© Amanda Glidden / Plugged In Equine Marketing
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—NOVEMBER 2, 2018—The Heritage Place Fall Mixed breeding stock sale got off on the right foot Friday, with a world record price paid for a Quarter Horse stallion at auction and numbers that exceeded the expectations of buyers, sellers and sales company officials.
Heritage Place reported 208 horses were sold Friday for a total of $4,521,400, an average of $13,460 and a median price of $6,000.
A world-record price of $2.1-million, for a Quarter Horse stallion at auction, was paid by Bobby D. Cox for the 2016 AQHA Racing Champion Aged Stallion Moonin The Eagle, a multiple Grade 1 winner of $548,985. Chris Benedict, Agent for AECOM/URS Federal Services consigned the 6-year-old son of leading sire One Famous Eagle.
“Obviously everyone is very excited about the record high-seller today,” Heritage Place General Manager Spence Kidney said late Friday
“All things considered the 2018 sale is very steady as compared to last year’s sale. If you remove the high-seller today and the high seller on day 1 last year (Jet Black Patriot for $725,000) from the equation we are basically even with last year and 90% of the horses offered were sold today. The yearling session average was down 6% compared to that session last year but all-in-all we had a great sale today,” he added.
It was big day for champion stallions, with AQHA Racing World Champion Wave Carver bringing the second-highest final bid of $200,000 from SE Racing Stables, Inc. Royal Vista Ranches, LLC, Agent for Wave Carver Syndicate consigned the 15-year-old son of all-time leading sire First Down Dash.
Valeriano Racing Stables LLC paid $160,000 for the high-selling yearling, Hock On The Move, a colt by first-crop sale sire Kiss My Hocks from the Royal Shake Em mare Gonna Move You. Roger Daly, Agent for Debbie Strebig consigned the half-brother to 2018 Ruidoso Derby(G1) winner Jess Move You.
Dashing Executive, a 4-year-old daughter of First Down Dash, was the high-selling filly for $90,000. Haras Portofino purchased the half-sister to AQHA Racing Champion 2-Year-Old Colt KVN Corona from Mark Hanson.
Obviously the four leading buyers on the opening day were those mentioned above with one purchase each.
Lazy E Ranch, LLC, Agent was the day 1 leading consignor (with 2 more sold) with 16 head for $203,900 , Marty Powers Agent sold 12 head for $94,100 and Bob Moore Farms, LLC, Agent for Atwood Ranches, Inc. sold 4 head for $77,000.
Champion Kiss My Hocks was the leading sire of sale yearlings (by average with two or more sold) with three head for $59,667. Leading sire of 2018 money earners Apollitical Jess had five yearling average $39,800 and leading living sire Corona Cartel sold four for $24,375 average.
Grade 1-placed One Fabulous Eagle was the leading covering sire on day 1 (by average with two or more sold) with three in-foal mares averaging $22,833. Leading first-crop sire Coronado Cartel had three in-foal mares average $7,000.
For a preliminary results from day 1, including hip-by-hip results CLICK HERE.
Session 3, the final session of 2018 Fall Mixed Sale, offering Hips 269 thru 537 will be begin at 10 a.m. (CDT) Saturday (Nov. 3).
A complete online version of the 2018 Fall Mixed catalog, including horse, consignor, sire and dam indexes, available byCLICKING HERE.