THOROUGHBRET^TM -L D*A*I*L*Y N*E*W*S WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1999 $2 Daily
The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your fax each morning by 5 a.m. For subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. THOROUGHBRET^TM -L D*A*I*L*Y N*E*W*S WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1999 $2 Daily THUNDER GULCH COLT TOPS FIRST DAY OF N»e*w»S NEW ZEALAND SALE Hip number 56, a colt by TODAY 1995 Kentucky Derby winner Thunder Gulch out of the unraced mare Latour Belle (NZ) (Nuage D'or) brought NZ$500,000 {US$261,780) to top yesterday's session PAUL MELLON DEAD AT 91 Paul Mellon, owner of of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales Rokeby Stable, died Monday at his home in Upperville, Series Premier Sale. The colt, a half-brother to Austra Virginia, at the age of 91. Born into one of the world's lian Group 2 winner Pauillac (Aus) (Star Watch {Aus}), wealthiest families, Mellon spent most of his life fo was purchased by Killarney Pastoral, the Australian cused on the things he loved most: art, charity and company headed by Mike Bastion. Pencarrow Stud horses. He gave an estimated $600 million to charity consigned the colt. On the day, 60 lots were sold at an over the years and also donated great works to the average price of NZ$103,800 ($54,345), which was National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Mellon down 5.3 percent from last year's first day average. became enamored with Thoroughbreds "through active The median price of NZ$65,000 ($34,031), however, was up 18 percent over last year.
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