Kirkby Stephen Christmas sale of
TACK & HORSES
Saturday 10th December 2005

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd held their Annual Christmas Pony sale at Kirkby Stephen Mart on Saturday 10th December 2005 which attracted a large crowd on onlookers and customers.

75 lots of tack and 228 horses were forward.

Horses continued to be in demand with three Black & White’s fetching over 2000gns and a further eight horses exceeding 1000gns.

Principal Prices in gns
Black & White Mares: 2300, 2200, 2000 (x2), 1000
Black & White Filly: 1120, 1000
Grey Stallion (2yrs): 1150
Black Mare in Foal: 1020
Chestnut Mare (4yrs): 1300
Black Filly: 1000
Black Registered Fell Gelding: 1000
Black & White Colt (2yrs): 900 (x2)
Black & White Gelding (5yrs): 980
Black Geldings: 950, 910, 900 (x2)

Kirkby Stephen Inaugural Standardbred Trotting Horse Sale
Monday 26th September 2005

A Bid of 6,200 gns led the bidding at the Inaugural sale of 27 Standardbred Trotting Horses held by Harrison & Hetherington Ltd. at Kirkby Stephen Mart on Monday 26th September 2005.

Image © 2004 Eden Valley Enterprises Ltd

The leading bid was for Wearside Jigsaw an 18 months old Skewbald colt sired by the well coloured horse Rorchach and whose dam-sire was Kerrygold.

Next in the offering was a 2 year old gelding sired by Todays Man out of Stoneriggs Glance. This is full brother to You’re the Man and half brother to George Arthur and after sharp bidding he was knocked down at 3,200 gns.

A sale average of 2,158 gns was recorded.

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd held the Annual Cowper Day sale of Horses and Ponies at Kirkby Stephen Mart on Saturday 17th September 2005, where 246 head were forward.

One of the best sales ever seen at this centre saw 39 head sell at prices in excess of 1,000gns to produce an overall average up £89.11 on the year.

A great show saw all classes well bid and virtually a total clearance.

Principal Prices:

Black & White mare, 5 yrs (in foal): 2,500 gns, 1,200 gns.
Chestnut mare, 5 yrs: 1,330 gns
Mare, 13 yrs: 1,080 gns
Grey mare, 7 yrs: 1,250 gns
Welsh sec. D mare, 7 yrs: 1,320 gns
Black mare, 3 yrs 1,500 1,000 gns
Gelding, 3 yrs: 1,350 gns, 1,200 gns
Stallion, 8 yrs: 1,100 gns
Stallion, 4 yrs: 1,000 gns
Piebold filly, 2 yrs (in foal): 2,000 gns, 1,200 gns.
Black & White yearling filly: 1,200 gns, 1,000 gns
Black & White filly, 2 yrs (in foal): 1,750 gns, 1,600 gns, 1,300 gns 1,200 gns.
Spotted filly: 1,100 gns
Black & White filly foals: 1,500 gns, 1,400 gns, 1,200 gns (2), 1,000 gns
Piebald Cob type filly foals: 1,320 gns.
Black & White yearling colt: 1,000 gns
Black & White colt foal: 620 gns.
Dales colt foal: 1,300 gns
Dales filly, 2 yrs: 480 gns
Dales yearling filly: 1,000 gns
Shetland filly: 210 gns
Shetland Skewbald filly: 340 gns
Spotted Shetland colt foal: 120 gns
Chestnut Shetland filly:280 gns
Minature Shetland filly: 310 gns

KIRKBY STEPHEN HORSE SALE
Saturday 23rd April 2005

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd. Held their spring sale of horses and ponies at Kirkby Stephen Mart on Saturday where 55 were forward.

As usual a large crowd arrived to witness the sale where an average price of £588.55 was recorded (up £211.79 on 2004). Bidding peaked at 1000 gns for a Black & White 5 year old gelding, while younger fillies & geldings created plenty of interest.

Black & White gelding 5yrs 1000gns
Black & White Filly 2yrs (Halter broken) 920 gns
Dark Brown gelding (cross) 3 yrs (Halter broken) 860 gns
Registered Fell gelding 3 yrs (Halter broken) 800 gns
Welsh cob 3yrs (Unbroken) 730 gns
Bay Mare 10 yrs 710 gns
Brown gelding 4 yrs 680 gns
Brown Mare 10 yrs 630 gns
Bay filly 2 yrs (Halter broken) 600 gns