The 2022 Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (British Columbia Division) took place Sept. 8, posting declines in gross, but gains in average and median sale price, topped by a $40,000 (Canadian) colt by Practical Joke.
A total of 57 horses changed hands during the auction at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, B.C., for revenues of $983,100, down 17 percent from the 2021 sale, when 75 horses sold for $1,191,000.
The average sale price increased nine percent year-over-year to $17,247 from $15,880, while the median rose 31 percent to $17,000 from $13,000.
Swift Thoroughbreds Inc., purchased the sale-topper, a Practical Joke colt, for $40,0oo.
The bay colt is the second foal out of the winning Paynter mare Sekhmet's Revenge. The dam is a half-sister to Grade 1-placed stakes winner Zeewat and Grade 3-placed stakes winner Henny Jenney.
The British Columbia-bred's extended family includes Grade 2 winners Cozi Rosie and Lexicon.
Nutritech Ventures Inc. consigned the sale-topper.
The auction's leading consignor by gross was Whitewood Farm, which moved four horses for a combined $105,000. Leading the way for the consignment was a $35,000 Honor Code colt that sold to Tod Mtn. Thoroughbreds.
That buyer was the sale's leading purchaser, securing 10 horses for a total of $208,000. The aforementioned Honor Code colt was the operation's biggest purchase of the sale.
To view the auction's full results, click here.
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