2007 Auction Results
Peter Griffiths – Allstates – Katunga
LOT 1: MIDGBAR TEX (Capree Twistie – Midgbar Peg) Male Kelpie red & tan 11 months. (Well started) working paddock & yard, backs & barks, sides, sits on whistle or command, works with a whip, nose and heel cattle, easily controlled, sire type. $2,000 - Kyneton, VIC.
Joe Spicer – Go-Getta – Hamilton
LOT 2: GO-GETTA LEFTY (Skyblue Danny Boy – Spicers Whydidya) (Trained) Female Kelpie black & tan 5 years 6 months. Proven breeder of outstanding quality. Dam of last years top priced bitch Go-Getta Goer ($4600), with progeny in leading studs such as Karana & Go-Getta. Exceptionally calm & gutsy with real walk-up strength, will nose cattle if needed, yet is very clean on sheep with command back & bark. Well mannered with a lovely gentle nature. A great opportunity to obtain a no fuss worker that has & will breed on. Registered WKC. WITHDRAWN
Anthony Kilmartin – Buntal – Tallygaroopna
LOT 3: BANJO (Buntal Diesel – Boanong Tippy) (Well Started) Female Kelpie red & tan 7 months. Very keen young bitch, holding small mobs together, likes to please, backing sheep, some bark in yards. $1,800 - Wentworth, NSW.
Adrian Carpenter – Bamma Kelpies – Swansea
LOT 4: DEBBIE (Pandara bloodlines) Female Kelpie black & tan 3 years. Wide casting dog with good eye & cover who will back & bark. Good bush dog, easy to handle, very friendly, has won novice & improver yard dog trials. $1,900 - Pooncarie, NSW.
Phillip Poulton – Philleve Kelpies – Mortlake
LOT 5: PHILLEVE IVAN Male Kelpie black & tan 2 years 6 months. Works paddock & yard. $1,100 - Yorketown, NSW.
Steve Robinson – Barcoola – Minimay
LOT 6: BARCOOLA SPIKE (Nacooma - Capree – Washpool) (Well Started) Male Kelpie red & tan 14 months. Young dog, super keen, plenty of eye, lovely paddock work, bit soft in yards, one to go on with. Great temperament. $1,000 - Fiskeville, VIC.
Darren Jewell – Gazette
LOT 7: SAMANTHA (Go-Getta bloodlines) Female Kelpie black & tan 12 months. Soft handling bitch in paddock, nice cover and a little eye, has been started and is ready to go to work. WITHDRAWN
John Richardson – Drovers – Sorell
LOT 8: DROVERS MACK (Go-Getta Agro – McDougalls Abby) (Trained) Male Kelpie red & tan 4 years 9 months. Versatile farm dog, great force, bark & top knot, huge backing ability for race & sheds. Extremely long wide cast. Open Yard Trial dog with excellent sides & other commands. No fuss to work or handle, athletic & keen to work. Progeny of Australian Champion & well credentialed bitch. Registered WKC. PASSED IN
Michael Storan – Girgarre
LOT 9: BOOF (Well Started) Male Kelpie black & tan 12 months. Good backing dog with bark in yards, shed & race. Started paddock, will make good allrounder. $1,900 - Stawell, VIC.
Richard Burn – Redburn Kelpies – Ross
LOT 10: BENNY (Trained) Male Kelpie black & tan 2.5 years. Mainly used on trucks & in shearing sheds & yards. He is a free backing & barking dog capable of loading all types of sheep onto semi-trailers or into sheep handling machines by himself. Has done limited paddock work, will pull sheep & bring to handler, but tends to rush stock. $1,500 - Casterton, VIC.
Ryan Arnel – Skipton
LOT 11: SAM (Spicers Wonderdorg – Karana Gem) (Trained) Male Kelpie black & tan 23 months. From champion bloodlines. Good in paddock, working mobs over 1000 daily on Western District station. Moderate cast, will pull & drive sheep, holds in yards. Ideal farm worker with a tonne of experience. $800 - Murray Bridge, SA.
Paul MacPhail – Beloka Kelpies – Welshpool
LOT 12: BELOKA CHOC (Beloka Sam – Beloka Bonnie) Male Kelpie red & tan 14 months. Top young male, back & barks, casts & drives, nice dog to handle, plenty of skill & ability. Registered WKC. Guaranteed. Video on website www.netspace.net.au/~wkgdog WITHDRAWN.
Peter Griffiths – Allstates – Katunga
LOT 13: GO-GETTA PUZZLE (Futura Ned – Go-Getta Grace) Female Kelpie black & tan 13 months. Works paddock & yard, steady & calm in paddock, will drive. A very free backing & barking type in yards. Quick cover, great stamina. Sheep or cattle. PASSED IN.
Joe Spicer – Go-Getta – Hamilton
LOT 14: GO-GETTA LETHAL (LEE) (Capree Blue II – Go-Getta Lefty) (Trained) Male Kelpie black & tan 2 years. Reserved & prepared for this Auction. Litter brother to Go-Getta Goer top priced Started dog 2006. Focused sheep & cattle worker with fast natural cover, top knot and backing ability. Used mainly in the yards and on cattle. Faithful & receptive once bonded. $2,000 - Gladstone, SA.
Adrian Carpenter – Bamma Kelpies – Swansea
LOT 15: BELOKA DIGGER (Beloka Mate – Beloka Sally) Male Kelpie red & tan 2.5 years. Will work sheep or cattle. Keen, obedient & easy to handle. Works paddock, good in yards with back & bark, has plenty of force. Make good farm dog. Registered WKC. (Registered Name Beloka Rolly) $2,200 - Tandarra, VIC.
Gerard Watt – Akkubra Kelpie Stud
LOT 16: AKKUBRA ROWDY (Akkubra Tuff – Akkubra Lace) (Trained) Male Kelpie red & tan 4years 8 months. Very keen, friendly, easy to handle dog with good sit & stop. Long wide cast, will walk up on command & hold & block. Works sheep & cattle. Works well through race & will back on command. PASSED IN.
Christopher Doyle – Quambatook
LOT 17: CAESARS TESS (Backenbark Digger – Caesars Maisie) (Trained) Female Kelpie black & tan 32 months. Quality bitch. Good cast, obedient, eager to please. Has done mustering, droving as well as general yard work. Not many bitches of this class/quality are offered at auction. Registered WKC. WITHDRAWN
Ian O’Connell – Bagalla Working Kelpies – Hamilton
LOT 18: BAGALLA BECKY (Karana Jimmy – Nacooma Lucy) (Trained) Female Kelpie black & tan 20.5 months. Fully trained. Suit yard, paddock or truck, strong work ethic, easy to control, excellent nature. 2nd out of 84 dogs in novice at Victorian Yard Dog Championships in April. Half sister to Mick, last years Auction record breaker. Mother is current Victorian Cattle Trial Champion. $4,200 -Creswick, VIC.
Phillip Poulton – Philleve Kelpies – Mortlake
LOT 19: WHISKEY (Station bred) Male Kelpie black & tan 18 months. $300 - Pooncarie, NSW.
Sharon Barry – Go-Getta – Hamilton
LOT 20: ANDRON JAKE (Futura Ned – Futura Suzuki) (Fully Trained) Male Kelpie black & tan 3 years 8 months. Big, leggy, athletic kelpie, fully trained. Awesome paddock dog with lovely stock sense on large or small mobs, handles ewes & lambs with ease. Working just as well in yards, backing effortlessly & a deep booming bark on command. Working daily with both his parents on Dept Primary Industry research station, running 8500 sheep & 400 cattle. Will work for male or female handler. Registered WKC. $4,000 - Katanning, WA.
Ryan Lenehan – Kirkstall
LOT 21: JESS (Well Started) Female Kelpie red & tan 2 years. Good natured, obedient & all round sheep & cattle dog. Has worked dairy & beef. Back, bark, sits, comes & stays on command. Casts well & is starting to drive. Will work/ride motorbike & ute. $1,500.
Stephen Holmes – Rockdale Working Kelpies – Murchison
LOT 22: MOLLY (Boanong Jimm – Sherwood) (Trained) Female Kelpie red & tan 16 months. Very confident & focused bitch who just loves to work. For a young bitch she has done a lot of work, she is very capable working either sheep or cattle in paddock or yards. Has been working in sale yards for 3 months penning & drafting sheep. Also is working dairy cows, will follow home on her own. $1,850 - Nowra, NSW.
Anthony Kilmartin – Buntal – Tallygaroopna
LOT 23: MONTY (Buntal Diesel – Boanong Tippy) (Well Started) Male Kelpie black & tan 7 months. Excellent young dog showing good ability in paddock & yard, free mover, doesn’t do much wrong, very keen, good thinker. $1,000 - Euston, NSW.
Garry Sharrock – Able – Skipton
LOT 24: ABLE NICK (Saltpan Cobber – Able Holly) (Trained) Male Kelpie black & tan 17 months. A true all round dog, works paddock and yard, free back & bark with a strong top knot. Cobber is current SA novice Yard Dog Champion. Holly 2006 runner up Novice Australian Yard Dog Champion. Registered WKC. PASSED IN.
Steven & Sandy Wilksch – Seldominn Kelpies – Robertstown
LOT 25: SELDOMINN CYCLONE (Nacooma Jack – Pomanda Jewell II) (Well Started) Male Kelpie black & tan 25 months. Big strong dog, backs, sides & stop. Has worked cattle & will bark on them. Needs real work to bring out full potential. Good temperament. Registered WKC. $700 -Hawkesdale, VIC.
Tim Johnston – Waradgery – Brit Brit
LOT 26: WARADGERY ELLIE (Yanven Don – Waradgery Ella) (Trained) Female Kelpie black & tan 4 years 2 months. An experienced paddock dog, will cast a whole paddock & will cover a mob well when droving. She is free moving, quick to head, but has good sides, easy to control with lovely nature & will work all day. WITHDRAWN.
Darcy Kilmartin – Buntal – Tallygaroopna
LOT 27: JED (Granan Ben – Whites Kate) (Trained) Male Kelpie blue & tan 18 months. Jed is a very keen young dog, leaning towards paddock, will work yard, good cast, heaps of work in him, wants to please, will stop on command, has worked for the last 5 months on station on sheep. $3,000 - Mt Gambier, SA.
John & Rachel Treasure – Castleburn Kelpies – Runnymede (to be demonstrated by Ian O’Connell)
LOT 28: PANDARA ROUSIE (Angleplains Marney – Pandara Bridgette) Male Kelpie black & tan 12 months. Rousie’s training has been documented on www.rachaeltreasure.com so purchasers can go on from there. Works for both male & female handlers. This late maturing dog will grow into a likeable workmate. Easy to handle, will back & bark. Is steady in paddock & is well traveled. A good workers but needs time to mature. $1,600 - Meringa, VIC.
Gerard Watt – Akkubra Kelpie Stud
LOT 29: AKKUBRA LUKE (O’Brees Gamble – Akkubra Lace) (Trained) Male Kelpie black & tan 2.5 years. Pleasure to own, has done a lot of work, both sheep & cattle, yard & paddock. Whoever purchases this dog will not be disappointed. $4,000 - Casterton, VIC.
Colin Meaney – Tulariver – Gawler
LOT 30: BOB (Silvercity Asset – Futura Ludy) Male Kelpie black & tan 3 years, 2 months. Complete farm dog, good bark on command, comfortable with large & small mobs. $2,000 Kaniva, VIC.
Mark Wendelborn - Gritjurk
LOT 31: GO-GETTA BB (Capree Blue II – Go-Getta Brodie) (Trained) Male Kelpie black & tan 27 months. Great cattle dog & a calm confident worker. Very strong on all stock & loyal to owner. WITHDRAWN.
Rod Stringer – Yandora – Boort
LOT 32: BACKENBARK NAILS (Backenbark Al – Jeppahill Henrietta) Female Kelpie black & tan 2 years 9 months. Keen young bitch, very mobile, bred to work sheep or cattle. Good cover & loves work. Some bark. $1,500 - Minlaton, SA.
Boyd Quinn – Gol Gol
LOT 33: TUMITVALLY GUS II (Trained) Male Kelpie black & tan 3 years 4 months. Bred by Alan Rutter. Good cast, free working dog, plenty of back & bark, currently a novice yard dog & has placed in the only 2 cattle trials he’s competed in. Currently used to muster goats. $3,200 - Balbranald, NSW.
Ian James - Casterton
LOT 34: SLATER (Stationbred) (Well Started) Male Kelpie black & tan 2 years. Keen worker with medium eye. Cover, back, bark in shed. General farm work, smaller paddocks, sheep & cattle. $1,700 - Penshurst, VIC.
Sara Jeffreys – My Kinda – Warragul South
LOT 35: MY KINDA TEX (Futura Ned – Spicers Rubie) (Well Started) Male Kelpie red & tan 16 months. Upstanding & calm paddock worker that is obedient & easy to handle. Keen & gutsy in yards with natural backing ability, bark on command. Great temperament, good with children, very loyal. From top blood lines, both parents capable allround sheep & cattle workers. Litter brother to highest priced pup at last years auction, will work for male or female handler. $1,900 - Campbells Forest, VIC.
Craig McKimmie – Push em Up - Wallan
LOT 36: PUSH EM UP VEE (Moorylla Blackie – Moorylla Venus) (Trained) Female Kelpie black & tan 18 months. Vee is granddaughter of Bess sold here in 1996 for the second highest price. Vee is a top all round bitch, can head & hold mobs of up to 1800 in paddock. Heaps of bark in yards or at gateways. She will nose & heel bite cattle. Has good strong block with enough eye & distance. $8,00 - King Island, TAS.
Jack Leonard – Melville Forest
LOT 37: JESS (Well Started) Female Kelpie black & tan 14 months. Good yard dog, coming along in the paddock, smart. $2,000 - Bute, SA.
Peter Stringer – Boort
LOT 38: JEDDA (Station bred) Female Kelpie black 18 months. Very mobile & keen to work, some bark in paddock & yard, very friendly, learning all the time. $1,800 - Langkoop, VIC.
Steve Robinson – Barcoola – Minimay
LOT 39: BARCOOLA DODGE (Nacooma - Capree – Washpool) (Well Started) Male Kelpie red & tan 14 months. Very keen young dog, starting to respond well to commands, handy in paddock and showing bark plus push in yards. $1,000 - Serviceton, VIC.
Darren Jewell – Gazette
LOT 40: MOORILLAH JELLIE (Moorillah bloodlines) Female Kelpie blue 3 years. Allrounder, works well in paddock, very obedient, rides on ute or bike, follows horse, isn’t whip shy, works on own. $1,700 - Murray Bridge, SA.
Michael Storan – Girgarre
LOT 41: JIM (Trained) Male Kelpie black & tan 18 months. Obedient, good natured. Forceful yard dog, plenty of bark & force, good backing dog, works paddock. Suited to truck, yard & shed work. $1,800 - Mumbannar, VIC.
Peter Griffiths – Allstates – Katunga
LOT 42: GO-GETTA WAGS (Futura Ned – Yanven Wagel) Male Kelpie red & tan 17 months. Excellent type with eye and bark in his working style, very strong & confident. Paddock & yard, bites nose on cattle to block hard if needed. A credit to his breeder, station type, quality kelpie. $3,500 - Bealeba, VIC.
Richard Burn – Redburn Kelpies – Ross
LOT 43: SKEETA (Trained) Female Kelpie red & tan 2 years 2 months. Trained on dairy cattle, will bark & heel cattle. Presently being trained to work sheep & is adjusting well, because of her quiet steady working nature she is better suited for paddock work, but will bark to push sheep into yards or shed. $750 - Darnum, VIC.
Mathew Simmonds – Simmos Kelpie Stud – Caramut
LOT 44: GO-GETTA COCOA (Go-Getta Agro – Go-Getta Choice) (Trained) Female Kelpie red & tan 23 months. All round sheep & cattle worker, with calm work style. Good cast & paddock ability, force & push when needed. Easy to handle with friendly & loyal nature. Litter sister exported. Registered WKC. $3,100 - Moree, NSW
Paul MacPhail – Beloka Kelpies – Welshpool
LOT 45: BELOKA JACK (Futura Ned – Yallaroi Meg) (Trained) Male Kelpie red & tan 27 months. Outstanding young kelpie currently used as a sire at Beloka Stud. Strong powerful allrounder, easy to control, back & bark, with eye & drive in paddock, strength & force on cattle. Fully trained & guaranteed. Reg WKC. Video on website www.netspace.net.au/~wkgdog $4,400 - Popanyanning, WA.
Anthony Kilmartin – Buntal – Tallygaroopna
LOT 46: JILL (Boanong – Sherwood) (Trained) Female Kelpie black & tan 16 months. Excellent young bitch, has worked sheep & cattle, plenty of strength, good cast, will back & come back through, good temperament, side commands, stop, bark on command. $2,000 - Pooncarie, NSW.
Joe Spicer – Go-Getta – Hamilton
LOT 47: GO-GETTA HUNCH (Capree Blue II – Moorylla Honey Bun) (Well Started) Male Kelpie red & tan 18 mths. Reserved & prepared for this Auction. Willing & capable in any situation. Cool, calm & collected on ewes & lambs working with patience & poise. Has explosive bark anywhere on command. Equally as easy to draft with, staying off until asked to force or come up front. Also loves his cattle work – block up, heel & push with gusto when asked. Outstanding nature, no malice or vices, genuine quality. $5,200 - Werriumull, VIC.
Adrian Carpenter – Bamma Kelpies – Swansea
LOT 48: KELLY (Trained) Female Kelpie black & tan 18 months. Nice cast, has good eye & cover, is just starting to back & bark, very eager to please, good farm dog. $1,700 - Yanakie, VIC.
Steven & Sandy Wilksch – Seldomin Kelpies – Robertstown
LOT 49: SELDOMIN MISSION (Seldomin Dropper – Farmcote Olivia) (Started) Male Kelpie black & tan 8 months. Sire works sheep & cattle regularly, has won 3 sheep novice & place in open utility trials, outstanding natural ability. Dam is quick strong bitch by Broughtonvale Ned out of Silvercity Jelly. Mission is balancing & has a stop on him, showing good potential. Excellent temperament. Registered WKC. $700 - St Arnaud, VIC.
Rex Hocking – The Washpool – Avenue Range
LOT 50: WASHPOOL ALFIE (Saltpan Lawrie – Washpool Madeline) (Started) Male Kelpie black & tan 6 months. Saltpan Lawrie is a proven & highly credentialed sire. Works both sheep & cattle. Dam is a young bitch (this is her first litter) from proven bloodlines. Both sides of her family have been highly successful trial dogs & excellent farm workers. Very good strong worker with strong bark & free backing. $1,400 - Pooncarie, NSW.
Lyn deWyse – Milltown
LOT 51: TAMMY (Moora Harry – Miss Molly – Sherwood Breeding) Female Kelpie black & tan 5.5 months. Has started her training & is showing great interest, very good natural ability. $350 - Thirroul, NSW.
Lyn deWyse – Milltown
LOT 52: SALLY (Moora Harry – Miss Molly – Sherwood Breeding) Female Kelpie black & tan 5.5 months. Has started her training, very keen & showing good natural ability. $750 - Heywood, VIC.
Craig McKimmie – Push em Up - Wallan
LOT 53: PUSH EM UP NAILS (Go-Getta Beau Legend – Moorylla Promise) (Started) Male Kelpie red 6 months. Good strong pup suitable for both sheep & cattle. Has started backing & barking & shows his sires extreme strength & strong walk up. $750 - Kongorong, SA.
Craig McKimmie – Push em Up - Wallan
LOT 54: PUSH EM UP JED (Go-Getta Beau Legend – Push em Up Mars) (Started) Male Kelpie red & tan 6.5 months. Good looking dog, Distance & cover. Nice level of eye, strong walk up with little or no bite. Works cattle & sheep well, backs & barks. $900 - Rushworth, VIC.
Scott Mullins - Gritjurk
LOT 55: BETTY (Mullarway Chance – Avenpart Wump) Female Kelpie black & tan 8 weeks. Sired by Avenpart Wump a big casting strong worker on sheep & cattle. Dam is quick covering, biddable, forceful bitch. Pup should be good allrounders with bold calm temperament. $200 - Amphitheatre, VIC.
Scott Mullins - Gritjurt
LOT 56: BRUCE (Mullarway Chance – Avenpart Wump) Male Kelpie black & tan 8 weeks. Sired by Avenpart Wump a big casting strong worker on sheep & cattle. Dam is quick covering, biddable, forceful bitch. Pup should be good allrounders with bold calm temperament. $400 - Port MacDonnell, SA.
Sharon Barry –Go-Getta - Hamilton
LOT 57: GO-GETTA BRUCE (Capree Blue II – Go-Getta Hope) (Started) Male Kelpie red & tan 12 weeks. Brilliant pup showing outstanding allround potential. Clean, correct heading with cover, walk up strength & bark if required. Great nature. Blue purchased for $5000, sire of Aust. Champ & National Kelpie Trial winners, grand sire of current Aust. Champ. Hope, Joe’s favourite bitch when contracting. 3rd mating, Registered WKC, Guaranteed. $850 - Henty, VIC
Sharon Barry – Go-Getta - Hamilton
LOT 58: GO-GETTA REDMUND ( Go-Getta beau – Go-Getta Hurdle) (Started) Male Kelpie red 13weeks. Calm & focused on work. Mature into strong worker with hard block & nose on cattle. Beau – most promising young sire at Go-Getta, leaving quality allrounders with strength. Hurdle older sister to Bruce. (Lot 57) Registered WKC. Guaranteed PASSED IN.
Gerard Watt – Akkubra Kelpie Stud
LOT 59: AKKUBRA BILL (Akkubra Luke – Akkubra Kanga) Male Kelpie black & tan 14 weeks. Sire Luke is in Auction today, excellent dog. Bill should be good allround dog if given the opportunities. Dam is very good in yards. $400 - Sandford, VIC.
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