International Sales News
Zoustar gelding tops 2023 Hong Kong International Sale
An eye-catching chestnut gelding by Zoustar (Northern Meteor) has topped the 2023 Hong Kong International Sale after attracting a bid of HK$8.6 million (approx. AU$1.648 million) yesterday as 15 lots sold for a total return of HK$71.6 million (approx. AU$13.718 million), up from HK$71 million in 2022. By the same sire as the 2021 Hong... Read More
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Waterhouse and McKeever buy two at Goffs London Sale
Australian Hall Of Fame trainer Gai Waterhouse was back in London on Monday and made two signings in conjunction with agent Johnny McKeever, parting with £300,000 (approx. AU$560,435) to land Cuban Dawn (Teofilo), who was also signed for by Mt Hallowell Stud, and £260,000 (approx. AU$485,710) for New Endeavour (New Bay). The pair previously ran... Read More
Alcohol Free to join Waterhouse/Bott stable after record sale
Alcohol Free (No Nay Never) will be trained in Australia by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott after her dramatic 5.4 million guineas (approx. AU$10.1 million) purchase for BBA Ireland and a Yulong Investments-led partnership at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale on Tuesday evening. She will become the most expensive horse sold at auction to race... Read More
BBA Ireland outgun Coolmore for Alcohol Free
Four-time Group 1-winning mare Alcohol Free (No Nay Never) stole the headlines at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale yesterday when selling for 5.4 million guineas (approx. AU$9,658,170) the second-most expensive thoroughbred ever sold at auction in Europe. The winning bid was landed by BBA’s Michael Donohue, sitting next to Mr Yuesheng Zhang, with Alcohol Free... Read More
Sherrin’s Frankel appeal sees breeder strike at Tattersalls
Queensland-based breeder Michael Sherrin’s love for Britain’s unparalleled champion racehorse and sire Frankel (Galileo) has seen the Sheralee Estate supremo travel halfway around the globe to source mares with which to breed to the Juddmonte stallion. Motor car racing businessman Sherrin, 72, and agent Jim Clarke first scoured the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale catalogue... Read More
Cambridge Stud aiming high with Tattersalls purchase
Brendan and Jo Lindsay’s Cambridge Stud went to 100,000gns (approx. AU$188,800) with Group race success in mind for three-year-old filly Terra Mitica (Ulysses), a daughter of Cheveley Park stallion Ulysses (Galileo), as the 2022 December Mares Sale went through the gears at Tattersalls yesterday. Catalogued as Lot 1512, the filly was bought in conjunction with... Read More