We’ll post a full report on the World Sale as soon as possible next week. We know that the overall average was $2,933, up slightly from last year. Nearly the same percentage of horses changed hands (61 horses were sold and 32 were repurchased). The average price for horses sold and not repurchased was $1,800, down approximately 20 percent from last year. The high-selling lot was #98 for $5,500.
You need to hustle if you’re interested in an on-line bidder number for Wednesday evening’s World Sale. Go to LiveAuction.TV and follow their instructions. We can process the requests much more easily if received sooner rather than later.
One week and counting until the 2009 World Championship Appaloosa Show in Fort Worth. ApHC staff will be traveling this weekend and early next week to finalize preparations for this showcase event. Entry numbers are looking good and we anticipate an exciting show. Don’t forget to check the webcam if you can’t make it to Texas in person. And, be sure to register early (two days ahead) with LiveAuctions.TV to view and bid on horses in the sale Wednesday, October 28th.
For those of you hauling horses and/or coming to the show, we wish you safe travels and look forward to seeing you in Fort Worth.
World Show premium books and invitations were mailed on Friday, September 11. The pre-entry deadline & stall reservation deadline is September 25.
You can now look on-line to check the list of classes in which you’ve been invited to participate. This is available for non-pros and for first-listed horse owners. From the home page, click on the “Member Sign-In” button. Then click on the link that says “World Show invitations – click here to see if you’ve been invited to attend”. Finally, if you are a non-pro who has been invited or if you’re the first-listed owner of a horse that has been invited, you can enter your membership number and click “submit” to see the list of classes in which you and/or your horses are able to participate at the World Show.
In addition, the rules and regulations for the show plus all entry blanks are on the ApHC Web site. Click on the World Show logo to access this information.
The two halter slot futurity classes that were scheduled to be held at the World Show have been canceled due to lack of participation. There were minimal entries received by the deadline. All slot owners were contacted and elected to withdraw from the classes. We plan to reintroduce the slot class concept in 2010 in a way that we hope will encourage more excitement and participation. Stay tuned for more details.
The World Sale catalog should be done within the week and will be available online. Printed versions will be available as soon as possible in early October.
Promote your horses, your business, or simply support the ApHC by advertising in this year’s World Sale catalog.
Back cover/inside covers (color): $500 (outside back cover and inside back covers are reserved)
Full page (black/white): $400
½ page (black/white): $300 (one 1/2 page has been reserved)
Business card: $100
**Rates are based on camera ready art, design assistance is available for $25 hour. Accepted file formats are JPG. TIFF, PDF, or EPS. Ad sizes are: Full page 4.5’ x 8’ ; Half page 4.5’ x 4’ ; business card size 3″ x 2″. Reservations are appreciated by Aug 1 and Art work is due by Aug 15th.
Consignment information for the 2009 World Sale is now available on the appaloosa.com site. Just click on the World Sale icon at the bottom of the home page. The sale will be Wednesday October 28th in Fort Worth, Texas.
The inaugural Stallion Services Silent Auction, hosted by the Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC), came to an end Jan. 15 after earning a notable $9,225!
The auction, which kicked off at the 2008 World Championship Appaloosa Show in Fort Worth, Texas, boasted 21 quality Appaloosas that displayed the versatility of this mutli-talented and colorful breed.
Bidders silently competed for some of the industry’s finest Appaloosas including: Authentic Sonny, Choc Full Of Chips, Distinctive, Heza Dreamer, Impulsive Invitation, Impulsive Zipper, JR Hunter, Maid Magic, Mr. Cool Hand Luke, Nastyattitude, Rather Inclusive, Renaissance Man, Sacred Dream, Skipa Maxi Treat, State Of The Art, Supreme Court Dream, The Radio Flyer, Undertack, Zip Me Impressive, Zips Dark Chocolate and Zips Strawsam MMR.
Foals resulting from breedings through this unique opportunity will be eligible for the World Championship Appaloosa Sale Incentive classes and compete for large payouts as two year olds.
The ApHC would like to thank all of the stallion owners who donated breedings to the Stallion Services Silent Auction. We would also like to thank everyone who participated in the auction, and congratulations to all of the winning bidders! Without your generous contributions, this exciting event would not be possible.
Visit www.appaloosa.com and click on the World Championship Appaloosa Show logo for the detailed results, and be sure to stay tuned to learn more about the upcoming 2009 Stallion Services Silent Auction!
Just a quick update on results from the World Sale. You can find individual prices and sale/no-sale information by reviewing the on-line catalog. From the appaloosa.com home page, click on the sale button at the bottom and then the catalog.
In the Select Sale, the overall average was $1,848. The Top Five sellers averaged $4,500. The Top Ten sellers averaged $3,355.
In the Incentive (yearlings and nominated broodmares) Sale, the overall average was $2,567. The Top Five sellers averaged $6,060. The Top Ten sellers averaged $4,305.
Thanks Tafra Donberger for the photo.
You may have heard about the exciting Stallion Services Silent Auction at the 2008 World Championship Appaloosa Show, and we are happy to announce that stallion services NOT SOLD at the 2008 World Championship Appaloosa Show are still available for your consideration!
Heza Dreamer, JR Hunter, Nastyattitude, Rather Inclusive, Sacred Dream, Impulsive Invitation, Skipa Maxi Treat, State of the Art, Supreme Court Dream, The Radio Flyer, Zip Me Impressive and Zips Strawsam MMR are still on the auction block. View these outstanding Appaloosa stallions at http://www.appaloosa.com/pdfs/08W_StallionSilentAuctionAvailable.pdf
To submit your bid on a breeding to one of these fine Appaloosa stallions, please send your name, membership number, and all contact information to marketing@appaloosa.com. The first person to submit a minimum bid of half the published price or $500 automatically wins a breeding to their chosen stallion. This is your last opportunity, so submit your bid now!
REMEMBER: Foals resulting from breedings through this unique opportunity will be eligible for the World Championship Appaloosa Sale Incentive classes and compete for large payouts as two-year-olds!
As always, thank you for supporting the Appaloosa Horse Club and the 2008 ApHC Stallion Services Silent Auction – offering some of the finest Appaloosa stallions in the industry!
For more information, contact Merida McClanahan, Director of Marketing, Appaloosa Horse Club at marketing@appaloosa.com or (208) 882-5578 ext 235
Sometimes the glory of leadership is a bit obscure. Bill Thiel, ApHC World Sale Committee chair, displays obvious skill at the task of sweeping aisles in the sale stall area at the World Show in Fort Worth this week. We’ll have other news and pics from the sale, but we do know that the overall sale averaged approximately $2,350. That’s not official, but it’s close. This year we added broodmares to the incentive sale and also had some proven performance horses, along with the featured yearlings. Honestly, all things considered, we had a good sale and saw a nice mix of horses and buyers.
The 2008 Appaloosa World Sale will be on Wednesday, October 29th at 6 p.m. at the Will Rogers Memorial Center, Fort Worth, Texas. The catalog can be accessed from the appaloosa.com home page. The icon is at the bottom of the page.
If you are unable to attend the sale in person, Internet viewing and bidding is available via the LiveAuctions.tv website. Internet bidders/buyers must create an account and request a bidder number at least two days prior to the sale (that means today would be a really good day to get an account!).
Yearlings puchased in the “Incentive” sale are eligible to compete in classes at the 2009 World Show. With at least $10,000 in prize money per class in two-year-old hunter under saddle, western pleasure and halter, there is indeed an incentive for you to get involved.
A new segment of the sale this year is the incentive broodmare division. Resulting foals will be eligible for the incentive classes as two-year-olds. In the Select Sale, you’ll be able to choose from a group of proven performers representing a mix of leading performance and halter bloodlines.
The ApHC is also conducting a stallion service silent auction here at the World Show in Fort Worth. Resulting foals are eligible for the incentive classes as two-year-olds.
The catalog can be accessed from the appaloosa.com home page. The icon is at the bottom of the page.
The 2008 Appaloosa World Sale will be on Wednesday, October 29th at 6 p.m. at the Will Rogers Memorial Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
Yearlings puchased in the “Incentive” sale are eligible to compete in classes at the 2009 World Show. With at least $10,000 in prize money per class in two-year-old hunter under saddle, western pleasure and halter, there is indeed an incentive for you to get involved.
A new segment of the sale this year is the incentive broodmare division. Resulting foals will be eligible for the incentive classes as two-year-olds. In the Select Sale, you’ll be able to choose from a group of proven performers representing a mix of leading performance and halter bloodlines.
We’ll have more information about the addition of a stallion service silent auction. Bidding will be available on-line and at the sale site in Fort Worth.
If you are unable to attend the sale in person, Internet viewing and bidding is available via the LiveAuctions.tv website. Internet bidders/buyers must create an account and request a bidder number at least two days prior to the sale.
The ApHC is conducting a Stallion Service Silent Auction at the 2008 World Championship Appaloosa Show! Breedings to high quality Appaloosa stallions will be sold to the highest bidder– don’t miss your chance at this unique opportunity!
Interested parties may place their bids in the John Justin lobby, outside of the James L. & Eunice West Sale Arena. Located next to the ApHC Information Booth. Bidding begins at noon, Tuesday Oct. 24, and ends at the close after the last class on Friday, October 31st.
Special Note: Resulting foals will be eligible for the Sale Incentive Classes as two-year-olds. Stallion service donors will also have the opportunity to nominate an entry in the incentive classes.
For more information, contact Sandra Matthews at (719) 651-1771 or via email at sandmarc@redgeckointernet.net; Frank Larrabee at (505) 249-6736 or via email at larrabeeapp@aol.com.
Here’s a brief report on the World Sale:
Yearling Incentive Sale average = $4,513
Average price of the Top Five = $13,400
Average price of the Top Ten = $11,025
Select Sale average = $2,432
Average price of the Top Five = $4,750
Average price of the Top Ten = $3,595
Yearling Sale averages were down from 2006, primarily due (we assume) to the increase in the total number of consignments in the sale. Averages for the Select Sale were up slightly from a year ago.
Individual prices are posted on the on-line catalog. The ones without prices were either not sold or were scratched from the sale.
The ApHC Sale Committee met for a de-briefing on Thursday and discussed various aspects of the sale for next year. Obviously, there are always improvements and changes that can be made. Overall, however, the sale was a good one. Our first attempt with on-line bidding was interesting and successful. We had 178 viewers/bidders on line during the sale. At least two lots were sold via the Internet and several other consignments were helped along with active on-line bidding.
We would like to extend a special word of thanks to Bruce McCarty, who stepped in as auctioneer for Keith Babb, who suffered a severe leg break while on a hunting trip. Bruce did a great job and was helpful on many fronts.
Congratulations to the buyers and sellers. We look forward to a renewed effort in 2008.
The World Sale here at the World Championship Appaloosa Show was standing room only. It got off to a great start and I’m sure the results will look good.
I’ll try to post some summary information from the sale as soon as the results have been officially announced.
In the meantime, if you’ve never been to a sale then you can hear what it’s like in a short audio clip here: 
World Sale Audio (1 min MP3)
My photo album from the show is growing. I’m sure there’s lots of places you can get them with all the cameras around here but now you’ve got one more.
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