“We had so many challenges with Covid restrictions and then the weather but in the end the strength of the catalogue shone through. “It has been an incredible day,” says NZB Standardbred’s James Jennings. While there was still some business to be done on passed in lots for the average to settle in anything like that region is jaw-dropping, with over $6million in horse flesh to have change hands. When the sales ring finally fell silent after 131 lots the average was close to a staggering $62,000, a remarkable 23 per cent up on last year, which it itself was a record. The first day of sales week started ominously with gale force winds, rain and two giant trees falling at the Karaka sales complex, one onto a stabling block, which luckily was not being used and far from the horses.įrom those mayhemic scenes rose a magnificent day for the industry even with the challenges of Covid pods of 100 people, which were hardly tested by the even smaller than expected crowds, some staying away because of storms.īut those who came spent and spent at a level never seen in harness racing before in this part of the world.
Of all the strange things than happened at Karaka on Sunday the strangest was also the most important.Īnd that was the final result of a remarkable sale that defied all obstacles to produce a record average nobody could have predicted. In all over 400 yearlings will go under the hammer over the four days of the sales. The Christchurch Sale of Trotters will start with Lot 139 at 3pm, followed by the pacers tomorrow and Wednesday. The NZB Standardbred yearling sales head to Christchurch today, after an "incredible" opening day at Karaka yesterday.
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