On Day Two of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, Dynamic Syndications added another spectacular Fastnet Rock Colt to our team.
However the major highlight from an industry viewpoint was
Lankan Rupee’s brother selling for $1,800,000.
That Redoute's Choice colt was one of
21 purchases for Gai Waterhouse and partners over the last two days rendering them the leading buyer having outlaid
$8,882,500.
An 81% clearance rate has been achieved so far with
291 lots sold at an average of
$281,211.
41 lots by 17 different sires have been purchased for $500,000 or more by 24 different buying groups, underlining the depth of the buying bench seeking elite yearlings at the Easter Sale.
The full-brother to Lankan Rupee (Redoute’s Choice x Estelle Collection) was offered by Coolmore Stud as Lot 285 and bidding was fierce as soon as he stepped into the ring.
International and local buyers were all active on the colt, but Gai Waterhouse and Nordic Breeding and Racing landed the final bid of $1,800,000 to purchase the brother to the 2013/14 Australian Horse of the Year and world’s equal highest rated sprinter of 2014.
“The pedigree is exceptional, and he is a strong, masculine colt which has a wonderful physique which backs up the page,” said Waterhouse.
“We’re very excited to have him in the stable and I’m very fortunate my investors were a bit stronger than the rest. We hope he’ll be winning the Golden Slipper this time next year!” Waterhouse said.
A group that included
James Bester, Gerald Ryan and Damien Flower secured the second top priced lot today when going to
$1,100,000 for the Snitzel half-brother to stakes winners Divorces and Disputes.
Snitzel was trained by Gerald and owned by Damian during his racing career, and the team are sure to have fun with this powerful colt from the great producing mare Family Breakup.
Gerald Ryan also went to $1,100,000 on another Lot, outstaying heated competition from Hawkes Racing and Northern Farm to secure a sister to Group 1-placed two-year-old Lake Geneva.
The daughter of Fastnet Rock from Hips Don’t Lie was offered from Coolmore Stud as Lot 340.
Frankel had his first progeny step into an Australian auction ring today and $610,000 was required for Angus Gold on behalf of Shadwell Stud to purchase the filly out of South African Group 1 winner Chocolicious (Lot 237).
“Frankel is the greatest horse I’ve had the pleasure of seeing on a racecourse, and anybody who has been around for a while would say the same. The mare herself was very tough and very fast. In South Africa she won a Group 1 as a two-year-old, and she’s by a stallion that Sheikh Hamdan bred himself in Kahal,” said Gold.
Cressfield’s Frankel offering out of Jeu De Cartes (Lot 357) was secured by Kastumi Yoshida for $850,000. The filly is the first foal of a half-sister to Nom De Jeu, and will race for Yoshida’s Northern Farm in Japan.
“The filly walks very well and she is the Frankel we wanted. The dam line has produced some top stayers so she is well-suited to racing in Japan,” said Yoshida.
Nine (9) sires have had progeny sell for $750,000 or more; Snitzel, Redoute’s Choice, Fastnet Rock, Hinchinbrook, More Than Ready, Medaglia D’Oro, Not A Single Doubt, Exceed And Excel and Frankel.
In addition to aforementioned sires,
other stallions to have progeny sell for $500,000 or more are: Street Cry, Sebring, Dalakhani, All Too Hard, Stratum, Lonhro, Choisir and Sepoy.
Dynamic Syndications were active again on Day 2 when we won a tense bidding duel at an amount of $155,000 + GST, to own Lot 263, a majestic Light Grey Colt by the champion sire FASTNET ROCK from the mare Distinctly (IRE). The Colt will head to Gai Waterhouse at Randwick.
The third and final day of the auction starts at 10.00am Thursday with Session 1 Lots 391 to 450.
That will be followed immediately by Session 2 (451 to 580).
2016 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale Statistics - (End Of Day Two 2015 figures in Brackets)
Lots Catalogued: 390 (400)
Lots Sold: 291 (288)
Clearance Rate: 81% (79%) = up 2%
Average Price: $281,211 ($298,663) = down 6%
Median Price: $200,000 ($200,000) = steady
Top Price: $2,300,000 ($2,200,000)
Gross: $81,832,500 ($86,015,000)
Sires Averages:
Dynamic have purchased Yearlings by these sires in 2016
Alphabetical - Average Price - # Sold - Median Price
COMMANDS - $166,000 (5) - $200,000
EXCEED AND EXCEL - $314,091 (11) - $270,000
FASTNET ROCK - $335,833 (36) - $250,000
FOXWEDGE - $142,000 (5) - $150,000
LONHRO - $326,250 (4) - $310,000
PIERRO - $196,765 (17) - $160,000
REDOUTE'S CHOICE - $548,438 (16) - $420,000
RIP VAN WINKLE - $370,000 (1) - $370,000
SEBRING - $244,762 (21) - $200,000
SNITZEL - $482,941 (17) - $250,000
WRITTEN TYCOON - $137,500 (2) - $125,000
ZOFFANY - Ave $157,500 (2) - $105,000
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