Frankel The rush hit the Gold Coast on May 20 at the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale, with two stallions from the Juddmonte champion stallion selling for a combined AU$1.21 million ($848,203). USA) —and both will be kept for racing instead of re-promotional for sale as pentagrams.
The most expensive of them all is the son of 2012 Coolmore Stud winner Ascot Vale Stakes (G1) Nechita, who was bought by Evergreen Stud’s Tony Bott for AU$650,000 (£368,000 / €434,000 / AU$455,711) America).
Bott’s Hong Kong client PK Sui raced against Brisbane Treasury winners JJ Atkins (G1) and Mostyn Copper Randwick Guineas (G1) Convergingalso belongs to Frankel, and the weaning will be broken into at their Heatherbrae property near Newcastle before joining the stables of coaches’ sons Adrian Bott and Gai Waterhouse.
Bott told ANZ Bloodstock News: “Whether the lightning struck twice or not, who knows, but they had another ticket in the lottery. He was bought to race unless circumstances change but at a stage This season he was bought to race and, with a pedigree like that, if he can win a few races, he will have some advantage as a potential stallion prospect at a later date.
“We were planning to buy a mare for Frankel. We looked at a couple during the President’s Sale and have a number coming up for next week’s broodstock sale, but we think We haven’t had a chance to buy a regular weaner with this pedigree, so we thought we’d consider him.”
The dam of Harpo Marx of Northern Hemisphere but Australian, Group 3 winner, and European 3rd Forbearance mare, Nechita was brought back to Australia by Coolmore after a Southern Hemisphere sheltered Frankel. Nechita is in the pony to Evenly this season.
Bott auctioned off online to buy the foal after making a flight earlier in the week to check on Frankel’s two sons.
“We’ve seen him, as well as the vets and a few others, so we already know him pretty well,” he said.
“The two ponies are very different, and I think if you line up half a dozen people, some will prefer the other, this one being a little more delicate, or this one having more Fastnet Rock in him anymore.
“We think he came out well, got a clean X-ray, and he ticked a lot of boxes.”
The son of 95 bet winners worldwide, Frankel produced eight Southern Hemisphere hybrid bet winners from just 48 runners, including group 1 winners Converge and Hungry heartand 3 year old boy 3 years old champion this season Argentina.
Frankel’s first foal was sold earlier in the day for AU$560,000 (US$392,333) to Brisbane-based dealer Jim Clarke, and he also won’t see an expected sale ring. any.
Clarke convinced his loyal clients, trainers Bjorn Baker and Cunningham Thoroughbreds, to invest early in the impressive pony as a racing proposition, taking advantage of the opportunity to buy a pony to realize that they were. may be forced to pay more if they wait until next year.
“I told Bjorn Baker that we needed to accumulate money because Frankel was without a doubt the best steed in the world,” Clarke said.
“He’s one of those rare people in that he’s as good as he is in the northern hemisphere. I think more than 25% of his horses are black in both hemispheres, so that’s quite an amazing feat. .
“They’re rare merchandise and when you find one, you’ll have to work hard to get one, but if he comes back here and tries to buy him at a desirable sale, we’ll pay a lot. a bit more for him, so we took the opportunity to buy him during a weaning sale.”
Juddmonte’s champion horse repaired to Southern Hemisphere time in September 2020 before being sent to Australia by Coolmore with the pony in utero. Fix is in foal to Justify this season.
Coolmore Australia farm manager John Kennedy said Friday’s results support the global operation’s decision to sell the foals at weaning.
“They’ve been very outspoken since the day they were born, they’ve taken things in their stride, performing really well this week and both have made a great price tag,” he said.
“It just shows the strength of the market in Australia here. We’re really starting to look at sending the best mares here, and not just to support our stallions but also our stallions. take advantage of the market.
“That’s why many of these fine mares will be returning to Australia in the next few years.”
There will be 13 mares in the Frankel herd for sale at Magic’s Millions of Stallions National Sale next week.
Brilliant last day
Pinhookers and end-users went head-to-head in the last day of a spike in sales, the clearest sign to date that their stakers believe their insatiable thirst for racing stock is Australia will continue through 2023.
Zoustar was deposited as Lot 333 in the ring at the Magic Millions Gold Coast National Weanling Sale
Four weanings earned A$500,000 ($350,347) or more on Day Two — sessions marked with Zoustar earned a record sum of AU$750,000 (US$525,821) and Frankel’s two sons and a pony. I am invincible won AU$650,000, AU$560,000 and AU$500,000 respectively – to close a sale of ponies on the Gold Coast, the precursor to next week’s broodstock auction.
With 33 lots selling for AU$200,000 ($140,218) or more, the average of the sale closed at AU$89,373 ($62,641) on Friday night, a 14% drop from Shadwell dispersed fuel sold well last year, but the average has grown from a 2021 figure of AU$52,500 to AU$55,000 ($38,527).
The 249 horses traded over the two days generated a turnover of AU$22,254,000 (US$15,588,810), AU$12,280,500 (US$8,603,654) during Friday’s competition session.
