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inTERnATionAL buyers contributed nearly $16million to this year’s<br />
inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, securing 78 of Australia’s best<br />
young prospects.<br />
Successful foreign buyers included representatives from Hong<br />
Kong, Macau, ireland, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, the United<br />
Kingdom and new Zealand.<br />
The top-priced youngster secured by an overseas buyer was<br />
Evergreen Stud’s Redoute’s Choice filly from Brave And Bold, which<br />
went to Dean Hawthorne <strong>Bloodstock</strong> for $875,000.<br />
Australian-bred mare Sun Classique was an international star<br />
in Dubai during her racing days and her reputation was enough for<br />
george Moore <strong>Bloodstock</strong> to go to $850,000 for her colt by oasis<br />
Dream, which was offered by patinack Farm, who secured the mare<br />
at the 2010 inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale carrying this colt.<br />
george Moore <strong>Bloodstock</strong> was also among the growing band of<br />
buyers getting on the Lonhro bandwagon at this sale, buying a colt<br />
from indalama for $500,000.<br />
Easter also welcomed back the Hong Kong Jockey Club to this<br />
year’s sale, with eight yearlings purchased for $2.19 million.<br />
Apollo ng was also among the active Hong Kong contingent,<br />
having five yearlings knocked down to him for $1,305,000.<br />
Tuesday Joy was a group one winner in Australia after being<br />
conceived from an ambitious venture which sent a number of<br />
Australian mares to Japanese legend Sunday Silence. The venture<br />
came full circle on the final day of the sale when Japan’s Katsumi<br />
Yoshida went to $750,000 for her colt by More Than Ready, which<br />
was offered by Strawberry Hill Stud. The colt was among four<br />
purchases for Mr Yoshida this week.<br />
Japan was also represented among the lots to make $500,000<br />
or more with Bright international’s purchase of a Charge Forward<br />
filly from Arrowfield Stud for $520,000.<br />
BBA ireland has for a long time been among the most shrewd<br />
Easter buyers and the tradition continued at this sale when<br />
Adrian nicoll secured Kia ora Stud’s Fastnet Rock-Allegra filly for<br />
$650,000.<br />
South Africa’s World Wide <strong>Bloodstock</strong> picked up five yearlings<br />
for a tick over $500,000.<br />
David Redvers, the man responsible for securing Sheikh Fahad’s<br />
Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden, was the leading UK buyer at the<br />
sale, with five yearlings knocked down to him for $995,000.<br />
Leading <strong>Bloodstock</strong> agent James Bester’s sale spend included<br />
$975,000 spent on three yearlings for a South African-based client.<br />
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Friday 13 April 2012 <strong>ANZ</strong><br />
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