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New heights for Anamoe
Anamoe’s first-crop yearlings have been all the rage on the Gold Coast, and Darley’s young gun passed a significant milestone on Friday when supplying his first seven-figure lot. Widden Stud’s colt is out of Listed scorer Secret Trail (Denman), making him a half-brother to the Ciaron Maher-trained Spywire (Trapeze Artist), who was last seen claiming... Read More
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Waller and Mulcaster make hay
Chris Waller and Guy Mulcaster topped the buyers’ chart with 14 new recruits costing a combined $8.685 million. The two priciest members of the group were picked up during day four, led by the session-topping Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) colt who fetched $1.5m late in the piece. The Coolmore-consigned youngster is the first foal out of... Read More
Snitzel on top again as the curtain comes down on ‘diverse’ Book 1 at Magic Millions
A diverse buying bench and a deep catalogue combined to ensure the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale concluded on Friday evening with a decidedly healthy set of figures. A smaller offering meant turnover was always liable to dip year-on-year, but after four sessions of lively Book 1 trade aggregate sales were just two per... Read More
How John Warren struck gold while on a ‘busman’s holiday’ at Magic Millions
Highclere Stud’s John and Lady Carolyn Warren were among the breeders toasting a big result at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale on Thursday after their half-brother to Group 1 performer Tannhauser (Dundeel) sold for $850,000. The youngster, who is set to sport the My Racehorse silks for trainer Michael Freedman, is by Darley’s... Read More
Frankel fever
International sire on fire Frankel (Galileo) supplied his second seven-figure yearling of the sale when Harron, once again bidding alongside Fung, went to $1.1m for the colt out of Miss Alacrity (Munnings) from the Newgate Farm consignment. The dam is a stakes-winning daughter of Munnings (Speightstown) from the same family as Kentucky Derby (Gr 1,... Read More
Harron and TFI run hot
The 12th seven-figure lot of this year’s Gold Coast Yearling Sale arrived late in the session when James Harron, acting with Tony Fung, bid $1.2m for the Snitzel colt out of the New Zealand-bred Showcasing (Oasis Dream) mare Play That Song. The Newgate Farm-consigned colt is the first foal out of the Eclipse Stakes (Gr... Read More