The promise became a reality at the Karaka standardbred yearling sales on Sunday.
And a near-record $300,000 price for a filly late in the day was the icing on the cake after one of the most successful sales in harness racing history.
While the boutique catalogue on the first day of sales week was touted as the deepest ever in the Southern Hemisphere it still faced the challenge of no overseas buyers on the grounds, which had been responsible in a dip in average at the recent thoroughbred sales.
But a strong domestic market more than made up for that with both the average price and clearance rate up 10 per cent on last year, which was already the highest in Australasia.
There was strong money for good pacing colts, particularly those by champion stallion Bettors Delight while trotters continued their sales surge with Breckon Farms in particular having an outstanding sale including a $190,000 lot for a son of first-season trotting stallion What The Hill.