Steady trade continued on the second day at the Keeneland Breeding Stock Sale in Kentucky on Wednesday and once again there was some activity from Australian buyers headed up by James Harron who purchased three–time stakes winner Betsy Blue (Tonalist) for US$375,000 (approx. AU$563,200). Harron was joined on the buyers sheet by Emirates Park, who... Read More

Last year’s South Australian Fillies Classic (Gr 3, 2500m) winner Let’sbefrankbaby (Frankel) proved popular on the first day of the Keeneland Breeding Stock Sale on Tuesday when she sold to Willingham Stud for US$700,000 (approx. AU$1,067,900).  Raced by prominent South African owners, Drakenstein Stud’s Gaynor Rupert, Larry Nestadt and Gary Barber, the Australian-bred daughter of... Read More

When Grade 1 winner and millionaire McKulick (Frankel) (lot 289) left the ring on Monday deep into Fasig-Tipton’s The November Sale, she left as its highest-selling mare. Narvick International, agent for Grand Stud, went to US$6 million (approx. AU$9.06 million) to land the five-year-old daughter of leading European sire Frankel (Galileo). Campaigned by Klaravich Stables... Read More

Stuart Boman of Blandford Bloodstock and Australia-based trainer Annabel Neasham have enjoyed enormous success buying at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale and they enjoyed another fruitful week, leaving Park Paddocks with four horses for an outlay of 725,000gns (approx. AU$1,499,900).  The autumn auction has been a happy hunting ground for Boman and Neasham,... Read More

Australian investment accounted for six of the top ten lots at the second session of the Tattersalls’ Autumn Horses in Training Sale, a list headed by the record-breaking Delius (Frankel) at 1,300,000gns (approx. AU$2,702,200).  Agents Guy Mulcaster and Alastair Donald cut out the early running but once matters rumbled into seven-figure territory it was between... Read More