Sales
Lope De Vega colt leads the way at 675,000gns as intense Book 2 trade continues
Six-figure bids came thick and fast on Tuesday as Book 2 of the October Yearling Sale continued to buck the market trends seen elsewhere during a sales season that has supplied more than its share of challenges. A session of selling that was widely considered exceptionally strong, not least given the wider financial circumstances, saw... Read More
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Expectations surpassed as 400,000gns Kingman colt tops strong Book 2 opener
Pinning down expectations in such uncertain times is not straightforward. Nonetheless, even the hopes of the most optimistic out there are likely to have been surpassed on day one of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. Granted the highs may not have been quite so giddy as 12 months ago, when Book 2... Read More
O’Gorman colts set Magic Millions benchmark at Warwick Farm
The attention has this week turned to the Australasian two-year-old sale market with key breeze-up sessions for next month’s Magic Millions and New Zealand Bloodstock auctions taking place at Warwick Farm and Te Rapa yesterday as buyers prepare for next Tuesday’s Inglis offering. Tamworth consignor Mel O’Gorman breezed up eight two-year-olds, including the five fastest... Read More
Galileo sister to Japan becomes world’s most expensive yearling at 3,400,000gns
Coolmore returned to familiar territory on the final day of the Book 1 Yearling Sale at Tattersalls on Thursday as MV Magnier got the better of a dramatic three-way tussle to secure the Galileo (Sadler’s Wells) full-sister to Japan and Mogul, Lot 436, at 3,400,000gns (approx. AU$6,200,000) the highest price paid for a yearling the... Read More
Group 2 winner Spanish Whisper to be sold on Gavelhouse Plus
High-class mare Spanish Whisper (Lope De Vega) has been retired from racing and will be offered for unreserved sale via Gavelhouse Plus. The triple Group 2 winner and Group 1-placed mare is an outcross to Danehill (Danzig) as a daughter of internationally acclaimed sire Lope De Vega (Shamardal) and Cutting Remark (Encosta De Lago), a... Read More
Godolphin’s seven-figure spree continues as 1,100,000gns Dubawi tops day two
It was not all plain sailing for vendors during day two of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, as was to be expected given the market downturn experienced this year, but Sheikh Mohammed’s appetite for the most choice offerings continued to supply some soaring highs. Godolphin signed for the four most expensive yearlings... Read More