While the yearling sales tend to generate a lot of news about stallion syndicates and their high profile purchases, the quest for quality fillies is just as important and our leading trainers are well awake to the profits that can be achieved from the purchase of a good filly that delivers on the track, so let’s take a look at where the million dollar mares were sourced.
Mare |
Sire |
MM Sale |
Yearling Sale/ Purchaser |
Imperatriz |
I Am Invincible |
$6.6million |
MM $360,000 David Ellis |
Platinum Jubilee |
Zoustar |
$3.5million |
MM $600,000 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott/Kestrel Thoroughbreds |
Madame Pommery |
No Nay Never (USA) |
$2.7million |
MM $150,000 Waller Racing// Mulcaster Bloodstock |
Chain of Lightning |
Fighting Sun |
$2.5million |
Homebred Ramsey Pastoral |
Ruthless Dame(NZ) |
Tavistock |
$2million |
K1 $90,000 Ciaron Maher Racing |
Legacies |
Justify (USA) |
$1.4million |
Homebred Rosemont Stud |
Ulanova (NZ) |
Santos |
$1.2million |
K1 $150,000 Mick Wallace |
Life Lessons (NZ) |
Tavistock |
$1million |
Homebred Ramsey Pastoral |
Kristilli |
Hellbent |
$925,000 |
Inglis Classic $200,000 Annabel Neasham Racing / B McGuire |
Sicilian |
I Am Invincible |
$900,000 |
MM $650,000 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott/Kestrel Thoroughbreds |
Zousuko |
Zoustar |
$800,000 |
MM $525,000 Redgum Racing |