A closing hour spend at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale during the second session made headlines for an Everest-winning first season male foal yes yes yes and yielded two important results for investors as trading remained steady on Feb. 13.
High-priced backpack set—A$450,000 (US$311,273) Yes Yes With a pony, AU$420,000 (AU$290,522) Extreme choice chubby, and a daughter worth AU$350,000 ($242,101) of So you think —all sold in the last 40 minutes of Day Two at Riverside Stables.
Exciting bidding action led by a top sprinter’s pony (Lot 559) Yes Yes Yes, Second final lot sold on Monday, purchased by one of the co-owner of Coolmore stallion in Brae Sokolski with him. racing partner Ozzie Kheir.
Woppitt Bloodstock half-brother with Blue Diamond Preview (G3) winner limestonesigned by Sokolski’s keeper, Matt Scown and Mathew Becker of Group 1 Bloodstock, who care for Kheir’s purebred interests.
The gray pony is the seventh pony out of five wins limestone.
“Fairy tales don’t happen, but it’s a bit of a fairy tale to get such an adorable pony, get it on sale, its legs are perfect, its range is amazing, to all all of that fell into place, and to have a farm like Coolmore take care of it and get it here in the condition they did, we couldn’t be happier,” said Debbie Kepitis of Woppitt Bloodstock .
“We bought it for AU$150,000 and then it went on the market and we let the market decide. And let’s see what they decide—it’s a fairy tale. It’s hard. to give it up but we did what we said we would.” and to see our little brand on his side, that’s just an achievement.”
Woppitt Bloodstock Crossbred Ponies Yes Yes Yes Deposited in Lot 559
Sokolski on Sunday signaled his intention to support Chris Waller-trained Yes Yes Yes in the sales round, and he delivered on his promise on Monday.
Sokolski said: “So with all the synergy, there is only one trainer that can be given this horse and that is Chris (Waller).
“He’s just a beautiful, graceful animal. We think he’s the best pony in the trade and I make all my business and racing decisions very realistic but yeah , of course, has an emotional connection to the stallion.
“Matt (Scown) loves the pony, we’ve looked at every Yes Yes Yes cross on offer this year and we think it’s clearly a standout animal among the ones we’ve seen. hitherto.”
Colt by tycoon writes —A$550,000 ($380,445), Extreme Choices—AU$480,000 ($332,025) and Ocean Park—A$460,000 ($318,190) sold on Day One.
Kennewell for highly regarded extreme selection training
Second, the AU$420,000 Extreme Choice (Lot 541) was the first Big Lot that rocked the auditorium as owner Bon Ho in Hong Kong used the full power of the Purebred Star to purchase a so-called session. Limited edition sold through Purebred Lime Country Manuscripts.
Matt Upton, Widden Victoria’s break-in and pre-training manager, stoked an AU$11,000 ($7,608) service fee to Extreme Choice, who is now a Newgate Ranch mare reveal.
Just a few weeks after the five-time winner’s second pony Lady No More born at Romsey stud of owner Upton, Melbourne-based agent Suman Hedge has made an offer to purchase a 50% stake in this company on behalf of his mining organization Myrrh Australia.
Jo Griffin of Lime Country said: “Her breeders have reduced the service fee of AU$11,000, so this is really cool.
“She’s a progressive girl, I’m very happy for Mr. Ho. I’ve looked at the stats and there are only six more extreme pick girls left for the rest of the season, so she’s absolutely the best. a collector’s item.”
Brett Howard of Randwick Bloodstock and Martin of Star Thoroughbreds, who races with Chris Waller-trained team 3 and dirty Extreme Choice team 1 Spywas placed under the contractor.
Extreme Choice is deposited as Lot 541 in the Inglis Classic Annual Sale
Ho, who is auctioning by phone through Inglis’ Sebastian Hutch, said: “I like Classic Sale because a lot of good horses are on sale and you don’t have to pay a huge price like you do in some other places. “. other sales, and they win all the big races.
“This prostitute was highly recommended to me by Lloyd Kennewell which is why he is going to train her. I have another Extreme Choice girl and I thought she could be very good so I wanted one. different and she’s perfect, she’s the only Extreme Choice in the sale and I want her.”
This stout pony is one of five Extreme Choice ponies from the 2020 crop of 40 that Hedge has been sourcing for annual sales in 2023, four of which he has buy separately.
After two sessions, AU$45,632,000 ($31,564,476) changed hands at an average of AU$107,369 ($74,269) and AU$80,000 (US$55,337) on average, down year-on-year, but similar and on par with the 2021 drop. Clearance rate stands at 82%.
Inglis Bloodstock CEO Sebastian Hutch said Tuesday’s transaction went as he expected.
“Expectations are still the same as day one and I feel like that’s the way it is. Sure, nice horses have been found and those that have been thoroughly examined seem to sell well. In the case of of many of them there is good competition on the horses,” said Hutch.
“As we saw on day one, there is a degree of selectivity to the market, which is understandable under the circumstances, since people have a reasonable idea of what they want and what it is. created is an opportunity for those who are shopping at partial market valuations to take advantage of some value that may not have been available in the last few years.”
The third and final session, including the Highway Session, begins at 10 a.m. on February 14.
