Sales
Coolmore buys Grenville’s half-brother to Think About It
Two of Australia’s biggest industry players duked it out in a lunch time auction ring battle for the final chance to buy a relation to arguably the country’s best sprinter, reigning Everest (1200m) champion Think About It (So You Think). It was Coolmore’s Tom Magnier who dug deepest, going to $900,000 for the Tasmanian-bred Wootton... Read More
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Too Darn Hot colt headlines stellar day for Fairway Thoroughbreds
Camilleri celebrates brilliant afternoon at Magic Millions as Maher snaps up ‘quality’ youngster by Darley shuttler for $1.9 million High end bloodstock is, in many ways, much like art – they’re collectors’ items and tend to hold their value. And if what’s transpired at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale over the past two... Read More
Wave-winning Goldman takes shine to Gold Coast life
Trainer Kurt Goldman, fresh from landing an upset win in the $250,000 The Wave (1800m) with Arts Object (Zoustar) on his new home track of the Gold Coast, isn’t about to change his approach. And that applies to his approach to the training of his horses as well as the selection of them at the... Read More
Playing God underpins bumper Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale catalogue
This year’s Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale was the only auction of its type to increase year-on-year in Australasia and state manager David Houston has no reason to suggest Western Australia’s main sale can’t hold its footing in 2024. Such is the demand for stock in the Perth sale, driven by a rich mining-led economy... Read More
Hawthorne goes the distance at Arqana
Dean Hawthorne and Badgers Bloodstock were active all week at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale earlier this week, and on Saturday at the Arqana equivalent, the duo got stuck into unfolding action, purchasing three lots for a total aggregate of €1.63 (approx. AU$2,660,500). The first acquisition of their frenetic spending spree was dual winner Sparklia... Read More
Mystery surrounds the buyer but no mistaking the price as Place Du Carrousel smashes Arqana record at €4,025,000
Prix de l’Opera (Gr 1, 2000m) heroine Place Du Carrousel (Lope De Vega) produced a bidding battle for the ages in Deauville on Saturday evening. And the contest took an age, too. The outcome of almost a quarter of an hour’s worth of bidding was the hammer fell at €4,025,000 (approx. AU$6,586,000), making the Haras... Read More