Elusive City service auction heats up
Press Release from Racing Hall of Fame
11:55 AM Friday Mar 05, 2010
Thoroughbred racing identity Peter Walker has sweetened the deal on an Elusive City service to be auctioned at tonight's Racing Hall of Fame dinner.
Haunui Farm have donated a service to its stallion Elusive City valued at $8000 plus GST.
Elusive City's yearling sold up to $260,000 at this month's yearling sales at Karaka with his progeny topping both the select and festival sales at $250,000 and $110,000 respectively.
Elusive City was the European champion first-season sire in 2008 and his progeny includes Gr I winner Elusive Wave. Among his current flagbearers are Brave Kid, unbeaten in five starts in Hong Kong, smart three-year-old Spirit Of Unicorn and exciting sprinting prospect Dasoudi.
Proceeds of the auction will go to the Racing Hall of Fame.
Walker will give the successful bidder the choice of one of six of his broodmares as a vehicle for the service, though the auction winner is still free to use their own mare
However, Walker has now offered the use of a broodmare for anyone wanting to bid on the auction who doesn't own a mare themselves.
Walker will give the successful bidder the choice of one of six of his broodmares as a vehicle for the service, though the auction winner is still free to use their own mare.
In addition, Haunui Farm has offered $3000 of free agistment for the winner of the auction.
Ten greats of the New Zealand turf will be inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame at the Ellerslie Convention Centre tonight.
Already 27 racehorses and personalities have gained entry into the Hall Of Fame, among them breeding icon Sir Patrick Hogan, jockey greats Bill Broughton, Bill and Bob Skelton and Lance O'Sullivan, and training greats Dave O'Sullivan, Colin Jillings and Ken Browne. The champion racehorses already in the Racing Hall Of Fame include Sunline, Phar Lap, Tulloch and Rising Fast.
The principal sponsor of this year's Racing Hall of Fame event is New Zealand Bloodstock, while other key sponsors are Trelawney Stud, Marie Leicester and Paul Kenny, Taranaki Thoroughbred Racing, Dunstan Feeds, Trac, Canterbury Jockey Club, Auckland Racing Club, Majestic Horse Floats, The Informant and Coupland's Bakeries.