Welcome to Auction Of The Stars

21-07-10

July auction results now available!

07-07-10

July 2010 - Auction of the Future Stars, QLD:

Video footage on some lots is now available to view in the online catalogue

11-06-10

July 2010 - Auction of the Future Stars, QLD:

Catalogue is now available for download!
Online catalogue also available for viewing!

17-05-10

Auction of the Future Stars - Highlands EC, NSW
May 15 & 16

Results now available!

13-5-10

Video footage of all Ryans lots, and AEA Burong lots is available for the May Auction, Southern Highlands, NSW.

13-4-10

Individual information on the April Auction Lots, and the
May Auction Lots, with some video clips, are now available.

15-3-10

March Auction results, available now!

May Auction - nominations now closed for Southern Highlands auction... Catalogue available soon!

July Auction - nominations for the Toowoomba auction will be opening soon... Check back here to download the nomination form.

26-2-10

Some Video Footage now available!
Individual information on the March Auction Lots, a few with video clips, now available.

07-1-10

Auction of the Future Stars - NSW

Date: 15th & 16th May 2009

Venue: Highlands Equestrian Centre
Illawarra Highway
Sutton Forest, NSW

Download the Nomination Form

25-11-09

2009 Performance Horse Auction
Pictorial Report

The Sunday auction was preceded by a spectacular masterclass from breaker to Grand Prix on the Saturday night, showing off a dozen horses of different pedigrees and charting their course to the top, commentated by Heath Ryan, Rozzie Ryan, Ann-Maree Lourey and Dirk Dijkstra.

Hundreds of people enjoyed a balmy evening with plenty of free wine and beer and barbecue foods as they watched on in the Ryans' indoor at the Newcastle Equestrian Centre.

Everyone who attended had the chance to win a $500 1889 sterling silver and rose gold horseshoe brooch from our sponsors Martin and Stein Antique Jewellers.

... The masterclass:

Heath winds up

Byalee Briar glows

Rozzie and Jive Magic

Ann-Maree and Byalee Romance

... The auction:

Bradgate Park Magnum is trialled

The crowd!

Southern Joop paraded before auction

Gundaroo Rhapsody goes under the hammer

Winners!

22-10-09

Equestrian Dinner & Dance

The next Auction of the Stars Performance Horse Auction, 21st-22nd November, will be preceded by an Equestrian Dinner and Dance held at the neighboring Heritage Reception Centre on Friday 20th November.

Download the Dinner & Dance Flyer
or
Visit the Heritage Reception Centre website

26-5-09

Best clearance ever !

Auction of the Stars held one of its most successful sales at the weekend despite the alleged gloom and doom of the current economic climate.

Hundreds of buyers and onlookers gathered at the Highland Equestrian Centre at Sutton Forest in the Southern Highlands of NSW for an evening masterclass with free barbecue and drinks on Saturday night - highlights included a display by young 4yo Jive champions Jacaranda R and Joep R, and young Regardez Moi dressage star Dance Avec Moi. It was also the first time in the masterclass for the Ryans' young stallion Fiji R.

The bad news from the policiticans was the last thing on the mind of audience on Sunday as the Auction of the Stars team moved into top gear to sell 16 of the 18 lots on offer - a clearance of almost 90%.

Top-priced lot of the day was Lot 7, the beautiful Salute/Ludendorf mare Shirley R, which sold fo $19,000 after some extremely determined bidding on the part of two enthusiastic buyers!

Top-priced foal was Jamelia R, the Jive Magic/Regardez Moi/Ludendorf/Faleten cross filly - it just goes to show that position in the catalogue is irrelevant, since she was second last to go and yet sold for $16,500.

Lot 1, Jete R (Jive Magic/Copernicus/Zwion) sold fo $16,000 as did Lot 4, Jermyn Street R (Jive Magic/Richmeed Medallion/Ludendorf).

Lot 5, Falcon Disco Hit (Royal Hit/Jet Set D), also sold for $16,000 and looked to be a sensational competition horse in the making.

The bargain to be snapped up (and there is always the chance of a bargain at an auction!)was a 12yo TB mare in foal to Byalee Romance for $2300 - the young warmblood stallion by Regardez Moi crosses beautifully with TB mares and the foal is likely to worth four times what was spent on the mare, which in fact was a winner at preliminary dressage as well. You just never know what you might collect if you are brave enough to bid, and it mightn't be as difficult to find a foothold in the warmblood world as you think!

Heath Ryan was of course entertaining the crowd on the mike and assured everyone who asked after his health post-stroke that he was "fine, just fine, just feel like I'm a bit drunk".

Heath was happy to explain to all who asked that there was NO chance of him having another stroke - the stroke was caused by a blood clot courtesy of deep vein thrombosis on the flight home from LA, the clot was only able to travel to his brain stem thanks to an undiagnosed hole in his heart, and now that the clot has been thinned and his heart is to be fixed tomorrow, he has permission to "get as excited as I want"!! And we are sure he will - no doubt at the next auction in Toowoomba on August 15/16. Thanks to all who have emailed and sent messages with best wishes for Heath's recovery.

Auction of the Stars would like to thank Jenny and Tim Court for their hospitality in allowing the Auction of the Stars team to invade Highlands Equestrian Centre for the weekend - 20-plus people and almost 30 horses - and they were wonderful hosts.

Those interested in nominated youngstock for the Auction of the Future Stars should be busy preparing their nominations, which close on June 8.

We look forward to seeing you all in Toowoomba!

5-5-09

Auction of the Future Stars, QLD

15-16th August 2009,

at: Toowoomba Showgrounds
Toowoomba, Queensland

Now open for nominations!
Download the Nomination Form (300 KB)

28-4-09

Auction of the Future Stars - NSW

Date: 23rd & 24th May 2009

Venue: Highlands Equestrian Centre
Illawarra Highway
Sutton Forest, NSW

Download the Catalogue (PDF 3.5MB)

Can't make it to the auction on the day? Fill out a Phone Bid Form (112 KB) and send it in to us. We'll call you and take your bids over the phone as the auction happens.

28/03/09

GLOOM and doom, warned the panic merchants in the run up to the latest Auction of the Stars sale, held at Boneo Park on the Mornington Peninsula earlier this month.

How can you expect to sell horses in a State ravaged by bushfires and in the middle of a just-announced recession , they asked?

Well ... you can present quality horses , you can meet the market, and you can go home with near-empty trucks.

The directors of Auction of the Stars, Grand Prix riders Heath Ryan and Ann-Maree Lourey, sold eight of eight and four of six horses respectively, proving that the market did in fact recognise quality when it was presented.

It was a new venue and special thanks to all the crew at Boneo for showing us such great hospitality - it's pretty different when the auction team, some 20-odd people, moves in on you! But that's the kind of back-up we need to take our show around the country, introducing a selection of stallions with truly amazing Grand Prix genetics and offering for sale some of their mind-blowing progeny.

Top price of the sale was the beautiful Jive Magic mare Janet R, out of a top Salute mare and in foal to Regardez Moi. She continued the recent AOS trend of top-selling Jive mares sold in foal.

Although Janet wasn't broken in, as was Jinx R and Jewel R at previous auctions, she was a four-year-old with superb movement, an obviously easy temperament and offered the bonus of being able to become a competition horse after the foal is weaned. Heath emphasised that she was available only because he had full sisters and already had a filly foal from her. Limited by his property constraints, he was able to offer top bloodlines whilst maintaining his broodmare herd at about 45.

The auction on the afternoon of Sunday, March 8, followed a hugely successful masterclass with the stallions the night before. Hundreds of people turned up to share in a free bbq with lots of free wine, and the chance to watch six top stallions strut their stuff. In order of education, the stallions showed the training regimes of their riders, beginning with the newest import, AEA Tuschinsky, ridden by Dirk Dijkstra. He hasn't yet competed - it was his first outing - and he carried it off with aplomb. Next to go was the handsome palomino warmblood stallion Byalee Briar, this time with Heath Ryan in the saddle as Ann-Maree Lourey warmed up Byalee Romance ... and they showed the gradual progression in training with Briar, a preliminary dressage champion already, and Romance, now a 6yo, demonstrating work that bridges the gap from novice to medium level, and beginning work on piaffe steps. Next was AEA Metallic, who famously gives Dirk a reason to get up and ride every day! And Jive Magic with Rozzie Ryan showed the work involved in making the giant leap from small tour to big tour. His piaffe is truly amazing.

After that, Heath was back again on Regardez Moi to the accompaniment of Elvis Presley in celebration of the combination's imminent representation at the World Cup Dressage Final in Las Vegas. He had promised a preview of his Pirates of the Caribbean freestyle in a practice run for their American competition and he did not disappoint, moving out of the indoor to gather the crowd around the outside arena . As he so tactfully put it, there was once a Portuguese pirate way back in his family tree, so he was simply carrying on the family tradition, piloting his own equine Black Pearl around the arena.

You'll see the AOS team back again in Victoria next year - come and say hello!

Auction of the Future Stars - VICTORIA - 2009

7th & 8th March
at NEW VENUE: Boneo Park
312 Boneo Road, Boneo, Victoria

If you have a beautifully bred foal, young horse or broodmare for sale,
then this is the time and the place to do it -
Nominations close 19th January!

28 beautiful horses have now been confirmed for our Sparkling Spring Sale on 27-28 September 2008! All lot details, photographs and some video previews are now available! Check out our September Auction page. Or download the Catalogue (Adobe PDF 1.67mb)

Saturday 27th:
11 am - trialling of ridden horses commences in small groups following Lot Number order.
6 pm - Stallion Masterclass and Cocktail Party commences - Free Entry!

Make sure to mark these dates in your calendar - one lucky guest at the Saturday night Stallion Masterclass & Cocktail Party will win a half-carat diamond, thanks to Martin & Stein - Finest Antique Jewellery!

AOS Performance Horse Auction 2008

27-28th September
at NEW VENUE: Newcastle Equestrian Centre
Pacific Hwy, Heatherbrae NSW

If you have a top class performance horse for sale,
then this is the time and the place to do it -
Nominations close 21st July!
Download Catalogue (Adobe PDF 1.67mb)

Auction of the Stars is pleased to announce that July 6 2008
is the date of our first Qld auction, to be held at Toowoomba Showground.

Regardez Moi and Heath Ryan were reserve team members for the Australian team chosen to represent the country at the Olympic qualifier at SIEC early in February. Heath was chosen on the team on Greenoaks Dundee and was unable to ride both of his Grand Prix rides at international level.

Regardez Moi competed brilliantly in the national class to win the Inter II, the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix freestyle with percentages of up to 67.7%

Jive Magic competed in the small tour run concurrently at SIEC - to win both the PSG and the Inter I with percentages of up to 67.3%.

Byalee Romance, who had just won his first dressage championship when EI hit the country, was recently named the Official Preliminary Horse of the Year for the biggest dressage club in the State, Alexander Park Dressage Club.

Don't miss all of the AOS stallions, including the young Byalee Briar who is now sweetly under saddle, at the next masterclass at our Victorian Auction of the Future Stars in May.