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First Million Dollar Yearling for Trelawney 16 Apr 2007
New Zealand’s Trelawney Stud reached a milestone at the William Inglis Yearling Sale last week when the farm’s first million dollar yearling was sold through the ring. The colt, a son of Redoute’s Choice out of the stakes winning-mare National Treasure, a mare bred by Trelawney Stud, was knocked down to Nick Coulumb under the banner of Tristarc Bloodstock for A$1.5 million. “It was certainly a huge thrill,” said Brent Taylor of Trelawney Stud. “It’s something that you dream about having a yearling good enough to make a million dollars and to have finally achieved that is very satisfying,” he said. “There was a lot of interest in the colt right from the word go but you just never know what is going to happen until they get into the ring,” he said. “He came up early on the last day but the buyers were there and we have now reached that milestone,” said Brent.

LEFT: The colt sold for A$1.5 million

Owned and operated by the Taylor family since the early nineties, Trelawney has achieved some remarkable success in the sales ring over recent years. “We have sold the likes of Hill Of Grace, Mr Celebrity, Amalfi, Wahid, The Duke and numerous other Group One winners and performers through the sale ring and hopefully this colt will go on to add his name to that list,” said Brent.

Another highlight of the Trelawney draft was the Galileo colt out of Liberty Song that sold for $420,000 to the bid of Woodlands Stud. Owned by Mark and Shelley Treweek, he was purchased for $150,000 as a weanling and also proved to be very popular. “This was a huge result for Mark and Shelley and we were happy to have been a part of it,” said Brent.

Six yearlings were offered under the Trelawney banner with the farm achieving a sale average of $521,000 – fourth on the overall Vendor Average list for three or more yearlings sold. “The Easter Sale is where the cream of the crop are put under the hammer and we always offer a select group of yearlings,” said Brent. “The sale not only brings together the best yearlings in Australasia but also some of the most respected and astute judges of bloodstock from around the world,” he said. “To see two New Zealand farms, ourselves and Haunui, each sell a yearling for over a million dollars at this sale is fantastic and just continues to highlight what high regard New Zealand horses are held in,” he said.