Three-Day Inglis Easter Sale Concludes
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Lot 433 by Redoute's Choice
Three strong days of selling at the 2016 Inglis Australian Easter yearling sale concluded April 7 with a son of Redoute's Choice out of South African champion National Colour selling for Aus$1.75 million (about US$1,323,300).
Angus Gold, on behalf of Shadwell Stud, outbid James Harron to purchase the colt from Arrowfield Stud. He is the third consecutive yearling out of the mare that Shadwell has bought at an Inglis Easter sale, including the colt's full brother, the Mike De Kock-trained Rafeef.
"We're here to buy good colts. For the past four or five years we've been outbid on Wandjina and I wanted to buy Deep Field. I'm desperate to get Sheikh Hamdan a colt that can make a stallion in Australia," said Gold. "We identified the top colts earlier in the week and I thought he was right up there. We have the first two out of the mare and both have above-average ability according to Mike de Kock. He was a beautiful quality horse and he behaved himself impeccably."
Inglis reported 432 yearlings were sold for a gross of more than Aust$105 million (US$79,397,800) during the three-day sale, with 49 lots realizing prices of Aust$500,000 or more.
A fierce bidding dual between Guy Mulcaster and Gold saw the former secure the much-anticipated first son of Frankel to be sold in Australia, with a final bid of Aust$1.6 million (US$1,209,870) on behalf of Chris Waller.
Bred and offered by John Singleton's Strawberry Hill Stud, the colt is the first foal of group I-placed mare More Strawberries, and is the highest-priced Frankel yearling in the Southern Hemisphere.
Frankel's three yearlings sold through the ring at Newmarket this week for an average of Aust$986,000 ($745,584).
"We loved the colt, he really moved well so we're really happy we bought him. He's the best Frankel we've seen," said Mulcaster. "We've got some good clients to go into him. He'll be a good syndicate horse, and fingers-crossed we'll see him back winning good races. If he goes anywhere near as good as his dad did it will be pretty good, and his mum wasn't too bad either."