Chinny Boom's Sister Tops Gold Coast March Yearling Sale

Media Release - Tuesday March 12

The full sister to Saturday's impressive Gold Coast winner Chinny Boom is heading to the same stable after she sold for $230,000 today and topped the 2024 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale.

The Spirit of Boom filly, offered by the McAlpine family's Eureka Stud, attracted a flurry of bids but in the end it was Clinton Taylor that was the successful buyer.

Sale-topping $230,000 Spirit of Boom filly from Imanoremiss.

The Rockhampton based horseman was delighted to secure his number one pick from the auction. Her full sister won one of the features on Saturday and has eight wins from just 13 starts and earnings of over $500,000.

It was also confirmed today that Chinny Boom had secured a slot in Rockhampton's richest race, the $775,000 The Archer on April 28.

"She was the real stand out of the whole sale," Taylor said of Chinny Boom's sister. "I hadn't found anything to go close to her."

"I know the family well - and not just Chinny Boom. I also trained the sister Holdin' My Own who had tonnes of ability."

"Let's hope this filly can live up to her sisters and she can be as good as them."

Taylor said he was relieved the gavel fell when it did, as he and his owners were right on their bidding limit.

"We were out of bullets - we were shooting blanks at the end there! It's really exciting. To have the support of the owners as only a young trainer, I can't be anymore grateful."

Taylor said the fact the yearling was being presented by one of Queensland's most successful farms and by their resident champion was another positive. 

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"The Eureka name speaks for itself. Their horses win week in, week out and Spirit of Boom is one of the best things to have happened for Queensland racing - I love him as a stallion." 

The second top seller on the day was Lot 366, the Spirit of Boom-Kiss for Gran colt from Alexia Fraser Bloodstock who was knocked down for $160,000.

$160,000 Spirit of Boom colt from Kiss for Gran.

The colt is a half brother to Kisukano and he is heading to the man who knows the family so well, Toowoomba's Michael Nolan.

Following today's second day of selling the sale gross reached $8.796 million for 264 lots sold at an average price of $33,320 and clearance rate of over 75 per cent.

"Today was a fair bit stronger than yesterday," Magic Millions Managing Director Barry Bowditch said. "For the right horses, when they walked into the ring, there was great participation."

"It was fantastic to see Clinton Taylor take home the full sister to one of his flagship horses in Chinny Boom for $230,000."

"These are the times we are in. These sales at the lower ends they are feeling the pinch a little bit. There's more of those horses in a sale like this so you do struggle a bit with your clearance rate."

"We will continue to work with our breeders going forward to make sure we continue to make this sale viable and give them reason to continue to invest and upgrade the stock they breed." 

To view the results of the sale or to make an offer on a passed in lot click here.

The sale focus immediately switches south for the 2024 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale to be held over two days next Monday and Tuesday (March 18 and 19).

"This is a sale that has the proudest of histories for producing high class graduates year after year," Bowditch noted.

"Current graduates from the sale include Sydney's gun sprinter and $10 million earner Private Eye, untapped Hong Kong sprinter Galaxy Patch and the first two placegetters in Monday's Adelaide Cup - Excelleration and The Map." 

"There is great sire power in the catalogue in Adelaide and we look forward to getting to Morphettville in the coming days." 

For more information on the Adelaide Yearling Sale or to view the online catalogue click here.

SALE STATISTICS
(2023 in brackets)

Lots Catalogued: 392 (388)
Lots Sold: 264 (279)
Lots Passed In: 86 (69)
Lots Withdrawn: 42 (40)
Sale Gross: $8,796,500 ($10,058,500)
Top Price: $230,000 ($170,000)
Average Price: $33,320 ($36,052)
Median Price: $28,000 ($26,000)
Sold %: 75.4 (80)

DAY TWO TOP SELLERS

$230,000 - Spirit of Boom-Imanoremiss filly (Lot 346)
Vendor: Eureka Stud (As Agent) / Buyer: Clinton Taylor Racing (Qld)

$160,000 - Spirit of Boom-Kiss for Gran colt (Lot 366)
Alexia Fraser B'stock (As Agent) / Michael Nolan (Qld)

$100,000 - Spirit of Boom-Alnaas filly (Lot 201)
Kenmore Lodge (As Agent) / Bartholomew & Co (Qld)

$94,000 - Microphone-Blessed Anna filly (Lot 233)
Eureka Stud (As Agent) / First Light Racing/Robert Heathcote Racing (Qld)

$90,000 - Spirit of Boom-Boom Boom Epic filly (Lot 237)
Kenmore Lodge (As Agent) / Proven T'breds/O'Dea Hoysted Racing (Qld)

$90,000 - Trapeze Artist-Lutece colt (Lot 390)
KBL T'breds (As Agent) / Ryan Alexiou Racing (NSW)

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