A well-related son of Harry Angel provided a late highlight in the final hour of the 2024 NZB Ready to Run Sale at Karaka on Thursday when he was knocked down to a $520,000 bid from bloodstock agent Morgan Carter.
The thoroughbred racing industry is in mourning following the passing of respected horseman Danny Champion.
I Am Invincible - New Winner
Duck Egg Blue (3f I Am Invincible x Surf Poet (Charge Forward)) for Richard & Will Freedman. Hawkesbury race 4
Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale Vendor: Emirates Park Pty Ltd, Murrurundi; Buyer: Richard & Will Freedman Racing $420,000
Catalogue Update - Lot 184 Gold Coast Yearling Sale
Too Darn Hot x Awake the Stars colt with Yulong. A half-brother to Aligning Stars, winner of the Eureka Garages Mdn Plate at Moe
Shalaa - New Winner
The Unique Star (3g Shalaa x Miss Louisiana (Medaglia D'oro)) for Todd Smart. Albury race 2
MM Gold Coast National Weanling Sale Vendor: Yarraman Park Stud, Scone, NSW ; Buyer: Intel Bloodstock $80,000
Pierata - New Winner
Aligning Stars (3g Pierata x Awake The Stars (Redoute's Choice)) for M Price & M Kent Jnr. Moe race 5
MM Gold Coast Yearling Sale Book 2 Vendor: Telemon Thoroughbreds, Innisplain, Qld (As Agent); Buyer: Brett Thompson Racing $45,000
Time Test - New Winner
Proved (4m Time Test x Out To Impress (Shamexpress)) for E Jusufovic. Moe race 4
Chad Ormsby has enjoyed plenty of racetrack success this year with pinhooks that he has been unable to sell at the Ready to Run Sale, but the multi-talented horseman had a very different outcome with the standout member of his 2024 Riverrock Farm draft at Karaka on Thursday.
Hong Kong bloodstock agent Willie Leung had a big hour at Karaka early on Thursday afternoon, spending more than $1 million to secure two well-credentialled colts at the NZB Ready to Run Sale.
Smart Missile - New Winner
Ready To Rocket (4m Smart Missile x Ready To Live (More Than Ready)) for C Maher. Hawkesbury race 2
MM Tasmanian Yearling Sale Vendor: B K Baker, Longford, Tas ; Buyer: Dynamic Syndications/Dean Watt Bloodstock $50,000
Sibling to
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Hellbent - New Winner
Tophet (3g Hellbent x Etoile (Pour Moi)) for A & S Freedman. Moe race 2
Inglis Classic Yearling Sale Vendor: Sledmere Stud, Scone; Buyer: Passed in - $ 70,000 $0
With one of the world’s most exciting sprinters flying the flag for David Hayes in Hong Kong, it has been no surprise to see the trainer’s sons zeroing in on progeny of Windsor Park Stud stallion Shamexpress during the Ready to Run Sale at Karaka this week.
Aeliana’s late charge into second place in the $1.5million Group I MRC Thousand Guineas last Saturday stamped her as the filly to follow out of the race, but it wasn’t quite enough to put her sire Castelvecchio to the top of the second season sires list and he is now out of service at Arrowfield following surgery last week.
Godolphin swung into sales action overnight at the Goffs November Foal Sale purchasing a colt by Sea the Stars for €1million to top the third session of the sale.
Here is the full list of 39 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Debutants Thursday
Hawkesbury R3 - Ferry Road (3g Capitalist x Arrowette); M and D Kearney; $175,000
Hawkesbury R3 - Blanc De Noir (3f Capitalist x War Flower); Michael Freedman; $175,000
Hawkesbury R4 - O Cara Mia (3f Pierro x Araaja); Anthony Cummings; $140,000
Moe R3 - Codonas (4g Trapeze Artist x Roma Giaconda); Clinton McDonald; $120,000
Phar Lap Raceway R2 - Porcia Catonis (3f Super Seth x Dark Heather); M and S Walker and Bergerson; $110,000
Hawkesbury R2 - Ready To Rocket (4m Smart Missile x Ready To Live); Ciaron Maher; Sibling to Ready To Prophet; $50,000
Narrogin R2 - Showtime Girl (4m Showtime x Girls Rule); David Catarino; Sibling to True Detective; $4,000