Sales
Walnut Farm purchase Mirra View for $600,000
Stakes-winning mare Mirra View (More Than Ready) topped the Inglis Digital August (Late) Online Sale when selling to Walnut Farm for $600,000 on Wednesday. Offered by Paringa Stud on behalf of owners Bennelong Bloodstock, Mirra View will be moved to the Victorian farm immediately before a decision is made on which stallion she will visit... Read More
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Oakleigh Plate winner Marabi to be offered at MM Virtual Sale
Prominent breeder Greg Perry will offer his Oakleigh Plate (Gr 1, 1100m) winner Marabi (I Am Invincible) at next week’s Magic Millions Virtual Sale, her addition a major boost for the inaugural auction. The star sprinter, who was trained by Ciaron Maher to win the 2022 feature Group 1 Caulfield sprint and two other stakes... Read More
St Mark’s Basilica filly tops Arqana as Coolmore strike winning bid at €1.7 million
What a difference a day makes. Trade on day two had been rather more subdued than is often anticipated at the Arqana August Sale, but it took just 90 minutes for three seven-figure lots to pass through the Deauville ring on Sunday evening. Comfortably the most expensive of the trio was the St Mark’s Basilica... Read More
The Fugue relation tops Arqana at €730,000
The top lot on day two of the Arqana August Yearling Sale came around two hours into the post-racing session on Saturday when Solis/Litt Bloodstock struck an online bid of €730,000 (approx. AU$1,207,500) for Haras de Castillon’s Sea The Stars (Cape Cross) filly out of La Vie (Shalaa). The filly was bred in partnership by... Read More
Powerhouse new owner sees off Coolmore to secure €1.4 million Wootton Bassett colt
John Stewart is a man on a mission. On Friday that mission saw the US-based owner make his first major impact on the European sales circuit as he struck an online bid of €1,400,000 (approx. AU$2.315 million) to secure the top lot on day one of the Arqana August Sale in Deauville. The yearling in... Read More
$4.15 million for Espiona a Champagne result
Coolmore Classic winner set to join $6.6 million mare Imperatriz in Victoria Espiona (Extreme Choice) became the fourth highest-priced mare to be sold in Australasian bloodstock history when she made $4.15 million in an enthralling Magic Millions Virtual Auction on the Gold Coast on Wednesday. The Star Thoroughbreds-owned Group 1-winning mare was purchased by Yulong... Read More