The filly is out of Alma Star (Al Maher), a half-sister to the dam of four-time Group 1 winner Atlantic Jewel (Fastnet Rock) and Group 1 winner Commanding Jewel (Commands). Moroney’s most expensive purchase was the High Chaparral filly at Lot 251, bought for Sir Owen Glenn for $500,000. Ramage’s combined purchases placed him as the second leading individual buyer at the Sale, closely followed by Paul Moroney who bought 10 horses for $1,932,500. Leading the Australian spend at the Sale was Ramage’s DGR Thoroughbred Services, purchasing 11 horses for $2,260,000, with five of those horses purchased in partnership with Bart & James Cummings. The total spend by Australian buyers exceeded the amount they spent last year with $20,412,500 spent on 127 horses, an increase of 8%. We’re going to stay on for the Select Sale, it’s been a few years since we have.” “By and large we’ve had to pay a bit but they haven’t been overpriced. He really dictated to us that we had to buy him. “Raised by a farm like Waikato Stud that produces Group 1 winner after Group 1 winner, out of a Sadler’s Wells mare, on a cross that produces 27% stakes winners and the mother happens to be a full-sister to a champion in High Chaparral who happens to be the sire of So You Think, who’s very fond to us. “It’s not our policy to buy the top priced horses that are going through the Sale but I think you’ll pay more for the same horse at Easter,” commented Ramage. Lot 340 is out Dance on By (Sadler’s Wells) who is a full-sister to Champion Racehorse and Champion Sire High Chaparral. Ramage let the early bidding action take place before swooping in with one bold bid of $600,000 to secure the colt. The second highest priced Lot was also by Fastnet Rock, with the colt at Lot 340 knocked down to Duncan Ramage. The Coolmore sire was also the overall leading sire at the Sale by average for the fourth consecutive year, with 13 horses sold for $4,310,000 at an average of $331,538. “I am going to be out at the Select Sale tomorrow to continuing purchasing for Te Akau Racing.”įastnet Rock has now provided the highest priced yearling at Karaka for the past four years in a row. “I thought it was a strong Sale with sound quality, and the good ones sold well. “It is something I don’t even think about, the only competition in my mind is the competition I face to buy the good horses,” said Ellis. “She was bought for a syndicate I put together and we plan to aim her at the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series, with the 1000 Guineas in mind.”Įllis purchased 22 horses for $3,570,000 over the past two days to, once again, be the leading buyer at the Sale. “She is a gorgeous filly, the best I’ve seen at this Sale in 10 years. “I topped this Sale about 23 years ago as a vendor with a filly, and today I topped the Sale buying a filly,” commented Ellis. At the same time, Ellis secured the top spot as the leading buyer for a record tenth consecutive year. Offered by Lyndhurst Farm, Lot 429 is out of Group 1 winning two-year-old Il Quello Veloce (Captain Rio), a blood-sister to boom Group 1 winning sprinter Terravista (Captain Rio).Įllis came out on top at the end of a competitive bidding duel with Melbourne trainer David Hayes to put a filly at the top of the Premier Sale for the first time in 10 years. It was David Ellis of Te Akau Racing who stole the show as he has done so many times at Karaka, waiting until near the end of the day to make his biggest splash when purchasing the Fastnet Rock filly at Lot 429 for $800,000. After a strong start it was an even stronger finish to the final day of the Karaka Premier Sale, with a run of late highlights topping off a great day’s trade that provided increased average and median for the Premier Sale.ĭavid Ellis with Lot 429 purchased for $800,000.
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