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 this season for her maiden cover.
“We were realistic in watching where the market sat at the moment and while you want to put them on the market and let the competition play out, you also don’t want to give them away so I think this is an ideal outcome for everybody,’’ Paringa Stud’s Lynette Blundell said.
“There was a huge amount of interest in her based on the volume of enquiries that either myself or Inglis received, so it’s reassuring to know that she got the attention of all the major breeders and investors domestically.
“This is the best result we’ve achieved online. It’s been a great experience, doing it all from our own backyard, it’s been a really easy and enjoyable process and a great introduction really for us and others moving forward that if we get these top-end mares and it’s out of the traditional sales season, Inglis Digital is a platform available 365 days of the year and that’s really exciting for breeders and sellers in general.
“The Inglis team has been great to deal with and very accommodating, it’s been a privilege really. I had confidence in the mare and confidence in the Inglis team and we’ve all got the job done together.’’
The second-top lot was the Dan O’Sullivan-offered One Last Kiss (Toronado), who sold to Ultra Thoroughbreds for $275,000.
Like Mirra View, One Last Kiss had been recently retired and is set for her maiden cover this upcoming breeding season.
Third-top lot was the Annabel Neasham-trained Dublin Belle (So You Think), selling to Middlebrook Valley Lodge for $115,000.
In total the August (Late) Sale grossed $3,235,226. Entries are now open for the September (Early) Sale, which will be held from September 6-11. Entries will remain open until midnight on September 4. To enter click here.