Group One-winning colt Hall Of Fame has been
purchased for a seven figure sum by offshore interests.
In a deal brokered by Brian Hedley Bloodstock and the Australian Bloodstock
Agency's Greg Zarra, the four-year-old son of champion stallion Savabeel will
be doing his future racing in Hong Kong.
"Obviously, he's been a great horse to us," said Jamie Richards, who trains in
partnership at Matamata with Stephen Autridge. "It was a pleasure to have a
horse like him to train, he's such a lovely horse."
Hall Of Fame won five of his 11 starts, including the Gr.1 Levin Classic at
Trentham, where he defeated Savile Row and Jon Snow, and the Listed Zacinto
Stakes at Riccarton.
His last appearance was at the Brisbane winter carnival when he finished fifth
in the Listed Queensland Day Stakes.
Hall Of Fame was purchased out of Lyndhurst Farm's Ready to Run Sale draft to
Karaka in 2015 by Te Akau principal David Ellis for $230,000. – NZ
Racing Desk.