Glentree take Avantage
The second seven-figure lot arrived a short while after the session-topper when Glentree Thoroughbreds and Badgers Bloodstock combined at $1.05m to secure the Coolmore-consigned I Am Invincible filly out of New Zealand champion Avantage (Fastnet Rock).
The nine-time Group 1 winner Avantage joined the Coolmore broodmare band when purchased through New Zealand Bloodstock’s Gavelhouse Plus at NZ$4.1m in 2021.
This filly is the Fastnet Rock (Danehill) mare’s third consecutive seven-figure Magic Millions yearling after John Stewart’s Resolute Bloodstock gave $1.6m for her first I Am Invincible filly 12 months ago, while David Ellis went to $2.1m for the Wootton Bassett filly Avantaggia, winner of a Te Aroha maiden, in 2024.
Those results mean Avantage has now generated $4.75m in Gold Coast Yearling Sale receipts.
“We’re here to buy fillies with residual value, and she’s got as good a residual value as any filly in the whole catalogue,” said Badgers Bloodstock’s Tom Pritchard-Gordon. “She topped the charts on all our pedigree stats. The cross works phenomenally well, there’s something like six stakes performers out of 11 fillies on that cross.
“I’ve seen both sisters, they made $2.1m and $1.6m, and, for me, she was nicer than both of them. Time will tell, but she’s a lovely type. She’s as low-risk a seven-figure investment as you can get!”
The agent added: “She’ll be owned by Glentree Thoroughbreds, who have Lumbini in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic on Saturday; she’s the only horse we bought down here last year. Unfortunately she’s drawn a bad gate. We’ve had bad luck there but hopefully we’ve got good luck here.”