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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
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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
‘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
Gabbedy snares Sea The Moon filly at Arqana
Belmont Bloodstock’s Damon Gabbedy, acting on behalf of trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy, made his presence felt during the first session of the Arqana August Sale in Deauville on Friday as he parted with €120,000 (approx. AU$204,900) to secure a filly by Lanwades Stud resident Sea The Moon (Sea The Stars). The filly was purchased... Read More
Gin Martini and Flying Mascot headline latest Inglis Digital catalogue
Group 1 performers Gin Martini (Rip Van Winkle) and Flying Mascot (Tavistock) headline a host of proven producers – many in foal on appealing commercial pregnancies – in a catalogue of 362 for the Inglis Digital August (Late) Online Sale. In the spring of 2021 and autumn of 2022, Flying Mascot raced eight times for... Read More