Sales
Two Bays swoops for ‘fast’ mare News Girl
Victorian nursery Two Bays Farm have struck for the multiple stakes-placed News Girl (Magnus) after the mare topped the latest Inglis Digital auction yesterday, fetching $375,000. Injury curtailed the career of the Geoff Duryea-trained six-year-old, who was runner-up in the Kevin Hayes Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) as a three-year-old and the Bellmaine Stakes (Gr 3,... Read More
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Magnier takes Keeneland spend to $5m-plus with Curlin colt leading the way
The Book 1-topping Quality Road (Elusive Quality) colt that cost US$1.6 million (approx. AU$2.18 million) highlighted a strong second session for Stonestreet Bred & Raised at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. The colt, purchased by Woodford Racing and West Point Thoroughbreds, was the first of two seven-figure yearlings produced by Stonestreet sold on Tuesday. Coolmore’s... Read More
American Pharoah filly tops ‘excellent’ opening day of Keeneland at $1.4 million
The Keeneland September Yearling Sale kicked off in fine fashion, headlined by a knockout American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) filly going for US$1.4 million (approx. AU$1.91 million) to Joe Allen. The filly’s half-sister Echo Zulu (Gun Runner) had comfortably won the Spinaway Stakes (Gr 1, 7f) at Saratoga just eight days earlier to provide a... Read More
Aussie agent Boomer bound for Keeneland
Australian agent Craig Rounsefell, spurred on by a US Grade 1 winner this year, will make a long-awaited return to America to take in its bloodstock sales series over the next three months, starting with the Keeneland September yearling extravaganza. The Gold Coast-based Boomer Bloodstock principal, who has an extensive American client base, was like... Read More
Darby Racing secure a pair of Galileo colts at Tattersalls
Darby Racing were active at the second session of the Tattersalls August Sale yesterday, picking up two colts by the late Galileo (Sadler’s Wells) from the Ballydoyle draft. The Aidan O’Brien-trained three-year-olds Father’s Day (Lot 391) and Iowa (Lot 393) were secured in a matter of minutes by Hubie De Burgh of De Burgh Equine... Read More
‘There’s been a real buzz’ – Harry Angel colt tops two-day Goffs Premier sale
Intensity of trade built on an upward curve throughout the two-day Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale, which concluded on Wednesday, and the final results duly made for positive reading, particularly the rock-solid clearance rate of 89 per cent. The two days of trade saw 326 of 366 offered lots change hands, which in turn generated... Read More