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were more horses sold on this evening than in previous sales. Auctioneers Ralph H. Retler and Laddie Dance sold a total of 70 head by the evening’s end, for a total of $17,044,000, and an average of $268,979.
Whether it was due to the increased number, or the reduced quality of the consignments, is not known, but, the Thursday night sale average was down 91 percent from last year’s Thursday night.
Nevertheless, the Thursday night session was still a good night for Virginians, a large crowd of whom jammed into the Humphrey S. Finney Sales Pavilion to see how their neighbors’ horses sold.
The leading consignor of the evening, Peggy Augustus’ Old Keswick (Keswick Stables) was also the leading consignor of the sale. The Cobhambased farm sold seven yearlings for a total of $3,650,000, an average of $521,428, or more than 50 percent higher than the overall sales average.
For the fourth year in a row the highest-priced yearling from Keswick’s consignment was bought by Sheik Maktoum’s Darley Stud Management. The Arabian buyer paid $1.6 million for a beautiful homebred filly from the first crop of A1 Nasr out of Treasure Chest by Rough N’ Tumble. A1 Nasr is a son of Lyphard who is a stakes-winning and champion-producing son of Northern Dancer, one of the leading thoroughbred stallions of all time. Treasure Chest is the dam of 10 foals, eight of which have raced and three of which are graded stakes winners.
Mrs. Augustus herself was one of the underbidders on Keswick’s highpriced filly.
“She was part of my mother’s estate, I only owned about a third of her,” she explained later. “I knew she was going to bring a lot. I was very happy with the Maktoum’s buying her. They have done very well with the yearlings they have bought.”
In 1984 Keswick sold four yearlings for an average of $1,2%,250. Mrs. Augustus said the farm’s average was down this year because of her shortage of funds after recently settling her late mother’s estate.
“This year, due to the estate, I had to cut back on expenses,” Mrs. Augustus explained. “So I didn’t have yearlings by super sires. Considering that, I think they (the yearlings) did very well.”
Also at the sale Keswick sold a Majestic Light colt out of Irish-bred Beaming Bride for $575,000, an Assert filly out of Champagne Cocktail for $300,000, an Affirmed filly out of Paint The Town for $200,000, an Irish River colt out of La Pompadour for $275,000,
the the late joint master of the Rappahannock Hunt.
Besides ribbons and trophies, the high point horse or pony at the show will receive a $100 gift certificate from Horse Country Saddlery of Warrenton. Joan Jones, master of the Bull Run Hunt of Manassas, will judge the show.
Montpelier is located on Rt. 231 about six miles south of Sperryville. For more information, call (703) 5472810.
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