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well at Saratoga. We were disappointed in the prices some of the colts brought, though.”
Newstead’s five colts did not sell well, ranging from only $30,000 for a Believe It and an Affirmed colt to $175,000 for a Forli colt.
“We were disappointed the Forli colt didn’t bring more,” said Mr. Horkan. “Everyone said it was the best looking one in the sale.”
The Forli colt was bought by George Blackwell for Washington Redskins owner, Jack Kent Cooke’s Elmendorf Farm in Lexington, Ky.
Newstead’s five fillies — by the stallions Alydar, The Minstrel, Nijinsky II, In Reality and Tom Rolfe — brought from $150,000 (Tom RolfeToot’s Image) to $1.25 million, for an average of $485,000.
One Virginia consignor who was very happy with his sales results was Ernie Oare, owner of EMO Stables of Warrenton. Though he only had one yearling to sell, a Northern Prospect filly out of Verset Holiday, Mr. Oare was very satisfied with the $460,000 that California trainer Wayne D. Lukas paid for the horse.
“I tell you, you could have knocked me down with a feather,” Mr. Oare commented after the sale. “Bill Openheim (a writer for The Daily Racing Form and editor of Racing Update) came by afterwards and said to me — “you know that was the highest price ever paid for a Northern Prospect foal. And, it’ll probably be the highest price
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