NEW 'Horses-in-Training' Session at NZB May Sale

This year New Zealand Bloodstock's National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale will feature a brand new Sale Session dedicated to horses in training.

The new session is the latest initiative from New Zealand Bloodstock and offers owners a wonderful trading opportunity for horses that have trialed, raced, or breezed up for the NZB Ready to Run Sale, in the current season.

The merits of a session of this kind were demonstrated last year when the two-year-old Encosta de Lago colt from Lake Alexandrina was sold by Wellfield Lodge for $240,000 to Hong Kong buyers at the 2010 May Sale.

New Zealand Bloodstock's Co-Managing Director Petrea Vela says the new session is in response to demand for a viable sales opportunity for horses currently in work.

"This new session is being introduced in response to a number of requests for an auction sales opportunity for horses currently in training, including from some leading New Zealand and Australian trainers. There are horses everywhere from trial winners to young broken in stock that do not move via the private sale market for various reasons, and for many the additional cost of going on to race or trial is prohibitive, so an opportunity exists for a viable alternative."

New Zealand has seen a large influx in the demand for 'ready to run' horses with young thoroughbreds being bought straight off the track off the back of successful trials or races.

The new Horses in Training Session will provide owners who are looking to sell their horse, a dedicated sale session in which they can offer their thoroughbred to a strong local and international buying bench, allowing a great opportunity for highly profitable returns.

There is no age limit for horses entered in the session, x-rays and vet certificates are encouraged but not required, and normal scoping conditions will apply.

If you have any questions about the new Horses in Training Sale Session, please contact Bloodstock Representatives Danny Rolston (danny.rolston@nzb.co.nz) or Clint Donovan (clint.donovan@nzb.co.nz). Entries for the sale close this FRIDAY 4 MARCH.