Honor Lap to Sell Unreserved at Winter Mixed Bloodstock Sale

Haunui Farm will offer Group One-winning mare Honor Lap (NZ) (Honor Grades) at New Zealand Bloodstock's Winter Mixed Bloodstock Sale to be held this Sunday, 2nd August commencing 10am. In foal to Pins (Aus) (Snippets), the mare will be sold on an unreserved basis.

One of few fillies to complete a Derby/Oaks double, Honor Lap was stakes placed on a further three occasions from a race career spanning 24 starts. Bred and sold by Haunui Farm, she has completed the full circle and has been residing at the Whitford-based farm where she was born and raised.

A Group One-winner on the track, her progeny have been highly sought after in the sales ring with her first three foals to fall under the hammer all fetching six figures.

Her first foal, a colt by Hussonet (USA) (Mr Prospector) was purchased by Les Samba for $500,000 and named Lap Of Honor, he is a Metropolitan winner.

The following year, Les purchased a half brother by Zabeel (NZ) (Sir Tristram) for $525,000 to be later named Top Gallant and he is already placed this season.

2009 saw Haunui Farm offer Honor Lap's third foal through the sale ring, a filly by Hus­sonet who was purchased by John O'Shea for $200,000 on behalf of AJC Chairman Ron Finnemore.

Hussonet - Honor Lap filly sold at Karaka 2009 for $200,000

"The filly was much in the same mould as her mother as a yearling with per­haps a touch more quality," said Mark Chitty, General Manager of Haunui Farm.

"All reports on the filly since the sale have been very posi­tive and we have a cracking Zabeel colt out of the mare that we will sell at Karaka next Febru­ary," he said.

Honor Lap will be sold in foal to leading stal­lion Pins, the sire of 11 stakes winners this season.

"We are acting on behalf of a client and the mare will be sold unreserved so she will be knocked down to the highest bidder," said Mark.

"She would stand-out in any sales catalogue in Australasia and represents a won­derful opportunity to invest in a quality type of mare who can certainly leave a type," he said.

"I'm sure there will be a lot of interest from both sides of the Tasman," Chitty concluded.