Sales
‘Wonderful positivity’ as NZB releases Ready to Run catalogue
Graduate success and a buoyant domestic industry raises confidence as auction house reveals 383-lot line-up New Zealand Bloodstock yesterday released its catalogue for their Ready to Run Sale carrying the confidence that the auction, already widely regarded as the leading southern hemisphere sale of its kind, is in a position of ever-growing strength. The two-day... Read More
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Yoshida hands Star another dazzling result as Kiku makes $1.46 million
Magic Millions overcomes technical difficulties with online platform to register a record result for the portal Group 2-winning mare Kiku (Zoustar) has been sold to leading Japanese breeder Katsumi Yoshida for $1.46 million, becoming Magic Millions Online’s first seven-figure horse, but not before a major technical glitch saw the sale halted for two hours and... Read More
Kiku to sell on Magic Millions online
Brilliant racemare Kiku (Zoustar) will be offered as an elite breeding prospect in a special standalone auction on the Magic Millions Online portal next week. A Group 2 winner, Kiku will be offered at the special one day online auction next Thursday [August 31]. Bidding will open at 10am (AEST) and close from 4pm (AEST)... Read More
Hello Youmzain youngsters star at Arqana
The Arqana buying bench took a healthy shine to the progeny of Cambridge Stud’s young shuttle stallion Hello Youmzain (Kodiac) at the August Yearling Sale at Deauville. The two-time Group 1 winner’s youngsters were keenly sought after with 20 through the ring and 19 sold for €2,447,000 (approx. NZ$4.5 million) at an average of €128,789... Read More
‘You would be hard pressed to find a top trainer in Australia who hasn’t trained a good graduate’
Sale success to hold Inglis Ready2Race offering in good stead Inglis last night released its catalogue for the 2023 Ready2Race Sale as the company, and its competitors in the two-year-old breeze-up space, head into uncharted territory, the likely absence of Singapore racing’s owners and trainers. The auction house’s Sebastian Hutch hopes that the loss of... Read More
Coolmore splash €3 million on back-to-back lots at Arqana
The bloodstock world has seldom looked smaller than it did during the third session of the Arqana August Sale in Deauville on Sunday, when Coolmore’s MV Magnier struck a gasp-inducing bid of €2,200,000 (approx. AU$3,746,00). His target was a colt by French champion sire Siyouni (Pivotal) who was bred by the China Horse Club out... Read More