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with rich pay dirt. Great Britain tracks paid
the mare nearly $362,000 in US dollars. Her produce followed the path set by mama and contributed to the riches; nine winners from her prolific 15 foals with no lack of black type.
Alexander came down with one of those miserable summer colds after the sale, but not all the sniffing and sneezing on the planet could dampen his sale afterglow.
“Everything about this sale was exciting,” he said. “We’ve been waiting a long time for one like this. The Thursday of the sale weekend was the busiest Thursday I think we’ve ever experienced. The interest from people was extremely high and we were leading horses in and out of stalls all day for prospective buyers. It was wonderful.”
Quarter Horse Yearlings
The Quarter Horse portion of the New Mexico-Bred sale was no less wonderful than the Thoroughbreds.
The total consignment consisted of 169 head with 145 sold for a $16,603 average. Total gross sales came in at $2,407,400. The numbers put a huge grin on dozens of faces.
As always happens, there were some folks sporting unusually large smiles of satisfaction, including top consignor Double LL Farms and W.L. Mooring. Credited with the first and third high-sellers, the first by First Moonflash and the third by Chicks Regard, Mooring was responsible for approximately one-third of the New Mexico-bred Quarter Horse yearlings
led into the ring, with a total of 51 hips for $914,900. His consignment average was just a few dollars shy of $18,000.
Second on the high-dollar consignor list
was Mac and Janis Murray’s MJ Farms, with 39 stamped hips that sold for a total of $821,600. The average was an impressive $21,066. The second high-seller, a colt by Big Daddy Cartel named Big Big Love, did not come from MJ’s 39 entries, but he was by one of their stallions. The bay colt was consigned by Wood Ranch and Racing.
Three of the six top sellers were sired by MJ stallions – Big Daddy Cartel, Jesse James Jr and Woodbridge. Two more of the top six were sired by Double LL stallions First Moonflash and Jess A Chicks. Chicks Regard, standing at Bar Y Equine, accounted for the other member of the top six.
The Leading Sires averages contributed
to the impressive list of numbers. By average, with two or more yearlings sold, the pecking order was Big Daddy Cartel ($22,818 avg.), First Moonflash ($21,519 avg.), Chicks Regard ($20,800 avg.), Jesse James Jr ($18,882 avg.), Woodbridge ($15,733 avg.) and Jess A Chicks ($14,142 avg.).
The top 10 buyers waded in with both feet. There was nothing shy as they raised their
hands, tipped their hats and nodded their willingness to sign a ticket.
Ted Zrzavy topped the list by opening
his check book to the tune of $115,000. Paul Blanchard was second with $95,000 and Eduardo Mendoza was third with $85,000. The tenth entry was La Feliz Montana Ranch, returning to racing after a brief hiatus, with $52,000. Welcome back!
High Seller: Hip 253, $84,000 FIRST REQUIREMENT, filly, (First Moonflash-Required Fire, Walk Thru Fire)
• Consigned by: Double LL Farms • Purchased by: La Feliz Montana
Ranch, LLC
also a sister to stakes winner Firing Tools, who produced Jess Fire Chick and Flash Moonfire. The first is a stakes winner of nearly $150,000 and the second is stakes-placed with $104,000.
The second dam is the stakes mare No Tools Required with $116,000, the dam of stakes winners One Hot Mechanic ($159,000) and Required Fire. Those big, bold, capital letters roll right on down the catalog page through the third dam Special Jelly Roll and the fourth dam Special Charge TB.
“All our stallions did well at the sale,” said Mooring, “and I can tell you we were more than pleased with not just our results but the way the entire sale turned out.
“I think we had a lot of positive factors helping us. The general economy is good. The oil business is getting stronger. And I think
New Mexico has made some positive changes, including allowing outside mares to return home after they’re bred. That makes it way more affordable for people outside New Mexico to breed to our stallions.
“Change is never easy and a lot of people fought this particular one, but I don’t think it won’t be too long before we see the benefits.
“First Requirement is a beautiful filly and it was no surprise that she did so well. Mike Abraham bred her and Javier Rodriquez bought her.”
Second High Seller: Hip 190, $75,000 BIG BIG LOVE, colt,
(Big Daddy Cartel-Desperate Love, Walk Thru Fire)
• Consigned by: Wood Ranch & Racing • Purchased by: Tommy Dinwiddie
Mark and Annette McCloy, the breeders of Big Big Love, are one of those special success stories.
“They only started in the business 4 1/2-years ago,” said Mac Murray, whose MJ Farms stands Big Daddy Cartel. “They’re ranchers at heart. They raise a lot of stock and they love horses and racing. They bought their first Quarter Horse race mare at Heritage Place and, now, they have six very nice broodmares.
“Not only do they perform their due diligence before making breeding and buying decisions,
There was obviously enough electricity in the air at the 2018 New Mexico-bred sale to keep people awake and alert past their normal bedtimes because, once again, the high seller for the evening didn’t step into the ring until hip 253, out of 301 total.
It was First Requirement, part of the Double LL consignment, by First Moonflash (First To Flash-Nagano Moon).
First Moonflash was foaled in 2005 and, when he hit the track, he was hailed as a true “phenom.” Could he really be a New Mexico- bred, competing on the world stage? Crowned an AQHA Champion? Earner of nearly $1,000,000? A 4-time New World Record setter?
Yes, he was all those things and, when he retired, it was W.L. Mooring’s Double LL Farm that received the nod to stand him. Now, at only 13, the stallion has sired 21 stakes winners with more than $11.5-million in earnings. His get include All American Futurity winner and Champion 2 Year Old Handsome Jack Flash; Foxy Moonflash, Champion 3 Year Old; and Too Flash For You, All American Derby winner.
It’s no wonder the brown First Requirement walked into the ring with her head held high.
Not only does the filly have First Moonflash going for her but her mama, Required Fire, is also darned impressive. By Walk Thru Fire, the black type mare won more than $70,000. She’s
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