Group 1 winner Serious Speed was sold to Patinack Farm for $900,000 as the outstanding draft of mares from Toorak Park Stud grossed $3.8million on the opening day of the Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale in Sydney today.
Rockin Babe, a three-quarter sister to promising first season sire Hidden Dragon, has been a late supplementary to the 2010 Inglis Australian Easter Broodmare Sale that begins tomorrow at Newmarket.
The Great Southern Weanling Sale took centre stage at Randwick today when the Stuart Webb trained Yosei staged a tough effort to win the Group 1 AJC Sires Produce Stakes.
The four day 2010 Inglis Australian Easter Broodmare Sale gets underway next Tuesday April 13, with a number of vendors hopeful of collecting an all important pedigree update for their filly or mare this weekend.
Rich Hill's much talked about Zabeel filly lived up to the hype when Victoria's Lakeview Resources went to $1.3million to secure her at Newmarket this afternoon.
Highlighted by the $1.3M sale of Rich Hill’s Zabeel filly and more strong demand for Session II lots, the 2010 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale concluded in Sydney today.
An O’Reilly half-brother to Saturday’s AJC Derby favourite Zabrasive fetched $300,000 this afternoon, which followed the sale of Oaks favourite Faint Perfume’s brother earlier in the day for $200,000.
James Bester secured the third million dollar yearling of the sale when he landed Kitchwin Hills’ much-admired Redoute’s Choice-Asian Reef colt for $1.2million this afternoon.
The first filly from Melbourne Cup legend Makybe Diva was knocked down to the man responsible for the most recent winner of Australia’s most famous race for $1.2million at today’s opening session of the Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
Opening day figures were slightly up on the corresponding session from 12 months ago during the opening day of the 2010 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale as Segenhoe Stud took the day’s honours of top lot.
The Golden Slipper win of Crystal Lily added an important pedigree update for one yearling to be offered at the 2010 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale this Wednesday.