Sales News

Plenty to cheer about ahead of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling and Broodmare Sale

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 National Weanling and Broodmare Sale takes place tomorrow, featuring 170 weanlings (after withdrawals). It will be a full day of trade and the weanling numbers alone represent an increase of 60 lots compared with the 2022 sale which turned out to be quite buoyant. Broodmares, which haven’t been part of this... Read More

Toronado colt makes $500,000 as Magic Millions vows bigger catalogue in 2023

Ten juveniles make $200,000 or more with average and gross climbing year on year Magic Millions will attempt to grow its vendor base in order to have a larger, more diverse catalogue for buyers to consider at next year’s 2YOs In Training Sale after conducting a “pleasing” auction on the Gold Coast yesterday, headlined by... Read More

Lean Mean Machine colt sets the pace

A colt by Aquis Farm’s first season sire Lean Mean Machine (Zoustar) ran a blistering 10.06 seconds for his breeze-up during the second session at Te Rapa yesterday, to top the standings across the two days of hit-outs for the NZB Ready To Run Sale.  The Ohukia Lodge consigned colt, catalogued as Lot 305, is... Read More

Frankel mare tops Inglis Digital Sale

Romantic Road, a four-year-old daughter of champion sire Frankel (Galileo) out of Canadian Grade 1 winner Miss Keller (Montjeu), and Seagrove (Exceed And Excel) have topped the latest Inglis Digital sale, which concluded yesterday. The pair sold for $150,000, with the unraced Romantic Road purchased by Emma Smith on behalf of Valencia Park in New... Read More

International investors to play prominent role at Inglis Ready2Race Sale

Middle market to hold the key to depth of the buying bench at Riverside Stables as juveniles go under the hammer Inglis’ Sebastian Hutch is not making any bold predictions ahead of today’s Ready2Race Sale, Australasia’s opening two-year-old auction of the year, despite a large international buyer cohort being in Sydney for the first time... Read More

Raleigh celebrates ‘amazing’ pinhook result with Inglis Digital mare

Estonian Princess (Snitzel) topped the Inglis Digital September (Early) Sale which concluded yesterday at $375,000, in what was an excellent pinhook result for Simon Raleigh of TJS Bloodstock.  Raleigh had purchased the Group 3-winning daughter of Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) just 16 months earlier for $200,000 in foal to So You Think (High Chaparral) from the... Read More