At evening’s end, buyers and sellers toasted the results: A record average of $61,134 with 83% sold and a top 10 average of $110,700.
A Smooth Satin Doll topped the sale at $210,000. Consigned by Tommy Manion, the Smooth As A Cat daughter, out of top ten producer Autumn Boon, was purchased by Lynn Leedy, Aubrey, Tex.
The second-highest seller, at $157,000, was Smoothee Lou, conisgned by Oxbow Ranch. The Smooth As A Cat daughter, purchased by Wade Smith, Geary, Okla., is out of black-type producer Loella Again from the family of Third Cutting LTE $511,749.
Smith also paid $150,000 for Denvers Purdy, consigned by Tejas Trading Company. The red roan colt is by Metallic Cat and a three-quarter brother, out of Purdy Aristocrat, to leading sire Purdy Boy Flash.
Chrome Catillac, also sired by Metallic Cat, brought $130,000 for Cannon Quarter Horses, from Rusty Simpson, Nemo, Tex. The red roan colt is out of the multiple champion Tootsie Rey LTE $209,117, by Dual Rey.
Oxbow Ranch also sold Crimson Bet, by Metallic Cat, for $100,000 to Bar RR Ranchesl, Bartonville,Tex. The red roan colt is out of NCHA world champion Bet Yer Blue Boons LTE $350,615, and a three-quarter brother to NCHA world champion Bet Hesa Cat.
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