Walner Delivers BIG TIME!
North American champion trotting sire Walner Ca went to unprecedented heights at the Melbourne Nutrien Equine yearling sale at Oaklands Junction on Sunday.
He produced the top three priced lots across the board.
A filly out of outstanding racemare Dance Craze fetched a record-breaking $250,000.
This surpassed the $220,000 paid for a Ready Cash Fra-Amour de Frere NZ filly last year.
Both were bred by Yabby Dam Farms, which also Walner has part of its stallion roster.
While the Dance Craze filly topped the sale, a Walner-Aldebaran Tobbe colt attracted $180,000 and Walner-Arboe NZ filly was sold for $150,000.
Walner has been a revelation at Australasian yearling sales this year.
He also topped the two New Zealand Bloodstock sales in February.
A Walner-Destinee Jenilou filly attracted the biggest price of $220,000 at Karaka (ahead of a Walner-Hopeful Beauty Fra colt $150,000) and a Walner-Egee Money Fra filly a record-breaking $290,000 at Christchurch.
In a sale dominated by trotters on Sunday, another YDF overseas-based stallion Orlando Vici Fra had a colt out of Aleppo Jewell sell for $130,000.
Other leading prices for YDF stallions:
E L Titan US-Ballyronan NZ filly - $90,000
E L Titan US-Cyclone Jeter NZ filly - $70,000
Facetime Bourbon Fra-Glenferrie Burn colt - $65,700
Winners and placegetters by YDF roster stallions across Australasia in past week:
1st TE AMO (Love You Fra) 8yo gelding Victoria
1st IRON WOMEN (Quaker Jet Fra) 4yo mare Victoria
1st LUVAVICI NZ (Orlando Vic Fra) 6yo gelding NZ
1st CONRAD H NZ (Love You Fra) 7yo gelding NZ
1st KAIPAKI JACK NZ (Love You Fra) 7yo gelding NZ
2nd HILLSIDE (Quaker Jet Fra) 6yo gelding Victoria
2nd ORLANDO VEYRON (Orlando Vicic Fra) 2yo gelding Victoria
2nd KYVALLEY JETSREAM NZ (Love You Fra) 4yo gelding Victoria
2nd MR LOVE NZ (Love You Fra) 7yo gelding NZ
3rd YSMIR (Used To Me Fra) 6yo mare Queensland
3rd SPEEDY LOVER (Love You Fra) 6yo gelding NSW
3rd WESTAR MILLY NZ (Love You Fra) 7yo mare NZ (twice)
3rd KINK NZ (Love You Fra) 7yo gelding NZ