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TOP 5 HIGHEST SELLERS
Hip #, Name, sex (Sire-Dam, Dam Sire) Consignor
Purchaser
Price
253, First Requirement, f, 2017 (First Moonflash - Required Fire, Walk Thru Fire) Double LL Farms, Agent
Javier Rodriguez
$84,000
190, Big Big Love, c, 2017 (Big Daddy Cartel - Desperate Love, Walk Thru Fire) Wood Ranch & Racing
Tommy Dinwiddie
$75,000
268, Dark Moon, f, 2017 (First Moonflash - Special Dark Ivory, Ivory James) Double LL Farms, Agent
Don Cavenaugh
$72,000
248, James Gang Boss, g, 2017 (Jesse James Jr - Tres Of Alice, Tres Seis) MJ Farms, Agent
Lee Lewis / Ted Rushing
$68,000
182, Perrys Regard, c, 2017 (Chicks Regard - Ms Perry Mason, Mr Jess Perry) Double LL Farms, Agent
Ted Zrzavy
$60,000
The Ruidoso New Mexico Bred Sale was held Aug. 17-18 at the Ruidoso Downs Sales Pavilion. Quarter Horse yearlings sold both Friday and Saturday, with Thoroughbreds kicking off the sale Friday night. Ruidoso also held their second annual Ruidoso Select Foal-In-Utero sale during Saturday’s session.
When factoring only Quarter Horse sales, yearlings saw increased numbers with preliminary gross sales nearing $2.7 million and the average sale price reaching $16,603 from 169 horses offered. A total of 145 head sold compared to 141 that sold in 2017.
The high seller at $84,000 was Hip #253, First Requirement (First Moonflash-Required Fire, Walk Thru Fire), a brown yearling filly consigned by Double LL Farms, Agent, and pur- chased by Javier Rodriguez. First Requirement is a half-sister to undefeated Jess Fire Chick, winner of this year’s Zia Futurity-RG1
and Mountain Top Futurity-RG3. First Requirement is by Champion sire/Champion broodmare sire First Moonflash and out of stakes winner Required Fire.
The second-highest seller at $75,000 was Hip #190, Big Big Love (Big Daddy Cartel- Desperate Love, Walk Thru Fire), a brown yearling colt consigned by Wood Ranch & Racing and purchased by Tommy Dinwiddie. Big Big Love is the first foal out of a 1/2-sister to stakes winner Tessta Rossa and three stakes placed runners, including The Revenant. Big Big Love’s 2nd dam is stakes winner Remember Me Rose.
TOP 6 BUYERS
Buyer
#Purchased
Total
Ted Zrzavy
3
$115,000
Paul Blanchard
2
$95,000
Eduardo Mendoza
4
$85,000
Javier Rodriguez
1
$84,000
Martin Ybarra
2
$75,000
Tommy Dinwiddie
1
$75,000
TOP 5 CONSIGNORS/AGENTS
Consignor/Agent
#Sold
Total
Double LL Farms, Agent
51
$914,900
MJ Farms, Agent
39
$821,600
Wood Ranch & Racing
6
$136,500
Sierra Blanca Equine, Agent
11
$110,000
MJ Farms, Agent for Benny Smith
1
$40,000
TOP 5 LEADING SIRES
Sire
#Sold
Total
Big Daddy Cartel
33
$753,000
First Moonflash
26
$559,500
Jesse James Jr
17
$321,000
Jess A Chicks
19
$268,700
Woodbridge
9
$141,600
TOP 5 LEADING SIRES BY AVERAGE, WITH 2 OR MORE SOLD
Sire
#Sold
Total
Big Daddy Cartel
33
$22,818
First Moonflash
26
$21,519
Chicks Regard
5
$20,800
Jesse James Jr
17
$18,882
Woodbridge
9
$15,733
TOTAL HIPS CATALOGED - 181
Withdrawn ...................... 12 TotalOffered ................... 169 Repurchased.................... 24 TotalSold...................... 145 GrossRevenue...........$2,694,100 Total Revenue (less repurchases) . . . .
......................$2,407,400 Average (includes repurchases) . . . . .
........................ $15,941 Average (excluding repurchases) . . . .
........................ $16,603
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