Sales
McEvoys take the plunge at Tattersalls
Tony and Calvin McEvoy made their first foray at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale yesterday when they joined up with agent Nick Bell to purchase four-time winner Concorde (Sixties Icon) for 150,000gns (approx. AU$302,000). Offered by The Castlebridge Consignment, the George Boughey-trained gelding opened his account on his first start as a three-year-old... Read More
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Share in Future History sells for $205,000
A bid of $205,000 proved enough to secure a ten per cent share in Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m)-bound Future History (Showcasing) when the Inglis Digital October (Late) Online sale came to a close yesterday. Winning bidder Adam Carney teamed up with Parsons Creek Farm principal Marc De Stoop to go halves in the share,... Read More
Denmark bound for Australia
The winner of one race for Aidan O’Brien, the colt was last seen finishing eighth in the St Leger Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 6.5f), having previously finished second in the Melrose Handicap (1m 6f) in August and third in a handicap over a mile and six furlongs at Haydock in September. “He is lightly raced,... Read More
Maher snaps up Kings Valley for 140,000gns
As is always the case at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale, Australian buyers were out in force at Park Paddocks busy sourcing suitable stock to continue their careers Down Under. Ciaron Maher and David Eustace’s head of bloodstock, Will Bourne, a familiar face in Newmarket at this time of year, struck early during... Read More
Group winner Seradess to be offered on Magic Millions
Group 2-winning mare Seradess (Astern) will go under the hammer as an elite breeding prospect next in stand-alone Magic Millions Virtual Sale. The daughter of Astern (Medaglia D’Oro) won five of her 19 starts and her victories were headed by a win in the Cinderella Stakes (Listed, 1050m), 2021 Scarborough Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) in... Read More
Boman and Neasham bag Zaaki’s half-brother at Tattersalls
Annabel Neasham and her longtime European-based bloodstock agent Stuart Boman unsurprisingly snapped up Zaaki’s (Leroidesanimaux) half-brother at Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale on Wednesday, paying the Staffordstown consignment 100,000gns (approx. AU$201,800) for the son of Study Of Man (Deep Impact). Neasham and Boman teamed up to buy Zaaki, subsequent winner of four... Read More