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World record for digital platform as Spanish sells
Three-time Group 2 winner Spanish Whisper (Lope De Vega) yesterday became the highest-priced thoroughbred to ever sell through a digital-only platform when her breeders Daniel Nakhle and Darren Brady fought off significant international interest to buy out their fellow shareholders for AUD$1,202,500 through Gavelhouse Plus. “We’ve bred and raced her, fallen in love with her... Read More
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Starspangledbanner colt brings 360,000gns as buoyant Book 2 draws to a close
Any amount of anxiety would have been perfectly understandable ahead of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, but in the event it would have been almost entirely unwarranted. The three-day auction produced a trio of sessions that can only have surpassed the expectations of even the most optimistic out there, with the year-on-year... Read More
Lope De Vega colt leads the way at 675,000gns as intense Book 2 trade continues
Six-figure bids came thick and fast on Tuesday as Book 2 of the October Yearling Sale continued to buck the market trends seen elsewhere during a sales season that has supplied more than its share of challenges. A session of selling that was widely considered exceptionally strong, not least given the wider financial circumstances, saw... Read More
Expectations surpassed as 400,000gns Kingman colt tops strong Book 2 opener
Pinning down expectations in such uncertain times is not straightforward. Nonetheless, even the hopes of the most optimistic out there are likely to have been surpassed on day one of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. Granted the highs may not have been quite so giddy as 12 months ago, when Book 2... Read More
O’Gorman colts set Magic Millions benchmark at Warwick Farm
The attention has this week turned to the Australasian two-year-old sale market with key breeze-up sessions for next month’s Magic Millions and New Zealand Bloodstock auctions taking place at Warwick Farm and Te Rapa yesterday as buyers prepare for next Tuesday’s Inglis offering. Tamworth consignor Mel O’Gorman breezed up eight two-year-olds, including the five fastest... Read More
Galileo sister to Japan becomes world’s most expensive yearling at 3,400,000gns
Coolmore returned to familiar territory on the final day of the Book 1 Yearling Sale at Tattersalls on Thursday as MV Magnier got the better of a dramatic three-way tussle to secure the Galileo (Sadler’s Wells) full-sister to Japan and Mogul, Lot 436, at 3,400,000gns (approx. AU$6,200,000) the highest price paid for a yearling the... Read More