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Lonhro Colt Tops Future Stars

22nd Aug 2010

The BC3 Future Stars Sale was held at Oaklands today, where 13 horses changed hands for a total of $1,154,000.

A Lonhro half-brother to yesterday’s Group 3 Up And Coming Stakes winner Blackball sold to a client of Victorian trainer John McArdle for $220,000. The colt (pictured) is from the Grand Lodge mare Excommunicate from the family of former Woodlands Stud topliners Hosannah and Holy Roller.

BC3 have proven themselves successful buyers of Lonhro progeny, with the Group 3 winner Deer Valley the shining light.

Today’s buyers included Ireland based De Burgh Equine, which secured a Churchill Downs colt for $120,000 on behalf of a Dubai based syndicate.

"We were pleased to sell 13 here at Oaklands today, which eclipsed last year's total we sold at our auction," said BC3 CEO Bill Vlahos.

"We've been inundated with inquiry post sale and hope to have a few more sales finalised, particularly in the higher bracket in the next day or so.

"As history has shown, there will no doubt be some great racehorses emerge from the BC3 program.

"As always the BC3 philosophy is that the horses not sold through the ring today will remain for sale and we're confident they will once again win a few races in our colours along the way."

Inglis Managing Director Mark Webster noted, "Having worked closely with Bill's team on this year's sale, our team can fully endorse the BC3 philosophy.

"In particular we've been impressed by the quality and level of education of the Future Stars draft.

"We'll continue to market these graduates post sale, particularly in Asia where we will be we represented over the next few months with trade missions in Singapore, Hong Kong and China.

"The concept is returning results on the racetrack and I'm confident that will translate to more sales over time."

Horses passed in during today’s sale are still available for sale via the Inglis Make an Offer service

It is worth noting that the likes of Deer Valley and Group 1 placed American Crew were horses to find racetrack success for BC3 after failing to find new homes at sale.

Horses still available include progeny of outstanding stallions like Encosta De Lago, More Than Ready, Stravinsky, Dehere, Pins, Starcraft and Choisir.

Click Here to view results from today's sale