Monday, February 17, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX EVERY MORNING WA trainers urged to back Read Tomorrow's Issue For: Perth Yearling Sale after Stallion Watch What's on strong summer Race meetings: Ballina (NSW), Beaumont Traders also expected to seek out value options at Magic Newcastle (VIC), Gatton (QLD), Ascot Park (NZ) Millions auction Barrier trials/ Jump-outs: Randwick (NSW), Cranbourne (VIC) Sales: Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale - Day 1 Inspections take place at Inglis' Swan Valley complex yesterday WESTERN RACEPIX HONG KONG NEWS regular stakes-producing War Chant (Danzig) Beauty battles back to land BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS and newcomers such as Awesome Rock third Queen's Silver Jubilee nterstate trainers and agents along (Fastnet Rock) and King’s Troop (Redoute’s A different approach brought a familiar with participants from the Asian Choice). result as Beauty Generation (Road To Rock) racing capitals of Hong Kong and Eastern seaboard sires represented returned to the winner’s arch with a tough Singapore are set to bolster the local include Deep Field (Northern Meteor), who victory in the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (Gr 1, Ibuying bench at the Magic Millions Perth had a colt top last week’s Inglis Classic Yearling 1400m) at Sha Tin yesterday. Yearling Sale. Sale, Zoustar (Northern Meteor), Choisir Trainer John Moore’s “tweaks” saw Hong The 185-lot Book 1 sale will be held this (Danehill Dancer), Divine Prophet (Choisir), Kong’s champion battle to a history-making afternoon and the catalogue features yearlings Dundeel (High Chaparral), Headwater third victory in the 1400-metre feature in as by Western Australian stallions Blackfriars (Exceed And Excel) and Hinchinbrook many years and put behind him four successive (Danehill), Snippetson (Snippets), the (Fastnet Rock). Continued on page 3>> defeats. 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Mulcaster emerging from last year’s WA auction. “There’s a good number of interstate buyers and a smattering of The New Zealand agent, signing under the Oakwood Farm Molton internationals here, which is great, including from Singapore and banner, selected a Shamus Award (Snitzel) colt for $52,000 from the a few from Hong Kong,” Bowditch told ANZ Bloodstock News Mogumber Park draft. He subsequently became the highest-priced horse yesterday. sold at the Australasian two-year-old sales in the spring. “The four main eastern states are also well represented, but what we The colt was knocked down for $550,000 at the New Zealand are going to be reliant on is the local market, as always, with the Westspeed Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs in November, providing a terrific system over here. return for Mulcaster’s clients. “With those In 2017, Damon Gabbedy of Belmont Bloodstock bought a Written 'What we are bonuses and what Tycoon (Iglesia) filly for $110,000 from Dawson Stud before capitalising going to be they are racing for on the popularity of the leading Victorian sire four months later by week in, week out is selling her for $300,000 at the Magic Millions Gold Coast National reliant on is the quite phenomenal. Yearling Sale. local market, as I think any owner or “The trade market here always provides great opportunity and it will trainer over here who again this year,” Bowditch said. always' is not playing their “Guy is back here, as are the breeze-up guys and the ones who get part in trying to pick them up and trial them to take east or internationally and make a dollar BARRY BOWDITCH, up these well-bred are here looking to find a few trade horses as well.” MAGIC MILLIONS MD and well-conformed Yarradale Stud’s War Chant, who sired his 43rd individual stakes horses at the sale for winner on Saturday when Flower Of War Continued on page 5>> Consign with Results We have sold mares for $825,000, $850,000, Glenesk $925,000 and $1.1 million, and have consistently placed Thoroughbreds amongst the top Trustworthy & Uncompromising - selling consignors. Clearance rate of We always put our client’s interests first over 90%. Now accepting entries for the Inglis Chairman’s Sale (8 May) and Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale (26-29 May) For more information please contact Brett Howard on 0403 037 773 or [email protected] or visit www.randwickbloodstock.com.au Follow us @anz_news: click here | 3 | Brought to you by Champion New Zealand bred galloper Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road To Rock) winner of the Gr.1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) for the third year in a row Visit. Invest. Win. www.nztm.co.nz WA trainers urged to back Perth Yearling Sale after strong summer | 5 | Monday, February 17, 2020 << Continued from page 3 took out the Cyril Flower Stakes (Listed, near-complete Swan Valley complex, saw 111 yearlings sold. The top 1200m), has 16 yearlings on offer in Perth. price was $260,000 at an average of $64,667 with a median of Awesome Rock has 17 yearlings while champion local sire Blackfriars $52,500. has 15 and Snippetson (Snippets), the sire of Magic Millions WA 2YO The 2020 Perth sale continues this year’s circuit, which started at the Classic (RL, 1200m) winner Gemma’s Son, has 19 lots catalogued. Gold Coast in January with a strong auction, followed by a competitive Mungrup Stud’s Playing God (Blackfriars), who is the sire of this market at Karaka in New Zealand and encouraging figures recorded at the season’s Kingston Town Classic (Gr 1, 1800m) winner Kay Cee, has a Inglis Classic Yearling Sale in Sydney last week. dozen yearlings set to go under the hammer. Bowditch laboured the point that Western Australian owners and Amelia Park Racing and Breeding will offer a select seven-lot draft, all trainers would underpin the Perth sale but believes some market of whom are by interstate stallions including Pierro (Lonhro), Shooting To confidence can be gained from what has occurred at other sales so far this Win (Northern Meteor) and Pride Of Dubai (Street Cry). year. Farm manager Sarah Brown said Amelia Park’s draft had come under “Generally, you have got to look at some of those indicators and if strong scrutiny from local and interstate buyers during a full day of those markets in the east are strong, it should reflect here in Perth in some inspections yesterday. way I would have thought,” he said. “I am really happy with our draft. They are still commercial enough “Some of the interstate buyers are still on their way in and then you’ve that they are in a price bracket that Perth can get involved, but being by got the local guys who will do their work in the morning and then are able eastern state stallions, that has created interstate interest for us,” Brown to come out and do four or five hours of inspections before the sale begins. said yesterday. “With the auditorium and the new complex here, horses are well “Today was really busy and it was a bit hectic. There were a lot of presented and it has got a positive vibe about it. All in all, I think the state eastern state buyers here, which is really good for everyone in Perth, and deserves to have a successful sale with the effort they put in.” then there were the locals who always show up.” The Book 1 session starts at 1pm local time today with Book 2 taking Last year’s Perth Book 1 sale, the first at Magic Millions then place from 11am tomorrow. 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