Inaugural Kaplow Insurance Breeders Championship Futurity Yearling Sale Has Successful First Run, High Seller Goes For $31,000
The 2013 Kaplow Insurance Breeders Championship Futurity Yearling Sale kicked off last Friday at the NSBA World Show in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Although this was the inaugural event for the association, consignors came out in full force presenting 72 yearlings for sale to the highest bidder.
Yearlings in the sale represented bloodlines of some of the best stallions in the business including Certain Potential, Lazy Loper, Ziprageous, Absolute Investment, Allocate Your Assets, Machine Made, RL Best of Sudden, Zippos Mr Good Bar, Blazing Hot, Born To Be Blazing, Coats N Tails, Indian Artifacts, Gettin Impulsive, CR Good Machine, Hot Ones Only, One Hot Krymsun, One Hot Invitation, Huntin For Chocolate, Diesel Only, Hot N Blazing, No Doubt Im Lazy, Too Sleepy To Zip, Goodcowboymargarita, Zips Chocolate Chip, Gota Lota Potential, VS Code Red, and more.
Claiming the highest selling spot was Steppedout Of Dream, a filly by A Dream Remembered and out of AGR Lucys Lucky Too. The filly was consigned by Randy Alderson and sold for $31,000. Just by looking at the attributes listed in her succinct sale description, “Excellent filly out of a proven mare. Slow legged, good minded, and excellent conformation,” it was clear to see why she commanded such an impressive price.
The second highest seller was KM Invest N The Best, a gelding by RL Best of Sudden and out of Vested Vixen. This Masterson Farm-consigned gelding sold for $26,500.
Sale sponsor, Kaplow Insurance Agency, specializes in equine mortality insurance, farm and ranch liability, and now pet insurance. They regularly provide “fall of hammer” coverage for sales at the annual Reichert Celebration and the All American Quarter Horse Congress. Evan Kaplow is thrilled to add this new NSBA sale to the list.
“I think it went very well,” Evan Kaplow says. “NSBA did a great job of promoting the sale and getting it out there and putting together a great group of horses. They tried to keep the sale as fair as possible by encouraging that much of the buying was done there at the sale. The way they structured the sale, it is going to create a substantial amount to be given away for next year and the year after.”
“For all of the horses purchased every year at [shows like] the Reichert and Congress, where we sponsor the sale, we provide fall of hammer coverage. As soon as a horse changes hands, we immediately cover those horses on a limited and temporary basis. It is free, and then we encourage them to take out a full policy with us on an annual basis.”
Although the official numbers aren’t yet finalized, for how much purse money was generated by the sale for next year’s corresponding BCF classes, Kaplow says the estimates look promising.
“The high-seller sold for $31,000, and there were at least ten horses in that ballpark that sold for $26,000 or $25,000,” he says. “This was a great first-year sale with an average sale price of $8,000, which is very good. Kaplow Insurance will be involved with the NSBA sale for years to come.”
We anticipate additional NSBA figures regarding the sale will be released soon, and we will relay that information as soon as we receive it.
