CTBA Northern California Yearling
Sale
NorCal Yearling Sale Average Up
PLEASANTON, Calif. (Aug. 16, 2005) – Tuesday’s 2005 Northern California Yearling Sale showed an increase in average sale price of 10.3 percent, with a colt by Bertrando topping the sale at $50,000.
The sale, presented by the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association at the Alameda County Fairgrounds, grossed $1,243,500 with 164 individuals sold and 63 bought back. The average was $7,582 and the median was $4,000. Last year’s sale, the first conducted in the region by the CTBA in more than a decade, averaged $6,874 with a median of $4,350.
Tuesday’s sale-topper, out of the Storm Cat mare Sweet Paradise, was consigned by River Edge Farm, Agent, and purchased by Super Horse Inc. Last year’s sale-topper was a colt by Royal Cat, out of the stakes-winning Wajima mare Tiza, that sold for $47,000 to Jeff Bonde.
A Swiss Yodeler colt, out of the Cahill Road mare Dreamy, was the second-highest price Tuesday at $45,000. He is a full brother to multiple winner Luzern. He was consigned by Pepper Oaks Farm, Agent, and purchased by Bill Wilbur.
The highest price paid for a filly was $25,000 for a daughter of Lord Carson, out of the Boundary mare Holiday Sale, consigned by Green Acres Stables, Agent, and purchased by Sierra Sunset.
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