Magic Millions Market Heats up with Three Million Dollar Lots on Day One | 2 | Thursday, January 9, 2020
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Thursday, January 9, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX EVERY MORNING Magic Millions market Read Tomorrow's Issue For: heats up with three million Sales Talk Maiden of the Week dollar lots on day one What's on Strong start to 2020 trade on the Gold Coast as Exceed And Excel Metropolitan meetings: Doomben (QLD) colt comes out on top Race meetings: Wagga (NSW), Geelong (VIC), Geraldton (WA), Wanganui (NZ) Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Randwick Sale: Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale - Book 1 - Day Two MILESTONE MOMENT FOR ROSEMONT | PAGE 6 Tom Magnier targeted the top-priced Exceed And Excel colt, who was bred by Nick LATEST NEWS FROM THE GOLD COAST Wakim and offered by Milburn Creek, as part of Lot 255 Exceed And Excel - Dream In Colour colt MAGIC MILLIONS Coolmore’s bid to land a stallion prospect at the highlighted by a late flurry of action, with yearling stage, rather than off the track when BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS Coolmore showing its commitment to the local they are considerably more expensive. he market has shown remarkable industry by securing the day’s top lot, a $1.1 “He was an exceptional physical, a very nice resilience with a deep buying million Exceed And Excel (Danehill) colt, eight type out of a Frankel mare. All the judges were bench demonstrating the demand lots before the close. on him, so we’ll take him home, break him in for new horses with three million I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit), and see where we go from there,” Magnier said. dollarT lots and 23 lots exceeding $500,000 to Australia’s most expensive stallion, also had “Things are very positive in this country, usurp the year-on-year day one figure of the two colts make $1.05 million and $1 million prize-money is very high, so it is a great place to Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. respectively, which included the sale of race horses. We are out there now to find colts Yesterday’s season-opening session was Rosemont Stud’s first seven-figure yearling. and hopefully we get a bit of luck along the way. For the top colts this week you’re going to have | PAGE 24 to pay for them.” Continued on page 2>> Follow us @anz_news: click here | 1 | Brought to you by Magic Millions market heats up with three million dollar lots on day one | 2 | Thursday, January 9, 2020 << Continued from page 1 Magnier continued: “John and Trish Muir (of Milburn Creek) have got a really good farm and are very good breeders, so when they put in a quality colt in their draft everyone takes them very seriously.” Catalogued as Lot 255, the colt is the first foal out of the unraced Frankel (Galileo) mare Dream In Colour, who was purchased for Wakim by Peter Ford Thoroughbreds for $750,000 at the 2018 Magic Millions Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale. The mare is a half-sister to the stakes-placed Chamarel (Exceed And Excel) and a daughter of the South Australian Group 3 winner Colour (More Than Ready). Wakim said: “He has been a cracking colt from day one at home and it’s a fantastic result. We obviously moved to be Milburn Creek this year Lot 255 Exceed And Excel - Dream In Colour colt MAGIC MILLIONS and they have done a fantastic job with him colt. We have the mare and the sister at home and she will race with me.” and he has been the best Coolmore was also in action supporting the offspring of its own high- of our colts this year. profile first season sire American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) with a colt “He had over 30 hits added to the racing operation for $850,000. on the x-rays and about The colt is the sixth foal out of the unraced mare Derelique (Danehill 165 views. He was very Dancer) who is the dam of the Group 2 winner Man From Uncle (Uncle popular and we knew Mo) and the Sydney winner Napoleon Solo (Uncle Mo). He was catalogued Nick Wakim, John Muir and Tom Magnier he was going to be a nice as Lot 237. Continued on page 4>> EXPERIENCE KARAKA LIKE NEVER BEFORE DOWNLOAD THE NEW VR APP ‘NZB KARAKA EXPERIENCE’ 94TH NATIONAL YEARLING SALES SERIES KARAKA MILLION 25 JANUARY AT ELLERSLIE SALE 26 — 31 JANUARY AT KARAKA CATALOGUE ONLINE NOW www.nzb.co.nz / +64 9 298 0055 / [email protected] Follow us @anz_news: click here | 2 | Brought to you by LET HER SHINE 48 MILLION-DOLLAR MARES IN 6 YEARS 275 INDIVIDUAL BUYERS IN 2019 FROM 12 COUNTRIES 21% OF THE GROSS SPEND BY INTERNATIONAL BUYERS IN 2019 STAKES WINNING RACEFILLIES SOLD AT AN AVERAGE OF $567,000 MAGIC MILLIONS GOLD COAST NATIONAL BROODMARE SALE I 26-29 MAY www.magicmillions.com.au Magic Millions market heats up with three million dollar lots on day one | 4 | Thursday, January 9, 2020 << Continued from page 2 “He’s got loads of quality and since The colt was offered by Lime Country Thoroughbreds. we arrived at the complex everybody’s been talking about the American “That is a new record for us and for the owner Brad Crismale and I think Pharoahs,” Magnier said. his previous record had been $380,000,” Lime Country Thoroughbreds’ Jo “We are delighted to have a Triple Crown horse down here. He got a Griffin said. great book of mares and obviously the results are being seen here today - “This is the first time we have sold for him so it is a great result all round. it’s very exciting. He has a sister in the paddock back at the farm and she is a beautiful foal. “We are going to be needing a little bit of luck going forward, but he “He was the most inspected and had the most x-ray hits we’ve ever was a very nice physical … and hopefully it will eventuate on the track. had. After the Crismales sent us the Pharoah foals, we actually sent more Obviously the shuttle sires had a great year and I think you will be seeing mares to the stallion as a result of the quality of the foals we had on the their influence in Australia for years to come.” farm.” Two million dollar colts for I Am Invincible I Am Invincible, already Australia’s highest-priced stallion by service fee, was responsible for eight horses to sell for $400,000 or more yesterday, including two of the three million dollar banner lots. The first and most expensive of the I Am Invincible colts sold was the Segenhoe Stud-consigned son of Group 2-winning mare Adrift (Zabeel) who was purchased by Chris Waller’s long-time agent Guy Mulcaster for $1.05 million. The colt had been much admired in the lead-up to the sale, with many believing he could be the week’s most expensive yearling but Segenhoe Stud’s Peter O’Brien admitted he thought the prized lot may have fetched Lot 237 American Pharoah - Derelique rig MAGIC MILLIONS a higher price. Continued on page 6>> These Stakes winning 2yo’s They join fellow Vinery graduates: were sold in Vinery’s last V I N ERY two Magic Millions drafts: ARISTIA EXHILARATES STU D RUSSIAN REVOLUTION HARD LANDING BEGOOD TOYA MOTHER FARNAN COMMANDING JEWEL KOOWEERUP RUBICK DELECTATION ECKSTEIN SHAMUS AWARD SAMAREADY DEEP IMAGE et al. VINERY.COM.AU 02 6543 8333 Follow us @anz_news: click here | 4 | Brought to you by He’s made a great start at stud… Champion 1st crop sire in USA in 2019 by a wide margin. 28 individual winners, 12 Blacktype performers, 8 Group/Graded performers and all 4 of his Stakes winners were on turf over 1000, 1100, 1200m etc. And his first crop yearlings on Day 1 at the Gold Coast were equally impressive… 9 offered, 9 sold and an average of $331,000. Top prices of $850,000, $750,000, $375,000, $260,000, $210,000 etc. DUAL GR.1 WINNING CHAMPION 2YO. TRIPLE CROWN WINNER AND WORLD CHAMPION AS A 3YO. Michael Kirwan, John Kennedy, Colm Santry, Paddy Oman, Tom Moore or Rob Archibald Tel: 02 6576 4200. New Zealand: Gordon Calder Tel:+64 218 41612. www.coolmore.com Two million dollar colts for I Am Invincible Thursday, January 9, 2020 << Continued from page 4 “I honestly thought he would make a Chances are, no bit more than that, but at the end of the day if you get seven figures you’ve got to be happy,” O’Brien said. matter how you’re “He is going to a great home where he will get every chance. To have a horse go to a trainer with the quality of Chris Waller is everything you using Ardex... want.” Catalogued as Lot 69, the colt is the first living foal out of 2015 Light Fingers Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) winner Adrift (Zabeel), who is a half-sister to Karaka Million (RL, 1200m) winner Xiong Feng (Iffraaj) and from the Lot 69 I Am Invincible - Adrift colt MAGIC MILLIONS family of multiple Group 1 winner Maldivian (Zabeel). Zabeel (Sir Tristram) is the damsire of 39 Group 1 winners in total including Samantha Miss (Redoute’s Choice) and Dundeel (High Chaparral). The colt was sold by Segenhoe Stud on behalf of Fairway Thoroughbreds’ John Camilleri who raced Adrift after buying her as a yearling for NZ$370,000 in 2013. ...there is “She is a young mare who James Harron purchased for John at Karaka and she has been very unfortunate with this being her first live foal out of something four - all due to bad luck - but now she is back in foal to Merchant Navy,” O’Brien revealed.