Second on the list is Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott Racing with 14 purchases tallying$2,530,000, but they also signed for the top lot of the day, a More Than Ready (USA) colt from Purespeed for $1.3 million, however he was bought in partnership with other investors so does not appear in their main list of acquisitions.
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It must be somewhat frustrating for vendors to see so much collaboration between the buyers on so many of the so called 'big horses'.
Where once upon a time various buyers would compete to purchase a horse outright, there is now a growing trend to partner on horses amongst many of the influential players, thereby lessening the risk and the purchase price- competition is what drives up prices at auction.