Donell Park Stud
Dispersal Sale

Donell Park Stud Dispersal Sale

Nutrien Equine is proud to present the dispersal sale of the well known Donell Park Stud!

“The auction was phenomenal, and I can’t thank Nutrien and Simon Booth enough for their support and professionalism.” - Debbie Gesler, Donell Park Stud

The end of an era has come with the complete dispersal sale of Donell Park Stud. Debbie and Peter Gesler of Donell Park have been breeding performance horses since 1998 and since purchasing the infamous SELIGMAN SPIN back in 2000, the Geslers’ have made a huge and lasting impact on both the Campdraft and Cutting industries in Australia.

This auction was run over a 24-hour period on the AuctionsPlus platform last weekend, 4th and 5th of March 2022, which had plenty of traffic with over 12,000 catalogue views and 70 active online bidders. There were 22 lots up for grabs which comprised of broodmares, mare and foal packages, ridden horses, yearlings, weanlings and two embryos.

The sale grossed $638,500, providing an average of $33,605 per lot. Plenty of people wanted a piece of this Donell Park history which left the sale with a high clearance rate of 90%.

Topping the auction was Lot 7 and Lot 11, both selling for $100,000 each!

Lot 7 THE COUNTESS is a 14-year-old broodmare by Donell Park’s SELIGMAN SPIN and out of the ACRES DESTINY daughter in PEPPYS DESTINY. This mare was sold as a 3-in-1 package with a BADBOONARISING filly at foot and is currently in foal to HAZELWOOD CONMAN; what a triple threat! This mare has proven time and time again that she can produce talented progeny, and her 2019 filly holds the sale record at the Nutrien Supreme Sale where she was sold for $65,000 as a yearling.

Lot 11 HAZELWOOD COUNTRY is no stranger to Nutrien Equine. Debbie purchased her through the Classic back in 2020, but unfortunately didn’t make it back to compete due to an injury so in the meantime she has had time off to recover and have a foal. This mare is by the great HAZELWOOD CONMAN and out of an ACRES DESTINY/WARRENBRI ROMEO daughter in HAZELWOOD BLUE ACRES. She has been brought back into work recently by Frank Green who describes her as an exceptionally talented mare, in which Jon Templeton can confirm having spent time with her previously. Both mares have been purchased by Salerno Pastoral and will be staying in Queensland.

Debbie was super pleased with the sale results, “The auction was phenomenal, and I can’t thank Nutrien and Simon Booth enough for their support and professionalism.”

“The sale was a great success and is a major credit to the vendor for their dedication in breeding these talented and proven horses”, said Simon Booth, Nutrien Ag Solutions Agent, “All of these lots were sold back into performance competition and breeding homes, and will carry on the Donell Park Stud legacy well into the future”.

Nutrien Equine are very proud to have been a part this sale and would like to thank Debbie Gesler for entrusting us with the closing of this chapter. We wish all the new owners the very best for the future with their piece of the performance horse industry history.

 

AUCTIONSPLUS Catalogue

 

For More Information Please Contact:

Debbie Gesler | Donell Park Stud | 0414 334 194

Simon Booth | Nutrien Ag Solutions Toowoomba | 0438 756 245

 

Sale prices are below in the lot descriptions

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Sale Lots

LOT 1 HEAVENS DOOR (C1-258017)

SOLD $23,000
Sire: C BAR PATCHY CAT
Dam: CAMELOT LIMELIGHT
Age: 5
Heaven is a young sound mare that can be put back into work. She has had basic education in challenge events and has competed in a few local stockman challenges. She has had one Filly foal and is PTIF to Seligman Spin. Outstanding type.

LOT 2 BETTY WHITE (Q-84559)

SOLD $11,000
Sire: SELIGMAN SPIN
Dam: LENAS PLAYGIRL
Age: 12
Betty is a lovely quiet Seligman Spin mare that competed in snaffle bit and started drafting. Has been retired to broodmare status after an injury to her neck that has deemed her unrideable. She has had one foal. PTIF to Reverie Invictus A1-13307.

LOT 3 ELCERITO MILEY (241475)

SOLD $23,000
Sire: SODA ORILEY
Dam: THE BRAES HONEYCOMB
Age: 8
Miley is a lovely quiet sound mare that can be ridden again. She has been lightly drafted and has done several droving trips. PTIF to Seligman Spin.

LOT 4 OPTIMUM CELINE - HSH (232694)

SOLD $25,000
Sire: KIRKBYS STUD ECHO
Dam: GREENPARK CHANTELE (BLUE MOON MYSTIC)
Age: 11
Lovely big quiet sound mare that could be put back on the truck. Celine has placed in drafts. Her Dam Greenpark Chantele was the Winner of the 1999 Warwick Ladies Silver Cup. Bred to Seligman Spin.

LOT 5 DUCK DYNASTY (Q-79666)

SOLD $47,000
Sire: RS CHISUM
Dam: DUCKS DUX ​
Age: 8
A chance to purchase some of the best cutting bloodlines in Australia. Dynasty herself was a NCHA NP Futurity Finalist and is out of Australia’s highest earning NCHA mare Ducks Dux. After a paddock injury she was retired as a broodmare. She is a sound breeder and will be a very valuable broodmare in any breeding program. Has a colt foal at foot by One Direction (ASH 233309) considered by Kimberley Sammon to be a Stallion that is up there with the best.

LOT 6 SELIGMANS OLINDA (247341)

SOLD $22,000
Sire: SELIGMAN SPIN ​
Dam: KIRKBYS STUD OLINDA ​
Age: 6
Young Seligman Spin mare whose Dam was a multiple Open Campdraft winner. Filly foal at foot by the stunning and talented Reverie Invictus (whose progeny at Nutrien Supreme sale sold for $30,000). Sold with service to One Stylish Pepto (Not Transferable). Olinda has had an injury to her back and is a Broodmare only. She is a sound breeder and Seligman Spin broodmares are proving to be an asset any breed program.