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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
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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
Late drama at Book 1 as Galileo Gold’s half-brother brings 2,700,000gns
There was late drama at the opening session of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale on Tuesday as Oliver St Lawrence secured the Kingman (Invincible Spirit) half-brother to 2,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1m) hero Galileo Gold (Paco Boy) for 2,700,000gns (approx. AUD$5 million). The price is the highest sum given for a yearling... Read More
High emotion for Floors Stud as Elarqam brother brings 1.1m gns from Godolphin
Frankel colt was bred by the late Duke of Roxburghe High drama was matched by high emotion at Tattersalls yesterday as a Frankel (Galileo) brother to Elarqam bred by the late Duke of Roxburghe became the first seven-figure yearling at this year’s Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Sale when knocked down to Godolphin’s buying... Read More