Day 2 at the stable

The colt has been nicknamed "Sonny" by Vicki, because he is like the son of Tapdog. Think it suits him. He caused a bit of a stir on the first day in the stable, as he needed to always see the other horses. Clive had him in the outside stall next to Amber (who was attempting to let him know who is boss across the stall), but each time Amber went into her stall to eat Sonny would start whinnying to get her back out. It will be a couple of days before things settle down. Clive may move them around a bit.

Jeanette went out and took a few snaps of the new kid on the block. He comes across as a very muscular stocky build. Lots of arse on him. Good looking head and strong neck.

Yearling video

This video was shot prior to the sales and shows the colt as a yearling.

Lot 418....purchased for AU$53k on Feb 17th!!

We have a new yearling, a brown colt by Bletchley Park out of a Canny Lad mare called Tenant. The colt is built like a sprinter, and comes out of a sprinting sire line and sprinting dam line.

When the hammer came down at around 4:20pm Perth time, David Day, acting as Agent, was the final bidder at $53,000. He had got the colt just under our max, and the colt was heading home.

The drop of the hammer, signified the end of much research and pouring through statistics of the sires and dam sires with offerings. Clive landed at the Belmont Sales complex early Sunday morning with a list of 41 to keep him busy! He left from Geraldton at around 4:30am and arrived early Sunday morning to the sales. He joined up with his old mate Kevin Leaver (father in law of city trainer David Harrison) and put his careful eye to work immediately. David arrived when there was still plenty of work to be done, and after a bit of fun and games trying to find the "white haired wizard" the two got stuck into the remainder of the reviews.

At the end of Clive's process only 5 lots remained to review the xrays!!. After the xrays, there were just 3 left standing: 401 (a Tiger Hill to Don't Say Halo mare), 408 (a Blevic to Western Symphony mare), and 418 (a Bletchley Park to Canny Lad mare).

The Tiger hill went for 130k (we were first to bid at 50k!), the Blevic went for 80k, and we were the final bidder when the hammer came down on lot 418.

My brother David Day was in the hot seat for the partners....and he did it well. Getting the buy just below are max limit.

What an exciting feeling again...


Here are some of Dave's final SMS to me

"Feeling Fluid"
"Clive really likes but thinks it will go expensive..."
"Good looking looks like tappy"

Tappy is the old Tapdog, and if he runs like him we will sure have some fun.

At this early stage, the partners are Peter Day, Gavin Allen, Dan Barrett, and Marco Mennini.They are spread across the world in Perth, Paris, Dubai, and San Francisco. Three of the partners are new to the sport of kings, and I am hoping that this is a successful first venture!

One thing is for sure, Clive is very happy with the new acquisition.