Point of Entry filly tops CTHS Alberta sale

The 2017 Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Alberta Division) Thoroughbred sale closed Sunday with solid gains across the board, led by a $45,000 filly by Point of Entry.

The mixed sale’s yearling portion saw 81 horses sold for revenues of $828,900, up 62 percent from the previous edition, when 62 yearlings brought $511,700.

Sunday’s average sale price rose 24 percent to $10,233 from $8,253, while the median grew 40 percent to $7,000 from $5,000. The buyback rate finished at 24 percent, compared with 38 percent in 2016.

Prices grew significantly at the top of the market, with the number of horses sold for $30,000 or more doubling to four from two. The number of horses to cross the $20,000 threshold grew to 13 from five, and the number of horses sold for $10,000 or more rose to 33 from 18.

Riversedge Racing purchased the sale-topper, a second-crop Point of Entry filly, for $45,000.

The dark bay or brown filly is out of the winning Macho Uno mare Carmen’s Kiss, whose first foal to race is stakes winner Makealittlenoise.

Bred in Alberta by Running Fawcett Thoroughbreds and Sybil Palmer, the filly is from the family of Canadian champions Poetically and Primaly, Grade 1 winner Citronnade, Japanese Group 2 winner Sunrise Prince, and Grade 3 winners Whiskey Wisdom, Twilight Meteor, and Marchman.

Running Fawcett Thoroughbreds consigned the filly.

The mixed portion of the catalog was led by Dunluce, an unraced 2-year-old Charming Assassin colt who sold to Randy Bailer for $8,200.

The gray or roan colt is out of the stakes-placed Defensive Play mare Blue Defense, whose four winners from seven starters includes stakes-placed Gilded Eagle. He is from the family of stakes winners Alisha’s Favorite, Wingless Flight, Franco, and Long Rifle.

Dunluce was bred in Alberta and consigned by Roy Robert McClintock.

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