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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
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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
Last but not least for Koureas’ Showtime colt
Veteran Scone breeder Madeline Koureas was overjoyed that the best was apparently left till last as her Showtime (Snitzel) colt put an emphatic punctuation mark on yesterday’s Classic auction. Koureas’ heart sank several weeks back when she learned the son of Strategic (Zeditave) mare Kiss Me Sophie, by virtue of alphabetic rotation, had drawn the... Read More
Spotted!
A unique Leopard-like offering from Tartan Fields They say there’s something for everyone at the Inglis Classic sale, but you wouldn’t expect to take home a leopard. That’s what happened, after a fashion, to Perth owner Wally Daly as he came away with a most distinctive member of the animal kingdom yesterday in Lot 645. ... Read More
Stott steers KBL to pinhook result
Boutique Queensland farm KBL Thoroughbreds enjoyed a day in the sun at the Inglis Classic sale yesterday after a sterling bit of pinhooking with a daughter of Kermadec (Teofilo). The 30-acre Beaudesert operation made some hay here last year when a daughter of Brazen Beau (I Am Invincible) purchased for $12,000 as a weanling made... Read More
Player sees profit in Classic steal
Victorian syndicators Mark Player and Rob Roulston may have come away with an old-fashioned Inglis Classic “steal” in buying a filly from Newgate Farm’s draft yesterday. Lot 392 looked one of the choice offerings of the sale, a bay by the all-conquering I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) out of stakes-placed two-year-old winner Athena Lass (Snitzel). ... Read More