Sales News
Leo To toasts $2.2 million mare Kimochi
It was unclear whether prominent international investors with a massive presence in Victoria – Illsay Vale and the Panthalassa Syndicate – would be active at the Chairman’s Sale after their conspicuous absence on the buyers’ sheet at the recent Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale. But it was evident only four lots into Thursday night’s sale... Read More
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Coolmore spends up on high-end mares at Chairman’s
She’s Extreme heads market at $3.4 million as nine million-dollar mares change hands Rare filly She’s Extreme (Extreme Choice) sold for $3.4 million at the Chairman’s Sale after Coolmore continued its large-scale investment in elite breeding stock as some of the world’s biggest thoroughbred buyers clashed at Inglis’ night of nights. Coolmore’s Tom Magnier signed... Read More
‘If you present quality to a market like this, more often than not you’re going to get well paid for it’
Toronado colt comes up trumps at Inglis Australian Weanling Sale Buyers’ appetite to reinvest in a bloodstock market despite trepidation about what the wider picture may look like over the next 12 months helped push the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale to a record turnover. After a strong opening session Monday, in which the five highest-priced... Read More
Patient Peters snaps up weanlings for racing team
Western Australian owner and breeder Bob Peters and his grandson Liam Peters also made an early impression, buying two weanling colts – a $280,000 filly by So You Think (High Chaparral) and a $260,000 son of Toronado (High Chaparral) – to add to the familiar cerise and white silks’ racing division either in Perth or... Read More
Boomer buys I Am Invincible colt for end user
Another foal-shared weanling to sell during the opening session was an I Am Invincible half-brother to Group 2-winner Shades Of Rose (Rubick) and Group 3-winner Scallopini (Snitzel). Boomer Bloodstock’s Craig Rounsell spent $360,000 on behalf of a client who intends to race the son of the record-breaking stallion. Offered by Yarraman Park Stud, he is... Read More
Kaha Nui makes mark during Australian Weanling Sale session
Kiwis snap up I Am Invincible filly at record-breaking Inglis Sydney foal sale A $575,000 I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) filly and a colt by $370,000 Capitalist (Written Tycoon), the two-highest priced foals sold during a record-breaking opening Inglis Australian Weanling Sale session on Monday, will head to New Zealand. The high-priced weanlings were purchased... Read More