Our Sunday out with a little Madness mixed in for good measure
Going through the catalogue saw a line up of quality 'black type" (in the dam lines that are listed for the yearlings for sale int he catalogue the dams that are stakes winners or are stakes placed and any progeny plus related horses are always in bold black lettering hence "black type") yearlings for the Festival Sale which ran for two days. We went on the first day. I had already made my picks even though I wasn't going to be actually buying one. Many years back I learned how a thoroughbred's pedigree goes together. It matters more on the dam line side than the sire's however if the sire is a highly commercial stallion such as in the league of names such as Northern Dancer, Sadler's Wells and Sir Tristram then that yearling was worth a lot more than a few thousand dollars. The average while we were there for this sale seemed to be around the $15,000 NZ mark. And there I was in my element. Been many years since I went to the sales at Karaka. But I got some great photos as you can see below....scroll down...
This is the old Auckland Gasworks as I recall. It's now known as Victoria Park market. I'm glad it wasn't demolished. Great place to go and visit and get some shopping in at the same time. Love that place a lot.
Errm yes it's another bridge this one is over the Albany to Puhoi Motorway. I just liked its design a lot. So I took a couple of photos..
Not sure why I took this and the camera was set in black and white. Why I have no idea. But I like the sky anyway. This is just before the Maungaturoto Township - dairy farms everywhere. This was one of them..
And last but not least one filly I would have loved to have taken home. Inaya definitely agreed with me on that one. But no I don't have $20,000 plus - so I'll see how she goes in her race career instead. Hopefully this little filly will do okay. And that was our Sunday. Took me a while to upload all the photos the writing took longer because I couldn't even think of what to say. Well I've found the words finally. Yawn if you must. Hope everyone is happy and well.
Love the photos, looks like you all had a ball :)
ReplyDeleteThe bridges look like the Westgate bridge here, except that one going over the roads...it dips somewhat and gave me the willies just imagining how to drive up it lol.
That second horse in the photos, the grey, almost looks like there's some Brumby or Waler in the bloodline with the stocky rump and broad chest.
Hi Liz-Sorry it's been so long that I stopped by, well I must confess that I have stopped by but not left a message. Loved all the photos of the horses and your nice day trip with all the bridges, tunnels and mountains.
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Blessings,
Leslie
ahh I see a photo there of Vicky park market, oh my I use to frequent there in the late 80's to buy hippie gear, those were the days. I bet the girls had loads of fun, all in all a great day!
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