Ellicazoom Heads Perth Winter Sale

[Wandering Eyes]

Magic Millions hosted their one-day Perth Winter Sale at Belmont on Sunday and the catalogue’s standout lot Ellicazoom (Aus) (Testa Rossa {Aus}) certainly did not disappoint when selling for A$420,000. The stakes winning 4-year-old was offered as lot 159 by Mogumber Park as a racing and breeding prospect and was purchased by New South Wales based Kitchwin Hills. “She’s a quality mare and they were very hard to get on the Gold Coast,” the farm’s Mick Malone said. “A lot of mares like her were hard to buy in Queensland and I love Testa Rossa and always wanted a quality Testa mare on the farm. We are really happy to get her. She will be put into work on the eastern seaboard for maybe one preparation depending on how she goes. Ultimately we bought her as a broodmare but we will try and give her a campaign before heading to stud,” he added.

Ellicazoom has been narrowly beaten three times at Group 2 level for trainer Neville Parnham and her appeal as a broodmare is also heightened by the exploits of her dam Ellicorsam (Aus) (Fimiston {Aus}) whose ten wins included the G1 Swettenham Stud S. in 2006. Sunday’s sale contained a mixture of yearlings, weanlings, broodmares and racehorses and the second most expensive horse sold was actually a half-sister to the topper and the last offering of the day, lot 196. Ellibuba (Aus), a year younger daughter of So You Think (NZ) sold to Darling View Thoroughbreds for A$60,000. Overall 133 horses changed hands during the day for a total of A$1,343,650, giving a clearance rate of 75% and an average of A$10,102.

Sunday’s auction was the last to be held by Magic Millions at Belmont and the company’s WA manager David Houston said, “There’s been a lot of history here at Belmont but we are looking to the future with our new purpose built complex in the Swan Valley now in development. It’s a very exciting time and we can’t wait to be at the new complex in February for our feature yearling sale.

 

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