The momentum increased off the back of Day One’s incredible results, which saw the total aggregate increase by 39% to over $35.1 million and no less than 12 lots sell for $500,000 or more. 

 

Another record top price was recorded at $825,000 while the average also increased 21% on last year’s Sale to $156,031, a sum which exceeded that of the Book One total for Karaka 2023. 

[Huey]

Some mind blowing prices for this sale, I thought the Harry Angel horse looked amazing.

Most pleasing to see 3 horses in the top 10 by NZ based sires also.

[holy ravioli]

 Key sale indicators continued to tumble with the average reaching $157,345 and a top price of $800,000.

Interesting meaning.