Sales

Rebuilding broodmare bands at Karaka 2022

Everything was normal at the 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale. Covid-19 was a term, as yet, unheard of. However, last year, and with the prevailing spread of Covid-19, there was no international contingent at Karaka. The industry was at sixes and sevens, and everyone was wondering exactly how things might pan out. Confidence... Read More

Australia-based Kiwis jump on planes to get back for NZB Karaka Yearling Sale 

Expatriate Kiwis have jumped at the chance to return home for the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale after the country’s government ended mandatory isolation periods for those jetting in from overseas. NZB last year made the call to delay its 2022 national sale, traditionally held in late January, to March in the hope that... Read More

Premier conclusion to record Inglis Melbourne Yearling Sale

Nicconi and Zoustar colts make $340,000 on final day as new Oaklands Junction heights reached Demand has surged at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale in Melbourne, continuing the unprecedented spend on bloodstock in Australia this year, with trade up by nearly $13 million year-on-year at the conclusion of Victoria’s main three-day market. Two colts, by... Read More

Coolmore hoping lightning can strike twice with $950,000 I Am Invincible colt 

Buyer demand continues with Inglis on track for record Melbourne Premier Sale  A $950,000 colt by top stallion I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) will join an enviable portfolio of young horses under the ownership of Coolmore Australia after principal Tom Magnier won an intense bidding duel late on the second day of the Inglis Melbourne... Read More

Perth again relies on local buying bench for delayed yearling sale

Magic Millions’ yearling sale roadshow moves swiftly on from the conclusion of yesterday’s Tasmania auction and arrives at Perth, where the delayed Western Australian sale gets underway today in the Swan Valley.  Following the resistance of WA state premier Mark McGowan to open interstate borders last month as planned, Magic Millions took the swift decision... Read More

Heys not mean on the Lean Machines

Young trainer Bryce Heys had to wait but was delighted to land a winning bid on a colt by first–season sire Lean Mean Machine (Zoustar) as Book 1 of Classic closed with a bang.  The trainer of dual Group 1-placed sprinter Spieth (Thorn Park) paid $380,000 for the last page of the book, Lot 660,... Read More