Zory
Kuzyk purchased the Grand Slam colt Twice As Grand (Hip #432) out of her
mare Check Her Twice for $160,000 to make him the high seller on the third
and final day of the Los Alamitos Equine Sale.
Roger Daly
consigned Twice As Grand on behalf of Kuzyk and D. Wayne Lukas. With the
transaction, Kuzyk buys out Lukas' interest on the half brother to
multiple Grade 1 winner and top stallion Check Him Out. Twice As Grand was
also the overall high selling yearling at the three-day Equine Sale event.
He was one of five yearlings that sold for over $100,00. The overall sale
topper was the stallion Make It Anywhere, who was purchased by Ramiro
Villarreal Tostado and Ramiro Villarreal for $230,000 on Friday
afternoon.
Two
hundred and eighty seven yearlings were sold for a total of $5,149,000.
The sale average for yearlings was down from last year but it was still a
healthy $17,941 with the median price coming at $9,200. The median was up
3 percent from last year. There were 96 yearlings repurchased for
$1,696,000.
"I thought
we had a very solid sale," said Frank "Scoop" Vessels, who conducts the
sale in partnership with Ed Allred and the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse
Racing Association. "We didn't really have the real high selling yearlings
that we had last year but the middle market was very strong. The buyers
and sellers were happy with the way the sale went."
The
broodmare division of the sale enjoyed a 55 percent increase over last
year's figure. Seventy-eight mares were sold for a total of $1,135,000 for
an average of $14,551. Last year's average was $9,376. The mixed portion
of the sale, which includes the Make It Anywhere sale, was even with 53
horses selling for $818,500 for an average of $15,443. A total of 418
horses were sold for $7,102,500 for an average of $16,992. Last year's
sale featured a $485,000 sale topper, which pushed the sale average over
the $20,000 mark.
Five hundred and
thirty four horses went through the sale ring for a total of $9,019,400.
Of those 534, 418 sold while 116 were repurchased. Forty horses sold for
$50,000 or more for an average of 11%. That ratio was identical to 2006
when 34 of 344 horses sold for $50,000 or more. Francisco Gonsalez was the
top consignor by gross with $1,245,200 while Jorge Haddad was the top
buyer by gross with $265,500.
"I can't
believe how much this sale has grown in such a short period," Vessels
added. "We really appreciate all the people that bought and sold horses at
the Los Alamitos Equine Sale."
Tom Atwood
purchased Discreat Retreat (Hip #630) for $140,000 to make the Mr Jess
Perry filly the second high seller on day three of the sale. Consigned by
Lazy E Ranch, Agent for Stone Chase Stables, Discreat Retreat is a half
sister to the Holland Ease gelding Night Time Deelites, winner of the
Higheasterjet Handicap and finalist to the Los Alamitos Million Futurity.
