Sales
Stud farms rally together after Arrowfield Stud’s Easter defection
Some agents and buyers are attempting to take advantage of a potential divide among Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale vendors after Arrowfield Stud on Thursday broke away from the online auction, but prominent breeders say they remain committed to supporting the company. Inglis was forced to move its Easter sale, a 514-lot catalogue comprising some... Read More
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Drama as Cool Silk outbid co-owners Phoenix Thoroughbreds for Sands Of Mali
There was a dramatic end to day one of the Tattersalls December Mare Sale as Peter Swann of the Cool Silk Partnership went to 600,000gns to buy out Phoenix Thoroughbreds’ shares in the Group 1-winning sprinter Sands Of Mali (Panis). Swann stood with agent Matt Coleman in the bidders’ area and traded sizeable increases with... Read More
Progeny of El Kabeir and Night Of Thunder popular at December Foal Sale opener
By the close of trade, 168 of 246 offered lots had sold for a clearance rate of 68 per cent and an aggregate of 1,695,300gns – up five per cent year-on-year. The average and median figures went in the opposite direction, with the average down four per cent to 10,090gns as the median dipped by... Read More
Breeders’ Cup winner Blue Prize tops bill at $5 million on Night of the Stars
Best initially had no intention of buying the Argentine-bred daughter of Pure Prize (Storm Cat), but he happened to be strolling the grounds at Fasig-Tipton’s Newtown Paddocks in Lexington on Sunday when the six-year-old chestnut arrived after a long journey from her landmark victory at Santa Anita Park. “I was walking on a beautiful sunny... Read More