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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
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Gosden team lands final blow with €320,000 New Bay filly at Arqana
Gestut Ammerland’s New Bay filly from the family of German Derby heroine Borgia and Prix Vermeille winner Baltic Baroness topped the third and final day of the main section at Arqana’s flagship August Yearling Sale when realising €320,000 to John and Thady Gosden online. From an excellent German family, the filly quickly became the subject... Read More
Negotiations underway after Moonlight Maid passed in through Inglis Digital
A deal could yet be reached for the sale of Moonlight Maid (Puissance De Lune) in time for the valuable Group 2 winner to head to stud in September after she was passed in through the Inglis Digital Online Auction yesterday. The star attraction of the August (Early) Sale, VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m) placegetter... Read More
Entries open for 2022 Inglis yearling sales
Inglis will largely maintain the status quo for its live auction sales in 2022, a schedule which this year capitalised on a surging thoroughbred market to deliver a number of records. The company’s sales season will open with the Classic Yearling Sale (February 6 to 8) and the Premier Sale in Melbourne will run from... Read More
See’s Lonhro vision pays off in Japan
Singapore owner and breeder Jayven See compares his hobby of breeding mares to Australian stallions to northern hemisphere time and exporting them to Japan as the reverse business model to that of Arrowfield Stud supremo John Messara. On Tuesday, See and his partners in the Japanese mare venture reaped a big reward when a colt... Read More
Magic Millions Online July Sale topped by progressive Short Stories
The Magic Millions Online July Sale concluded yesterday and it was headlined by Short Stories (Shamus Award) who sold for $120,000 to Shawn Ricardo Bloodstock. Offered as Lot 4 by Clarken Racing, the progressive three-year-old was sold with an entry this weekend in the metropolitan meeting at Gawler. He broke his maiden two starts ago... Read More