Sales

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

Velocious’ dam headlines latest Inglis Digital Sale

Group 1 producer Parmalove (Snitzel), who was late withdrawal from The Chairman’s Sale due to a minor cut prior to travelling to Sydney, is the standout entry in the Inglis Digital May (Early) Sale and the catalogue for the auction is now live.  Parmalove is the dam of this season’s Sistema Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m)... Read More

Sous La Terre set for a date with Newgate’s newbie Ozzmosis

The unraced daughter of Pierro headline was the headline act of Inglis’ Australian Broodmare Sale  Leading Western Australian studmaster Brent Atwell is backing the commercial appeal of Newgate Farm first season sire Ozzmosis (Zoustar) and he used the Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale to buy a mare to visit the Coolmore Stud Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m)... Read More

White takes charge of Leneva stallions in rebranded Lovatsville

Rising thoroughbred industry figure Sam White has orchestrated the restructure of Victorian stallion operation Leneva Park with his first coup securing the immediate future of exciting young stallion Royal Meeting (Invincible Spirit). White, who previously worked for Coolmore and later Ciaron Maher Racing before embarking on other business interests within and outside the racing industry,... Read More

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

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