New Zealand’s leading trainers and big-spending owners are set to descend upon the Otago-Southland region to check out its yearling sales contenders.
The annual Southern Bred Southern Reared yearling sales tour is on Wednesday, January 31.
The bus tour will break from its usual two-day format and change to a one-day, nine-hour feast of the region’s blueblood standardbreds.
Among the classy lineup of yearlings is a full brother to West Australian star Chicago Bull. The yearling is the only offering being prepared by Katrina Price of Winton.
Macca Lodge will present a Majestic Son yearling from former classy trotter One Under Kenny. This season that broodmare has produced Kenny’s Dream. who looks to be on a path towards the country’s best three-year-old trotting races.
Arden Lodge will present another strong draft of eight yearlings including a colt by Somebeachsomewhere from broodmare gem Winter Rose.
The tour will take in six stops starting at Shard Farm near Invercargill and finishing at Wingatui racecourse.
To book your space on the bus tour RSVP to Katrina Price; katrina.price@xtra.co.nz ph 021 369 097.