2008 National Yearling Sales

Ready steady go.

The day of the fillies. Does this mean our best fillies are leaving the country.

Our?

The first R3m filly is a Royal Academy import, and the other is out of Fieldspring's imported Royal Academy mare. They're more like visiting tourists than 'ours'.

Nine fillies reaching the Million mark and over, two pin hookers in between.
Seventeen Colts reaching the Million mark and over, two pin hookers in between.

Seven RSA bred filles between R750 - R950 no pin hookers in between
Five RSA bred colts between R750 - R950 only one pin hooker between this price.

Twelve RSA Fillies between R500 - R700 only one Pin hooker in this category.
Seven RSA bred colts in this price range. No pin hookers

Never before did RSA fillies sold like this before on select night.

30 out of 51 colts made 500k and more. 21 couldn't make more than 500k. 58%

29 out of 36 fillies made 500k and more. Only 7 fillies couldn't make more than 500k. 80%

people seem to by the fillys for there paddock value

I wonder how many of these will see the track, and what percentage will recoup their cost?

Waiting for white pages to see if the lower end horse enjoy support - some of the imported horses had such formidable pedigrees that they would not have been out of place anywhere in the world - got the feeling that there may be bargins at the lower end if breeders don't have outlandish reserves