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Wexford Stables secure Wandjina colt while a son from the first crop of Satono Aladdin sells to Singapore
Two lots made NZ$150,000 on Thursday with the first of these coming when Wexford Stables went to that price to secure Lot 826, a colt by Newgate Farm’s Wandjina (Snitzel). The colt is the first foal out of the unraced mare Home Alone (O’Reilly) whilst his third dam is dual Listed winner Playful Fingers (Defensive Play).
The colt was one of five lots bought by Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott’s Wexford Stables at the sale.
Te Awamutu breeder Heidi Richardson, who presented the colt under her own banner with the assistance of Curraghmore, was delighted with the result.
“I am blown away,” she said.
“I actually bought the mare online in Australia and I really liked her bloodlines.
“She got sent up to my brother, Blair Richardson, in the Hunter Valley. He is a breaker and pre-trainer at Vantage Hill.
“I had a quick five-minute conversation with him and next minute I flew over there to find a stallion to put her to.
“I went to Newgate and liked Wandjina on type and she got in foal first pop.
Home Alone was bought for just $900 at the 2018 Inglis Digital April Online Sale and Richardson was quick to pay credit to her neighbour Gordon Cunningham, whose Curraghmore presented the horse on her behalf.
“He is a close friend of mine and I asked him about the mare and the bloodlines and he has come and seen the horse the whole way through, so we’re pretty happy and very impressed with how he has turned the horse out,” she said.
A radiographer by trade, Richardson has a broodmare agistment property.
“I am normally foaling down other people’s horses, and this is my first dabble into the breeding side of things myself and I am just blown away.
“I have now got a Pins mare and a Reliable Man filly, in addition to Home Alone, who has a Reliable Man filly and is in foal to Turn Me Loose, so you’re going to see a lot more horses under my banner,” she said.
The second NZ$150,000 lot of the day was the Satono Aladdin (Deep Impact) colt out of My Hope (Howbaddouwantit), Lot 908, was bought by Singaporian-based Mr Pang.
The colt is the sixth foal out of My Hope who has produced two winners to date and is herself a half-sister to Group 3 winner Exinite (Lord Ballina) and Vitrinite (Lord Ballina).
“This colt (Lot 908) was one of the best horses I’ve ever put through a sale,” said Wallace.
“He is an absolutely outstanding individual. He probably doesn’t have a NZ$150,000 pedigree but he is a NZ$150,000 colt on type.
“He was very popular in his parades and had 15-16 hits on his x-rays. You know there is something about a horse when a number of good judges are hanging around until so late in the sale.”
Ardsley Stud sold eight yearlings all together for a total of NZ$474,500 and Wallace was extremely pleased with the results having earlier in the day also sold a Per Incanto (Street Cry) colt well when he was bought for NZ$130,000 by Phill Catalado on behalf of Upper Bloodstock.
“I’m very very pleased as it takes a lot of work from everyone to get these results,” he said.
“We had thirteen altogether over the whole sale and I think we have got them all away bar one.
“We have had a very good sale overall.”
