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Queenstown Stud holding Remarkable
Deer Sale
Remarkables Park Stud Farm is holding its annual
2010 Red Deer Stud Sale on January 13 on the Queenstown Farm.
Remarkables Park Stud has been breeding genetically
superior Red Deer for more than three decades and the sale is an opportunity
for buyers from all around the country to gain access to its high performance
stud stags. Major incentives for buyers are that the stud provides free
delivery anywhere in NZ, sells their stags free of any genetic breeding
restrictions, and provides complimentary return flights from all the major
NZ centres for deer clients and agents.
Taking place at the Queenstown stud, the auction
begins at 12.30pm. The stud presents all sires for sale in full antler.
It also offers venison breeders a range of sires with outstanding breeding
values. The stud expects that their top BV23.56 is a NZ record for a Stud
sale. Buyers can pick out their new stock based on breeding values only,
antlers only or both if they are seeking top quality dual purpose sires.
The Remarkables Park Stud Farm year after year consistently
provides the most two year ‘sire stags’ over 200kgs in NZ.
This year’s auction is expected to present 57
deer for sale, with estimated 2 year old stag weights up to 250kg and
yearling stags up to 146kg.
“The hallmarks of our stud deer are high breeding
values, consistently big frames, great temperament and quality antler
genetics,” said Remarkables Park Stud Farm director Alastair Porter.
The stud achieves its success in breeding quality
stock through its well developed Artificial Insemination programme which
results in high performance stags bred for temperament, performance and
both velvet and venison.
“Remarkables Park achieves its outstanding performance
notwithstanding more difficult alpine conditions than its principal competitors.
Not surprisingly our stags have a reputation for shifting well to both
high country stations as well as to warmer country farms.”
To have a look at some of the progeny and stags that
will be on sale, breeders and buyers can visit the Remarkables Park Stud
Farm website www.remarkablestags.com or calling 021 441 445.
For any further enquiries or requests to view the
deer prior to the sale, please contact Farm Manager Phil Dawson by emailing
manager@remarkablespark.com.
About Remarkables Park Stud Farm
Remarkables Park was purchased in 1988 by Porter
Group Ltd. The stud is in Queenstown, New Zealand and has been a deer
farm since 1979.
The Porter family has a strong family heritage in
Otago. Our great grandparents emigrated to Dunedin 1863, and our grandfather
George Cook was the engineer who built many South Island viaducts -- of
particular note those in the Tairei Gorge.
Alastair, John and Neville Porter started deer farming
in 1976 at South Kaipara Head, north of Auckland. Alastair was an early
member of the NZ Deer Farmers Council. He played a key role in the formation
of the Game Industry Board and was for many years a Board member and Deputy
Chairman. He chaired the Industry’s Quality Assurance venison programme
and initiated the development of Cervena as premium farmed venison brand
for New Zealand. Alastair has strongly supported the use of Artificial
Insemination technology and was a foundation member of Deer Improvement
Ltd until it was merged back into parent company Livestock Improvement
Corporation.
The stud’s objective is to breed genetically
superior high performance Red Deer. The stud sourced 99% of its original
Red Deer stock in the South Island in the early 1980’s. Stags have
always been bred for temperament and performance, for both venison and
velvet.
The Porter Group has single-sire mated and recorded
its mating programmes for three decades. The group has focused principally
on Eastern, German and Danish bloodlines. The group commenced breeding
with European deer imports in 1985, and held its first inaugural Deer
Stud Sale in 2002.
In 2008 it adopted a Helmsman-style auction which
has been continued since.
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