Proisir filly makes $700,000
Duncan Ramage, John Sargent Racing and Brad Spicer combined on day two of the Karaka yearling sale to buy a filly by Proisir (Choisir) from the Curraghmore draft for $700,000.
The filly is out of the Listed winner Strada Cavallo (Alamosa) making her a half-sister to this season’s VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m) runner-up Powers Of Opal (Ocean Park), who Ramage and Sargent purchased for $130,000 at the corresponding sale 12 months ago.
Sargent said the filly looked ‘identical’ to her half-sister and stablemate.
“She was identical to Powers Of Opal, but she’ll probably take a little bit more time as she is a late foal, but that’s what we hope with Powers Of Opal, that she will have a good autumn and put more value on to this pedigree,” the trainer said.
“She will go to Curraghmore for a couple of months and then be broken in and then go over [to Australia].
Ramage has enjoyed enormous success buying at Karaka over the years, most notably having bought So You Think (High Chaparral) in the same ring for $110,000 in 2008. However, the last filly he bought at Karaka for $700,000 was First Seal (Fastnet Rock), whose win in the Surround Stakes (Gr 2 1400m) of 2015 was the third time she won a race when she had Winx (Street Cry) behind her.
“She’s a very athletic filly and much like Powers Of Opal and with her in the family we already have a lot of residual value with this filly. The last filly we bought here for $700,000 was First Seal, so we’re hoping she can follow in her footsteps,” Ramage said.
Curraghmore Stud enjoyed another brilliant day’s trade and closed day two having sold 14 yearlings for an aggregate of $4,040,000, at an average of $288,571.
Gordon Cunningham told ANZ Bloodstock News that they had always had a good opinion of the filly and expected her to be well found.
“She is a filly we have always had a high opinion of, much like her sister, Powers of Opal,” he said. “She presented great, was very popular with several good judges and bought by Duncan Ramage and John Sargent. They are very excited about what the autumn will bring for Powers of Opal and now they have her sister, so we wish them the best of luck.”
A little later on in the session, another filly by Rich Hill’s resident stallion proved popular when she was bought by TFI, Michael Freedman Fillies and Michael Wallace for $560,000. Offered by Highline Thoroughbreds, the filly is out of All Can Party (All American), making her a half-sister to Group 1 winner Dark Destroyer (Proisir).
The filly’s breeders, Warwick and Kelly Jeffries, were elated with Monday’s result,
“We couldn’t fault her as she is a great moving filly with a superb temperament. She paraded a lot but nothing phased her. She loves to please and is unflappable,” Warwick told ANZ Bloodstock News.
“We are rapt with who bought her. She will get every chance of being with a great trainer. There was no real surprise regarding her price and she deserved to make good money.”