Fastnet Rock Colt Tops Inglis Day One

[Wandering Eyes]

The five-day Inglis Great Southern Sale got underway at Oaklands Junction on Sunday with a day of weanlings and trade was highlighted by the sale of a colt by Fastnet Rock (Aus) for A$300,000. Figures were more or less in line with the corresponding session last year with the clearance rate of 71% again showing distinct signs of selectivity. The 153 weanlings that sold did do for an aggregate of A$4,200,500, an average of A$27,454 and a median of A$12,000. All these figures took a hit on 2017 but Inglis’ Victorian bloodstock manager Simon Vivian was still pleased with the overall results, especially at the top end. “There was strong competition and we saw some fantastic results,” Vivian said. “There were many well sought after horses and it was great to see such a diverse buying bench, with great support from Australian, New Zealand and Chinese buyers. Demand for horses with good conformation and select sale pedigrees was most apparent, as expected, and with over 300 weanlings still to sell we look forward to more excellent sales.”

The day’s topper was offered by Rosemont Stud as lot 97 and was purchased by the partnership of Kia-Ora Stud and Bhima Thoroughbreds with the intention of re-offering the predominantly European-pedigreed colt as a yearling next year. “We haven’t got a Fastnet Rock for next year and he was a standout of this sale for us,” Kia-Ora’s Alex Kingston said. “He had a great walk and disposition, he has a beautiful head and I am really excited to be able to sell him. He is a beautiful, well-balanced, mature colt that obviously went through a nice preparation at Rosemont and he looked very well. He was our colt of the sale,” he added.

Zoustar (Aus) has been in the news recently over plans to shuttle the son of Northern Meteor (Aus) to Tweenhills Stud in England and the leading first season sire in Australia by earnings was responsible for the second most expensive weanling of the day. Lot 125 was offered by Woodside Park Stud and Waterford Bloodstock had to stretch to A$225,000 to secure the colt who is the fifth produce of the four-time winner Canyonville (NZ) (Black Minnaloushe). Waterford Bloodstock had earlier teamed up with Prima Park Bloodstock to purchase lot 108 a colt by Deep Field (Aus) from Willaroon Thoroughbreds that cost A$140,000. Zoustar was also the sire of the day’s highest priced filly when lot 122 from Springmount sold to L McMaster for A$100,000.

The sale continues on Monday from 10a.m. with another day of weanlings.

 

View the full article