Saturday, May 9, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX 2020 STALLION FEES - PAGE 19 Big players step in Read Tomorrow's Issue For: to snap up elite Saturday’s Stakes Reviews & Results What's on Chairman’s Sale mares Stakes races: Morphettville (SA) - South In Her Time leads home virtual auction at $2 million in session of Australian Derby (Gr 1, 2500m), SA Sires’ four seven-figure lots Produce Stakes (Gr 3, 1400m), Adelaide Guineas (Listed, 1600m). Doomben (QLD) - BRC Sprint (Gr 3, 1200m), Doomben Guineas (Listed, 1615m). Randwick (NSW) - Gosford Gold Cup (Listed, 2000m), Takeover Target Stakes (Listed, 1200m) Metropolitan meetings: Randwick (NSW), Caulfield (VIC), Doomben (QLD), Morphettville (SA), Ascot (WA), Darwin (NT) Race meetings: Newcastle (NSW), Lismore (NSW), Moree (NSW), Donald (VIC), Dalby (QLD), Geraldton (WA) Barrier trials/ Jump-outs: Lismore (NSW), Moree (NSW) International meetings: Sha Tin (HK), Jonathan D'Arcy, Inglis INGLIS Tokyo (JPN), Kyoto (JPN), Niigata (JPN) breeding stock virtual auction which saw four International Group races: Kyoto (JPN) - BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS seven-figure mares traded as leading industry Kyoto Shimbun Hai (Gr 2, 2200m) ome vendors were prepared to hold figures took the opportunity to source some onto their elite breeding stock with of the best-credentialled broodmares on the a view to riding out the current market. worldwide economic turmoil while Group 1 winners In Her Time (Time Sothers were well-rewarded for meeting the Thief), Samaready (More Than Ready), market with their elite mares at the Inglis Booker (Written Tycoon) and Youngstar (High Chairman’s Sale yesterday. Chaparral) all broke the million-dollar barrier The top of the market, as it was at the at the virtual auction, being knocked down for recent Australian Easter Yearling Sale, $2 million, $1.8 million, $1.6 million and $1.4 remained remarkably strong at Inglis’ flagship million respectively. Continued on page 2>> YESTERDAY'S RESULTS FROM GOLD COAST - PAGE 23 PAGE 17 TODAY'S STAKES FIELDS - PAGE 31 Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Big players step in to snap up elite Chairman’s Sale mares | 2 | Saturday, May 9, 2020 << Continued from page 1 Newgate Farm principal Henry depth of the buying bench was tested due to the uncertainty created by Field was able to win the battle for sale-topper In Her Time, while his the global coronavirus pandemic. Coolmore Australia peer Tom There were 51 lots sold last night at an average of $429,804 in To have Magnier secured Oakleigh Plate comparison to last year’s $432,019 average while the median of $275,000 achieved (Gr 1, 1100m) winner Booker and was also down slightly year on year. The clearance rate was hovering at 65 the results that we Samaready, who is carrying a per cent last night. It was at 88 per cent at the same time last year. Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) sibling Given the circumstances and the government-imposed restrictions have with no horses to Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, placed on travel and businesses because of Covid-19, Inglis managing on the ground and 1200m) winner Exhilarates. director Mark Webster was more than pleased with the results of the no buyers, it’s very Japan’s Katsumi Yoshida virtual Chairman’s Sale. satisfying to have a was also active, buying the Chris “I have mixed feelings about what could have been if we were able Waller-trained Youngstar and to assemble all the mares here and have the buyers to develop a full sale where we’ve her former stablemate, Group marketplace,” Webster said last night. sold four mares 2 winner Noire (Foxwedge) for “To have achieved the results that we have with no horses on the ground for over a million $800,000, to take back to the and no buyers, it’s very satisfying to have a sale where we’ve sold four mares and we’ve had northern hemisphere. for over a million and we’ve had competition from around the world.” competition from The quartet of seven-figure The clearance rate is expected to pick up over the weekend and the no lots pushed the average close pass-in commission also provided vendors with great flexibility to elect to around the world to last year’s impressive figures, hold onto their mares if they did not reach their desired value. - Mark again underlining the willingness “It is different to a yearling sale in the sense that breeders can hold on Webster of industry stakeholders to take to them. When they have a yearling generally they want to move them on a longer-term view, but the and let somebody else take over the training costs and the racing costs,” clearance rate was down as the Webster said. Continued on page 4>> Smashed Black Caviar’s race record in the GR.1 T.J. SMITH STAKES Set new track record in the GR.1 ALL AGED STAKES Set new track record in the GR.1 CANTERBURY STAKES Record winning margin in the GR.1 GOLDEN ROSE CHAMPION SON of the champion sire 2020 STANDING FEE $77,000 inc. gst 02 6549 9999 WWW.WIDDEN.COM Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by LEADING SIRES IN JAPAN IN 2019 1 Deep Impact (Sunday Silence) ¥7,771m LEADING 1ST CROP SIRES IN JAPAN IN 2019 1 Kizuna (Deep Impact) ¥491m 2 Epiphaneia (Symboli Kris S) ¥344m 3 Real Impact (Deep Impact) ¥180m 4 Gold Ship (Stay Gold) ¥151m 5 World Ace (Deep Impact) ¥148m Source: Arion Pedigrees t EXPERT EYE ROARING LION MASAR He easily beats a top-class field to land the 2,000 Guineas-Gr.1 at Newmarket His dam is a Gr.1-winning Champion 2YO by GALILEO and he’s from the same sire and dam line as Australia’s best young sire PIERRO. Fee: $17,600 (inc. GST) Coolmore Australia, 3367 Golden Highway, Jerrys Plains NSW 2330, Australia Tel: 02 6576 4200. www.coolmore.com Big players step in to snap up elite Chairman’s Sale mares | 4 | Saturday, May 9, 2020 << Continued from page 2 “In this case the breeders don’t have the compulsion to have to do that. They are here to trade, but they don’t have to as they have other options. They can foal them down, they can sell them next year if they want to. “Having said that, I think there is some great support for this sale from breeders in general and, equally, a high-class buying bench. I’m really delighted for the sale to average $430,000 during a global health crisis and what is becoming an economic crisis is quite startling.” BEST OF Field marks Time at Riverside virtual auction LUCK To the Magic Millions graduates running in today’s feature races MORPHETTVILLE (SAJC) Violinist .....................Coolmore Stud Biarchi ......................Ducatoon Park SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DERBY GR1 Warning..................... Mill Park Stud DOOMBEN (BRC) Sowpods ...........................N Brown BRC SPRINT GR3 SA SIRES’ PRODUCE STKS GR3 Victorem ............... Symphony Lodge Crown Mint .............. Maluka T’breds Tyzone .....................Kenmore Lodge Indictment .................. Armidale Stud Bandipur ......................... Godolphin Ringbolt .................. Newhaven Park Vega One .............. Stockwell T’breds In Her Time LISA GRIMM Ecumenical ................ Mill Park Stud Deep Image ...................Vinery Stud Bribery..........................Eureka Stud Outback Barbie ..............Eureka Stud Field, trading under the Newgate Bloodstock banner with fellow local and international partners, was the leading purchaser, buying seven lots to go with his bluechip broodmare acquisition in the former Kris Lees and Ben Smith-trained The Galaxy (Gr 1, 1100m) and Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (Gr 1, 1000m) winner In Her Time. The top-class mare, who is closely related to Coolmore’s prized first season sire Yes Yes Yes (Rubick), was sold by Yarraman Park on behalf of Orbis Bloodstock and Peter Brown. “We thought she would make around $1.5 million to $1.6 million, so $2 million exceeded expectations,” Yarraman Park director Arthur Mitchell said. “She really is lovely. She is medium-sized and she didn’t look to have any wear and tear, even though she is a seven-year-old rising eight - she is very sound. “She has a beautiful nature, with a lovely head and is a beautifully balanced mare who moves well.” Catalogued as Lot 42, In Her Time is one of five winners for Hell It’s Hot (Zeditave), a half-sister to The Shorts (Gr 2, 1100m) winner Hot As Hell (County), Listed winners Flaming Hot (County), Craig’s Dragon (Catbird) and Sin Sin Sin (Fantastic Light), who, of course, is the mother of Coolmore’s prized Everest (1200m) winning first season recruit Yes Yes Yes. Newgate Bloodstock also purchased Group 1-winning New Zealand sprinter Volpe Veloce (Foxwedge) for $675,000. She will be covered this year by Newgate Farm’s first season sire, the Doncaster Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Brutal (O’Reilly). Group 2 winner Decorah (Pins), who is in foal to Russian Revolution (Snitzel) and made $210,000, will also visit Brutal. Continued on page 6>> www.magicmillions.com.au Follow us @anz_news | 4 | Brought to you by Field marks Time at Riverside virtual auction | 6 | Saturday, May 9, 2020 << Continued from page 4 Newgate Farm is also launching the stud careers of first season sires Tassort (Brazen Beau) and Cosmic Force (Northern Meteor) this year. Tassort has been earmarked to cover Diddles (Snitzel), the half-sister to this year’s Black Opal Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) winner Barbaric (I Am Invincible), after she was bought by the group for $300,000 yesterday. Centafaith (Keep The Faith), the dam of three-time Group 1-placed filly Fundamentalist (Not A Single Doubt), will visit Cosmic Force after she made $250,000 as will $200,000 acquisition Windradyne (Sepoy).