Palace Pier Breeding Right Secured For 100k Gns At Tattersalls Online

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Richard Knight and Salhia Stud paid 100,000gns to secure a breeding right in group stallion Palace Pier (lot 185) during the Tattersalls Online November Sale on Wednesday.

Already the sire of eight black-type horses, his best progeny so far are G2 Lowther Stakes heroine Royal Fixation and G3 Solario Stakes winner A Bit Of Spirit.

Knight commented following the sale, “We are delighted to secure the breeding right to Palace Pier. He is a stallion that appears to be on the up and we very much had him in mind for a couple of our mares for this coming season. He will also suit a number of our mares going forward so it made a lot of sense for us to invest in the breeding right. We are retiring our first broodmares for this season and so this is the next part of that journey.”

The inaugural Online Yearling Session was a success, with a new record price of 86,000gns paid for a filly by Australian Champion Sire Zoustar (lot 10). James Tate Racing bought the yearling daughter of Group 3 winner Farmah (Speightstown).

David Redvers of Tweenhills Stud where the son of Northern Meteor formerly shuttled, said, “We were very happy with the price of our Zoustar filly selling online for 86,000 guineas today, though not surprised as we had plenty of interest in her from when the sale went live. The whole process was very straightforward and we would have no hesitations about selling a quality horse in an online sale again.”

Tops of the horses-in-training portion of the sale was Velardo (Belardo) (lot 138), who sold to Michael Gates Comfort Park Stud for 62,000gns. The half-brother to the stakes-placed duo Saisissante (Pedro The Great) and Cajun (Stormy River) was consigned by Charles Weld Racing and is from the family of Group 1 winner Lord Glitters.

A total of 92 lots sold of 186 offered (49%). The gross was 758,800gns, the average was 8,248gns and the median was 4,300gns.

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