International Sales News
Price and Kent Jnr swoop at July Sale
Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr got involved on the second day of the Tattersall’s July Sale on Wednesday when acquiring Bur Dubai (Night Of Thunder) for 250,000gns (approx. AU$500,000). The son of Night Of Thunder (Dubawi) was signed for under the Price Kent Racing and Myracehorse Australia banner, with Jason Singh taking bids over... Read More
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Johnson pays 135,000gns for Topanga at Tattersalls
The news that Australia’s champion first-season sire elect Too Darn Hot (Dubawi) will not return to the Hunter Valley later on this year was a blow to breeders who had booked mares to him. However, owner and breeder Gary Johnson will be hoping he is one of the lucky few who can secure a spot... Read More
Tulloch Lodge, Maher and David Eustace acquire at Goffs London Sale
Monday’s Goffs London Sale triggered the true beginning of Royal Ascot week, with Australians on the ground in their numbers, including Gai Waterhouse who again came away with a successful purchase at the sale when landing Asian Daze (Frontiersman) for £200,000 (approx. AU$383,360). A three-year-old daughter of Frontiersman (Dubawi), Asian Daze has run ten times... Read More
Classic contender Sparking Plenty joins Goffs London Sale line-up
Last-start Prix de Sandringham (Gr 2, 1600m) winner Sparkling Plenty (Kingman) is among the 21 lots catalogued for the Goffs London Sale which will take place at Kensington Palace Gardens on Monday, the eve of the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting. The daughter of Kingman (Invincible Spirit) is a sister to 2022 Jersey Stakes (Gr 3,... Read More
Walsh’s Sioux Nation filly heading to Twomey after €370,000 sale-topping swoop
Those old sages say that lightning never strikes twice but whoever devised that cliche would be eating their words if they were present at the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale on Friday as a very familiar electrical storm made its presence felt during a livewire sale, that was building on last year’s record-breaking returns with several... Read More
Drama in Deauville as Coolmore and Godolphin clash over €2,300,000 Justify colt
Unstoppable force meets immovable object. That is what transpired in sales ring terms at Arqana on Saturday when old foes Coolmore and Godolphin engaged in a prolonged seven-figure bidding bout. A Justify (Scat Daddy) colt presented by Norman Williamson’s Oak Tree Farm was the two-year-old in the crosshairs, and it soon became clear neither party... Read More