International Sales News

Johnson and the Snowdens score two at Arqana

After frustratingly missing out at last month’s Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale, prominent bloodstock agent William Johnson and Peter and Paul Snowden finally struck gold at the Arqana Autumn Sale on Monday, purchasing a colt and a gelding for an aggregate of €158,000 (approx. AU$263,000). The team made their first purchase when they parted... Read More

Slipper winner Fireburn sold to Japan

Last year’s Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Fireburn (Rebel Dane) has been retired and will now embark on a career as broodmare in Japan.   Bred by Laurel Oak Bloodstock’s Louis Mihalyka, Grant Bloodstock and Carpe Diem Syndicate, Fireburn, whose other elite-level victory came in the 2022 Inglis Sires’ (Gr 1, 1400m), has been... Read More

Australians swoop for Three Witches 

Three Witches (Into Mischief), a Grade 3-winner, who was last seen finishing third behind Midnight Olive (Ghostzapper) in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (Gr 1, 7f) at Santa Anita on November 5, was the headline act of the third session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale on Friday, after Rifa Mustang Europe... Read More

Domeland snap up Urban Outlook and Humanity 

After a frenetic spending spree early on Wednesday at Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale, southern hemisphere buyers kept up the pace well into the evening at Park Paddocks.  With the likes of Waterhouse, Bott, McEvoy and Australian Bloodstock dominating proceedings earlier in the afternoon, Australian operation Domeland made its presence felt by securing the... Read More

McEvoys take the plunge at Tattersalls

Tony and Calvin McEvoy made their first foray at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale yesterday when they joined up with agent Nick Bell to purchase four-time winner Concorde (Sixties Icon) for 150,000gns (approx. AU$302,000). Offered by The Castlebridge Consignment, the George Boughey-trained gelding opened his account on his first start as a three-year-old... Read More

Denmark bound for Australia

The winner of one race for Aidan O’Brien, the colt was last seen finishing eighth in the St Leger Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 6.5f), having previously finished second in the Melrose Handicap (1m 6f) in August and third in a handicap over a mile and six furlongs at Haydock in September.  “He is lightly raced,... Read More